The scientific community has lost one of its special “honorary” members with the death of the publisher Peter Hartmann from COVID‐19 on the 28th of April 2020, at the age of 74. Peter's passing also marks the passing of the now old‐fashioned collaboration between publishers and the scientific communities they serve. Peter was instrumental to the founding of the journal Traffic in 2000 and to the flourishing of many publications in the transplantation histocompatibility field. We write as representatives of these fields to honor his memory in two of “his” journals. To us, who worked with him on these publications he was a valued friend. We fondly remember his gracious hospitality and heartfelt conversation at the flat in Sølvgade, the summer house in Tisvilde and, latterly, at his farmhouse in Møn (Figure 1), as well as at specifically‐requested round tables in restaurants around the world.

Peter grew up in a household that valued books and culture, which attracted him to work in the book business. He began as an apprentice in the bookstore, Nordisk Boghandel in Copenhagen, and was subsequently employed at the Hans Reitzel Publishing House. Adventurous in spirit, and already globally oriented, Peter then moved to New York City where he obtained a job at Scribners. Returning to Denmark in 1971, Peter started working for Munksgaard in the sales department, where he rose in 5 years to be appointed to the management team, and then became head of medical publications. His mission was to expand that portfolio internationally, at which he was a natural success because of his infectious enthusiasm and his insistence on like‐minded editors for his journals. He thrived in this role until Blackwell Publishing (owner of Munksgaard since 1963) decided to move all their scientific publishing to Oxford in 2000, when his portfolio became part of Blackwell, then Wiley‐Blackwell and now Wiley. Peter was invited to move with his journals, but he declined and remained in Copenhagen becoming head of Gads Publisher, where he directed a complete reorganization of the company. In 2004, he started his own consulting company, Peter Hartmann Associates.

The commercial story behind the progression of Peter Hartmann's publishing portfolio and, indeed, the progression of his life's career, is an allegory for changes to the world of scientific publishing over recent years. Peter understood the complex relationship between the scientific community and those who enable the publication of their work. He also understood that our work is a passion and melded it with the passion that he had for his. He highly respected our research activities and editorial contributions, while recognizing the reality that quality publication has associated expenses and gives added value by overseeing peer review. In the early incarnation of this vision, before web accessibility, Peter sought editors who brought academic value to his journals, and made sure they were financial partners in the enterprise, as well. These partnerships were mutual and gave rise to lasting friendships. Peter's personal partnership model (though not the financial one) persisted through the upheaval in the publishing world that web publishing created and the consequent reaction of the publishing industry to refocus their business practices. Peter exemplified the best of scientific publishing as it was and his model enabled the launch of Traffic because of his empathy with the scientific community. His stewardship also saw the updating and rebranding of Tissue Antigens, now HLA, and the continued success of Immunological Reviews, amongst other journals, all in service of the histocompatibility and immunology constituencies by collaborating with “his” editors. Times move on and unfortunately it is impossible now to imagine that this type of personal relationship will continue to exist between scientists and publishers, as the current battle about fair peer review and fair publishing practice rages, and publishers focus on cost‐cutting to the detriment of the community they serve.

Peter's influence in the biomedical science community was not just because of the way in which publishing proceeded during most of his career. He exuded warmth and was generous in spirit as well as being the consummate host. Everyone who came into contact with him has a story to tell about an extracurricular adventure they were drawn into from swimming in the icy waters around Denmark with him and his partner Lotte, to enjoying smoked eel and scrambled eggs in Peter's kitchen, often requiring an afternoon nap (occasionally on the lawn) to recover, or nursing a hangover the following day. In our household, he lives on for his story about promoting the “Famous Lamb Chops” to guests at an English country hotel to help out the proprietor who had only lamb chops in his larder, and for his recipe for cooking mushrooms (evaporate the water first). Peter will be remembered for his unique contributions to science publishing, and he will be always in our hearts.

