Bryan Vickery

Bryan joined the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2022 as Global Head of Research and Academic Markets with responsibility for the IET’s growing number of workflow solutions including open access journals, academic books, conference proceedings, Inspec database and precision research analytics tool Inspec Analytics.

Bryan’s more than 25 years’ experience in scholarly communications includes online communities, A&I databases/knowledge graphs, preprint servers, Open Access publishing, institutional repositories, peer review and production systems and research integrity tools. He’s worked at innovative start-ups, large solutions providers and open scholarly infrastructure/non-profits such as ChemWeb/Elsevier, BioMedCentral/Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis where he developed and launched Cogent OA, and Crossref where he oversaw Similarity Check, Crossmark and the Open Funder registry. He has a passion for sustainable and equitable Open Research, connecting research through persistent identifiers/metadata and how technology can improve the way scholars discover, communicate, collaborate to solve the most pressing societal challenges.

Bryan is proud to have built his career in academic publishing but recognises that trust in research, and in scholarly communication, is currently under threat. There isn’t a day goes by without news of research integrity cases or new misconduct challenges to overcome. The role of STM, to advance trusted research worldwide, has never been more important – the challenges we face can only be tackled collectively. Bryan is excited by STM Solutions’ work already underway and would bring to the STM Board a significant amount of experience in this area, as well as academic solutions more generally.