Athena Reaches Milestone of One Million Downloads From Its Content Platform

Earlier today Athena International Publishing reached a significant milestone in terms of article usage by surpassing one million downloads from its content platform. Athena launched the platform at the beginning of 2022 and has a portfolio consisting of STM journals, book series, books and conference proceedings. All content is open access and hence free to read, download, copy and distribute under the terms of the applicable end-user license.

Athena International Publishing was founded at the end of 2021 to further support the efficient dissemination of “sound science” and the advancement and exchange of scientific knowledge at a time when general trust in science is globally under pressure. The company aims to be a fair and affordable open access alternative to the major STM publishing houses in the industry and supports the publication of sound science globally with an extended focus on providing outlets for emerging market research which often still struggles to find its rightful place in reputable scientific publications.

Athena launched its new content platform at the beginning of 2022 with the publication of From Pythagoras to Fourier and From Geometry to Nature, a book in the field of Applied Mathematics on the geometric analysis of natural shapes and phenomena as can be seen in such areas as Biology and Physics. Since then, the Athena publishing portfolio has been expanded to include journals, book series, conference proceedings and books covering all major STM (Science, Technology & Medicine) disciplines. All publications are open access and hence free to read, download, copy and distribute under the terms of the applicable Creative Commons end-user license.

Less than five years after publishing the first content on its platform, Athena has now reached a major milestone in terms of article usage by surpassing one million downloads. This achievement is testament to the success of the company's open access strategy which has led to a steady growth in the usage of available content. It can be expected that this trend will continue and further accelerate in years to come, as Athena plans to add a number of new publications to its growing portfolio.

Athena International Publishing is an open access publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information which was founded at the end of 2021 to further support the efficient dissemination of “sound science” and the advancement and exchange of scientific knowledge. The company headquarters is based in Amsterdam in The Netherlands and our team consists of a group of publishing professionals with more than 150 years of combined experience across all major STM publishers and service providers in the industry. The Athena publishing portfolio consists of journals, book series, conference proceedings and books covering all STM disciplines including Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Biology and Life Sciences, Health and Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences and Humanities. All our publications are Open Access and hence free to read, download, copy and distribute under the terms of the applicable Creative Commons end-user license. For more information, please visit https://www.athena-publishing.com.