Miriam Maus

Miriam Maus is Chief Publishing Officer at IOP Publishing (IOPP), one of the world’s leading learned society publishers. Miriam is responsible for the creation and delivery of the organisation’s publishing and researcher engagement strategy. She is a member of IOPP’s Board of Directors.

IOPP’s product portfolio encompasses 110+ open access and hybrid journals, books series, many of which are published in partnership with other learned societies, conference proceedings and a global science news programme.  

Working with a global team of publishing and marketing professionals, Miriam ensures that IOPP’s publishing activities deliver trusted content of high quality and that the organisation takes a leadership role in publishing ethics and integrity, inclusive and transparent publishing practices and that the power of technology is harnessed to improve the publishing experience for all involved.

During her 25 years in academic publishing Miriam has created strategies, developed business opportunities and led diverse teams through periods of change and growth. Prior to joining IOPP, Miriam worked for Blackwell Publishing and Wiley in a range of senior leadership roles, until January 2021 as Vice President and Managing Director, Editorial Management.

Miriam has served on Research4Life’s Executive Council since 2019, advising on  strategic and operational issues.  She is a Trustee for the New Phytologist Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting research in plant biology, and a member of the Publisher’s Association Academic Publishers Council. She joined STM’s Research Integrity Committee in spring 2023