Richard B. Gallagher

Richard Gallagher
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom[1]
EducationUniversity of Glasgow (B.S., PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
Workplaces
ThesisStudies on cell adhesion in relation to immune responses
Adam S. G. Curtis

Richard Barclay Gallagher is a Scottish immunologist, science editor, and academic publisher. He is the president and editor-in-chief of Annual Reviews. He graduated with a doctoral degree from the University of Glasgow and was a researcher at Trinity College Dublin before he began working in academic publishing in 1989, holding positions with Elsevier and the journals Science and Nature. In the 2000s, he was the editor of the magazine The Scientist.

In 2015, Gallagher became president and editor-in-chief of Annual Reviews, where he oversaw its expansion into new journal titles, developed the Subscribe to Open initiative for open access publishing, launched the online magazines Knowable Magazine, Knowable en español and Katina Magazine, and expanded support for research communities by acquiring the Charleston Conference, Knowledge Unlatched and Underline Science. In 2025, Gallagher was awarded the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers' ALPSP Award for Contribution to Scholarly Publishing.

Education

Richard Barclay Gallagher received a Bachelor of Science in immunology from the University of Glasgow in 1981.[2] He earned a PhD in cell biology, also at the University of Glasgow, in 1985 under the advisorship of Adam S. G. Curtis.[1][3] While a PhD student, he joined the British Society for Immunology.[4] He was later a postdoctoral fellow at University College Dublin, where he researched sarcoidosis.[1]

Career

From 1986 to 1989, Richard Gallagher worked as the Wellcome Trust Lecturer in Immunology at Trinity College Dublin. In 1989, he left academic research and began a career in publishing,[1] becoming editor of the magazine Immunology Today, published by Elsevier, until 1992. From 1992 to 1999, he was office head and senior editor of the Europe Office of the journal Science. He was the chief biology editor at the journal Nature from 1999 to 2001, during which time he managed the publication of the papers reporting the sequencing of the human genome, and served as the publisher of Nature from 2001 to 2002.[2]

In 2002, he was hired as editor of the magazine The Scientist ; he additionally became its publisher in 2004.[5][6] During his tenure, he shifted the format from biweekly to monthly; its style changed from a "quirky tabloid" to a "stylish and engaging magazine".[7] He published monthly editorials about topics such as vaccines,[8] the longevity of punishment for scientific misconduct,[9] and whether or not intelligent design should be taught in public schools.[10] He worked at The Scientist for eight years, leaving in 2010.[11]

In 2015, he became editor-in-chief and president of Annual Reviews, succeeding Samuel Gubins.[12] He also serves on the Board of Directors of Annual Reviews.[13] While at Annual Reviews, he developed the Subscribe to Open initiative for open access publishing, to remove paywalls from its review journals.[14] Several new journal titles were added to Annual Reviews after his tenure began, including in cancer biology; biomedical data science; control, robotics, and autonomous systems; criminology; and developmental psychology.[15]

In 2017 Gallagher expanded from scholarly publishing into science journalism and science communication, by developing and launching the online magazine Knowable Magazine to present the real-world significance of scholarly work to a general audience,[16][17] In 2022, Knowable was followed by a Spanish-language sister publication, Knowable en español.[18] In 2024, Katina Magazine was launched for the library community.[19]

Under Gallagher's leadership, Annual Reviews has supported research communities through the acquisition of the Charleston Hub for academic libraries, librarians, and publishers[20]; the open access (OA) initiative Knowledge Unlatched[21][22][23]; and the event technology provider Underline Science.[24]

Works

  • Gallagher, Richard, ed. (1991). HIV and the Immune System. Elsevier Trends Journals. ISBN 978-1851665648.
  • Gallagher, Richard; Gilder, Jean; Nossal, Gustav; Salvatore, Gaetano, eds. (1995). Immunology: The Making of a Modern Science. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122740206.
  • Dennis, Carina; Gallagher, Richard B. (2001). The Human Genome. Nature/Palgrave. ISBN 9780333971437.

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Allen, Elizabeth (29 September 2017). "A warm OA welcome to Richard Gallagher – Consulting Editor". ScienceOPEN.com. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Richard Gallagher". ORCID. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Studies on cell adhesion in relation to immune responses". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Gallagher, Richard (7 September 2003). "Taking the Pulse of Scientific Societies". The Scientist. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "The Scientist names Richard Gallagher Editor". The Scientist. June 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Richard Gallagher". 10th World Conference of Science Journalism. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Maher, Brendan (7 October 2011). "The Scientist shutters after 25 years". Nature.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Michael (2004). "8.6 Moving the goalposts". MMR and Autism. What Parents Need to Know. Routledge. p. 207. ISBN 1134355912.
  9. ↑ Stemwedel, Janet D. (29 June 2014). "Do permanent records of scientific misconduct findings interfere with rehabilitation?". Scientific American. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Smith, Tara (20 July 2006). "Gallagher gets it?". The Panda's Thumb. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  11. ↑ Nisbet, Matthew W. (16 August 2010). "Richard Gallagher Steps Down as Editor of The Scientist". Big Think. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  12. ↑ "Richard Gallagher joins 'cherished resource' Annual Reviews". Research Information. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  13. ↑ "Annual Reviews Board of Directors". Annual Reviews.
  14. ↑ Brainard, Jeffrey (9 March 2020). "Publishers roll out alternative routes to open access". Science. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "Browse Journals". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  16. ↑ Emerson, Eva; Gallagher, Richard (11 May 2018). "Putting the public in the know". Research Information. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  17. ↑ "Knowable Magazine set to launch". National Association of Science Writers. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  18. ↑ "Impact Report 2024" (PDF). Knowable Magazine. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Nonprofit Annual Reviews launches Katina Magazine for librarians, publishers, and vendors" (PDF). Annual Reviews. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  20. ↑ "Nonprofit Publisher Annual Reviews Acquires Charleston Hub". NISO Member News. October 10, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Annual Reviews to acquire Knowledge Unlatched from Wiley". Research Information. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  22. ↑ "Knowledge Unlatched returns to nonprofit stewardship under Annual Reviews". Knowledgespeak. June 27, 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  23. ↑ "Knowledge Unlatched Finds a New Home with Annual Reviews" (PDF). Annual Reviews. June 26, 2025. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  24. ↑ Conrad, Lettie Y. (17 July 2026). "The Latest Merger: Annual Reviews Acquires Underline Science". The Scholarly Kitchen. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "ALPSP Awards Winners Announced at the Annual Conference 2025". www.alpsp.org. Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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