Synergy in Scientific Publishing: The ESA-Oxford University Press Partnership

You are viewing the results of a multiyear strategic process, which began with a simple question: How can we achieve the best future for publications?ESA’s publishing efforts are vital to our success as a scientific society. Our journals serve as a critical element of the scientific process and the ecosystem of the discipline of entomology. Further, our publications support ESA’s core values by providing development opportunities for all members. On a financial level, revenue from ESA’s publishing arm makes many other society activities and member services possible.Although has more than a century of success in journal publishing, the environment is changing in ways that create significant challenges for scientific societies. U.S. institutional library budgets are extremely tight and have been that way for years, creating fierce competition among publishers. … ESA President Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, 127 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, phil.mulder{at}okstate.edu