About us
Our values inform all we do
Open, honest and a champion of research integrity
We’re here to enable and support responsible research practice and to ensure that everyone can have confidence and trust in the way research is conducted and reported. Catalyst Editorial Director, Dr Jane Alfred, is a member of the UK Committee on Research Integrity (UKCORI), an advisory council member of the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO) and an Associate member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Independent experts
We work collaboratively with research and publishing professionals to empower individuals at every level through our training – from leadership to early career professionals. We advocate for - and are contributing to - a more equitable, inclusive research environment that recognises and rewards fairly, embraces equity and diversity, and recognises research integrity and supportive research cultures as being vital to producing high quality research outcomes.
Working with responsibility, care and expertise
We’ve built strong, long-lasting professional relationships across the research and publishing communities and are experienced experts who are trusted to deliver. We recognise the considerable potential of biomedical research to improve the health and wellbeing of society, and our role in helping to achieve ethical, reliable, responsible research of the highest quality.
Catalyst for change
We work closely with research leaders and institutions to improve the culture of research teams and the quality of research leadership through our training, as well as the reliability, reproducibility and value of research outputs. We take a lead on addressing key issues across academic research to improve research culture, research practice, research evaluation and research reporting, including the impacts of unconscious bias.
Our Experience
Jane Alfred
Dr Jane Alfred is a professional editor and trainer, with a research background in genetics and developmental biology. She is a Director and co-founder of Catalyst Editorial Ltd.
Jane has held many editorial positions over the years, including as Editor of Trends in Genetics, Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Genetics, which she helped to launch in 2000, as Executive Editor of Development and co-creator of the Node, and most recently, as Deputy Editor of PLOS Biology.
Throughout her career as an Editor, Jane has worked closely with the scientific research community, developing long-standing working relationships that continue to this day. She is an advocate for open research, for ethical editorial and responsible research practice, and for healthy and inclusive research cultures that support, recognise and reward good research practice and high quality research.
Jane advocates for these improvements through the training and consultancy work she undertakes for the research and publishing communities, and through her work as a member of the UK Committee on Research Integrity, an advisory council member of the UK Research Integrity Office, and as an Associate Member of COPE.
Jane’s other passion in life is pottery, and she draws calm and inspiration from time spent at the potter’s wheel.
Jeremy Allen
Dr Jeremy Allen is a professional editor, with a research background in genetics and neuroscience. He is a Director and co-founder of Catalyst Editorial Ltd.
Jeremy has considerable experience in research publishing, which led him in 2007 to join the Edanz Group, as an editor. Jeremy provides editorial services to a range of clients, from editorial agencies to publishers, such as Cold Spring Harbor Press, as well as directly to research scientists. Jeremy provides expert editorial feedback and advice to authors to ensure their findings are clearly, logically and coherently communicated, thereby maximising their quality and opportunities for publication. Working directly with clients, he also provides support and advice on good reporting practice.
When Jeremy is not at his desk, he’s to be found at his carpentry bench, putting his cabinetry training into practice in the making and restoring of beautiful things from wood.
