While some may be anticipating the death of the research journal, it may be a harder creature to put down than one would think.

This should be made clear by the latest journal launch from Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), The Canadian Journal of Zombie Science. As this is our last Friday post before next week’s Halloween holiday, we would be remiss if we didn’t bring attention to this new venture, which, while mostly meant in fun, does feature articles from other CSP journals that touch on zombie-related research. And for a startup, it has achieved an impressive 4.0 ZIF score (Zombie Impact Factor)!

logo for Canadian Journal of Zombie Science with a ghoulish hand reaching up
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David Crotty

David Crotty

David Crotty is a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. Previously, David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.

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