Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson is the Founder and Director of Research Consulting, a mission-driven business which works to improve the effectiveness and impact of research and scholarly communication.  Rob began his career with KPMG, the international professional services firm, and spent four years as Head of Research Operations at the University of Nottingham.  Since founding Research Consulting in early 2013, he has worked on more than 80 projects in the field of scholarly communication, serving universities, funders, publishers, vendors and software suppliers.  Rob is the lead author of the 2018 STM Report and a member of the consortium tasked with monitoring the transition to open access in the UK.