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Editor, Research Ethics, Open Access,

Biography

Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Australia
Adjunct Professor, QUT
Co-Chair DORA

Previously:
Office for Scholarly Communication, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Director, Open Access Australasia (previously Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, AOASG)
Also see https://theconversation.com/profiles/virginia-barbour-170992

One of three founding editors of PLOS Medicine.
Chair, COPE 2012-2017

Activities

Employment (7)

Medical Journal of Australia: Sydney, NSW, AU

2023-01-23 to present | Editor-in-Chief (Editorial)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, AU

2023-01-01 to present | Adjunct Professor (Faculty of Health)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

Open Access Australasia (Previously Australasian Open Access Strategy Group): Brisbane, AU

2015-02 to 2024-03-31 | Director
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, AU

2019-03-30 to 2022-12-31 | Co-Lead ( Office for Scholarly Communication)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

Queensland University of Technology: Brisbane, QLD, AU

2015 to 2019-03-03 | Professor - I day per week (TILS and OREI)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

PLOS: Cambridge, GB

2004 to 2015-03 | Medicine and Biology Editorial Director, PLOS
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

Lancet: London, GB

1999 to 2004 | Executive Editor
Employment
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Virginia Barbour

Education and qualifications (3)

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

DPhil
Education
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Virginia Barbour

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

MA (Cantab)
Education
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Virginia Barbour

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

MB BChir
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Virginia Barbour

Peer review (12 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for F1000Research. (2)
Review activity for Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. (2)
Review activity for Learned publishing. (1)
Review activity for PLoS biology. (1)
Review activity for Research integrity and peer review. (6)