Matthew Salter

Matthew Salter is the Founder and CEO of Akabana Consulting LLC, an independent publishing consultancy that offers strategic publishing, editorial, marketing, business development, and Japanese language services to learned societies, scholarly publishers, educational organizations, and publishing service vendors. From 2016-2021 he was the Publisher of the American Physical Society (APS) when he was also a member of the STM Board. Before that, he was the Associate Director, Journal (APAC) for IOP Publishing, and the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of MacMillan Science Communication (then a division of Nature Asia-Pacific) both based in Tokyo. 

By training, Matthew is a chemist and holds a BSc in chemistry and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Imperial College. Prior to transitioning into STEM publishing, he pursued a career in academic research and teaching at leading universities in the UK and Japan. Matthew’s work is driven by a passion for science, communication, and scholarship and he has a particular interest and experience in the research communities, publishing, and business environments of Asia.”