Science Advances, the sister journal of Science, is AAAS’s first fully open access journal launched in February 2015. In less than one year, Science Advances has attracted over 2000 submissions and has just published 250 of them, many of which have had extraordinarily high Altmetrics scores and made the headlines in major news outlets around the world. As the Managing Editor of Science Advances, Dr. Benson will share her insight on how to meet the challenges of high impact publishing.

Dr. Benson obtained her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University.Prior to joining AAAS, she worked for over 20 years in roles supporting STM publishers manage their challenges. Her clients include PLOS journals, the Charlesworth Group, The Wildlife Society, and Conservation International. Dr. Benson also served as a consultant for the National Institutes of Health, the United Nations, Georgetown University, and many other prestigious organizations. In 2013, she co-authored a book, What Editors Want: An Authors Guide to Scientific Journal Publishing (University of Chicago Press), which helps readers understand and navigate the publishing process in high impact science and technical journals.