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Clarke & Esposito (C&E) announces the development of a multi-client benchmarking study focused on editorial honoraria and other related editorial metrics. The aim of the study is to provide participants with information to make better evidenced-based decisions related to journal publishing. The study is open to all society-owned journals, whether published independently or via a publishing services agreement with a commercial publisher. The initial study cohort will be focused on biomedical journals but we plan to open it up to other disciplines later in the year. If you are interested in participating, please let us know by April 30th, 2021.

Management consulting firm Clarke & Esposito today announced that David Crotty will be joining the firm in the position of Senior Consultant. David’s joins the firm from Oxford University Press, where he held the position of Editorial Director, Journals Policy. At OUP he oversaw journal policy and contributed to strategy across OUP’s journals portfolio, drove technological innovation, and managed a suite of renowned society-owned journals. "We look forward to applying his experience, expertise, and insights to our work with clients.”

Clarke & Esposito is pleased to have represented the American Society of Hematology (ASH®) in successfully negotiating a publishing services agreement with Elsevier. Beginning in 2021, ASH will work with Elsevier to publish Blood, ASH’s flagship journal and one of most prominent titles in all of science and medicine. The agreement also covers Blood Advances, ASH’s highly successful and rapidly growing open access journal.

Clarke & Esposito (C&E) is pleased to announce a new publishing services agreement between the Genetics Society of America (GSA) and Oxford University Press (OUP). C&E had the privilege of representing GSA in brokering this notable deal.

Clarke & Esposito today announced the launch of its new Marketing and Digital Transformation Practice, headed by Colleen Scollans. We are launching this new practice to help clients build modern marketing foundations — the technology, skills, data, and operations — that will enable organizations to become more customer-centered, data-driven, and technologically fluent.

Clarke & Esposito is delighted to have been selected to work with the Book Industry Study Group and others on mapping the supply chain for open access (OA) books. This effort is in support of the broader initiative, Developing a Pilot Data Trust for Open Access Ebook Usage, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Clarke & Esposito is pleased to announce a new publishing services agreement between the Materials Research Society and Springer Nature. C&E had the privilege of representing MRS in brokering this notable deal.

An article by Clarke & Esposito's Managing Partner, Michael Clarke, was published in the journal Learned Publishing. The article provides an overview of journal PSAs between professional and scholarly societies and commercial publishers.

C&E is pleased to have successfully negotiated a publishing services agreement between the Modern Language Association and Cambridge University Press related to the publication of PMLA.

Clarke & Esposito (C&E) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the journal Lithosphere by GeoScienceWorld (GSW). The journal was acquired from the Geological Society of America (GSA). C&E advised GeoScienceWorld on the acquisition.