随着出版商彼得·哈特曼（Peter Hartmann）于2020年4月28日在COVID-19上的去世，享年74岁，科学界已经失去了一位特别的“荣誉”成员。彼得的去世也标志着如今已经过时的过世者的去世。出版商与其服务的科学界之间的合作。彼得对《交通》杂志的创立起到了重要作用在2000年，以及移植组织相容性领域的许多出版物蓬勃发展。我们写信作为这些领域的代表，以纪念他在两本“他的”期刊中的记忆。对我们来说，与他一起工作过这些出版物的他是一个宝贵的朋友。我们深切地记得他在Sølvgade的公寓，Tisvilde的避暑别墅，后来在Møn的农舍（图1）以及在世界各地饭店特别要求的圆桌会议上的亲切款待和衷心的交谈。

彼得在一个重视书籍和文化的家庭中长大，这吸引了他从事书籍业务。他最初在哥本哈根的Nordisk Boghandel书店当学徒，后来在汉斯·雷策尔出版社任职。彼得本着冒险精神，已经面向全球，随后搬到纽约，在Scribners工作。Peter于1971年回到丹麦，开始在Munksgaard的销售部门工作，在那里他升任5年后被任命为管理团队，然后成为医学出版物的负责人。他的任务是在国际范围内扩展产品组合，由于他的感染力和对期刊的志趣相投的坚持，他自然而然地获得了成功。直到布莱克韦尔出版公司（自1963年以来一直是Munksgaard的所有者）决定将其所有科学出版物移交给牛津大学后，他的职位才得以蓬勃发展，2000年，他的投资组合成为布莱克韦尔，后来的威利·布莱克韦尔和现在的威利的一部分。彼得受邀随他的日记一起搬家，但他拒绝了，并留在哥本哈根成为Gads Publisher的负责人，在那里他领导了公司的全面重组。2004年，他创立了自己的咨询公司Peter Hartmann Associates。

彼得·哈特曼（Peter Hartmann）出版业务发展的背后的商业故事，以及他一生的事业发展的背后，都寓意着近年来科学出版界的变化。彼得了解科学界与能够发表其作品的人们之间的复杂关系。他还了解我们的工作是一种激情，并将其与自己的激情融为一体。他高度尊重我们的研究活动和编辑贡献，同时认识到以下事实：高质量的出版物会产生相关费用，并通过监督同行评审来增加附加值。在实现这一愿景的初期，Peter在访问Web之前，一直在寻找能够为他的期刊带来学术价值的编辑，并确保他们也是企业的财务合作伙伴。这些伙伴关系是相互的，并产生了持久的友谊。彼得的个人伙伴关系模型（尽管不是财务模型）在网络出版引起的出版界动荡和出版行业随后对其重新调整其业务实践的反应中持续存在。彼得（Peter）举例说明了当时最好的科学出版，而他的模型则促成了交通是因为他对科学界的同情。在他的管理下，还与组织抗原（现为HLA）进行了更新和品牌重塑，以及《免疫学评论》等其他期刊的持续成功，与“他的”编辑共同合作为组织相容性和免疫学研究领域服务。时代在过去，不幸的是，现在无法想象科学家和出版商之间将继续存在这种类型的人际关系，因为当前有关公平同行评议和公平出版实践的斗争日趋激烈，而出版商则专注于削减成本的做法。他们服务的社区。

彼得在生物医学科学界的影响力不仅仅是因为他的大部分职业生涯中出版的方式。他散发着温暖，精神宽宏，是完美的主人。与他接触的每个人都有一个故事，讲述他们从与他和他的伴侣乐天一起在丹麦周围冰冷的水中游泳，到在彼得的厨房里享用熏鳗和炒鸡蛋的业余探险，通常需要一个下午午睡（偶尔在草坪上）以recover愈或在第二天护理宿醉。在我们的家庭中，他继续讲述自己的故事：在一家英国乡村酒店向客人宣传“著名的羊排”，以帮助只藏有羊排的所有人，以及他烹饪蘑菇的方法（将水蒸发）第一）。