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James Butcher, PhD
Nature Publishing Group
Associate Director, Open Publishing
James Butcher started his career in publishing in 2000, when he joined The Lancet as a Senior Editor. A year later he was appointed the launch Editor of The Lancet Neurology, which under his editorship became the highest impact factor neurology journal within 3 years. After a brief period at PLoS Medicine, he rejoined The Lancet as Executive Editor working with the management team to define the journals' long term strategic vision. James joined Nature Publishing Group (NPG) in 2008 as Publisher of their clinical review titles, before taking on responsibility for the entire Nature Reviews portfolio. He is currently Associate Director, Open Publishing, at NPG, where he oversees the development of Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.