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Videos of our conference in Oslo last week on "Editing in the age of misinformation" are being added to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMhE3Xc-nXX1avtbKdA6oSzT078_QL1lV&si=ADwa1nCLlUR_ThL5

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #Misinformation #SciComm #ScholComm #ScienceEditing #JournalEditing #YouTube

"Journal editors do not need to worry about preventing misinformation from being spread"

A long-standing EASE tradition, the closing conference debate brings together Council members Are Brean and Haseeb Irfanullah for a provocative discussion on the role of editors in the age of misinformation. Chaired by Joan Marsh.

Hasseb swung an overwhelming majority against to a 47% vote in favour, winning the debate.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-12/

#Misinformation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalEditing

"Journal editors do not need to worry about preventing misinformation from being spread"

A long-standing EASE tradition, the closing conference debate brings together Council members Are Brean and Haseeb Irfanullah for a provocative discussion on the role of editors in the age of misinformation. Chaired by Joan Marsh.

Hasseb swung an overwhelming majority against to a 47% vote in favour, winning the debate.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-12/

#Misinformation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalEditing

Our environment & sustainability committee (https://ease.org.uk/communities/special-interest-committees/environment-and-sustainability-committee/) presents the UN SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Publishers Compact, the EASE Manifesto, and the EDI Survey, as well as our soon-to-be-launched checklist to implement the SDGs, which can be exported as a PDF and can be organisation-wide or journal-level.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-11/

#SDGs #Sustainability #EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalPublishing #EDI #EquityDiversityInclusion

Ashley Cooper chairs a panel on misconceptions around what manuscript editors do, and their responsibilities in helping to avoid misinformation.

Véronique Gebala, @Nature, values persuasive cover letters. Yateen Joshi says the key to acceptance is substance of the article - though that only comes when it is sent to reviewers. Journal may use other issues to screen out submissions.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-10/

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalEditors #ScienceEditing #JournalEditing #Misinformation

Shaharima Parvin of East West University in Bangladesh presents her experience as a librarian.

"Information wants to be free. It also wants to be expensive" - Stewart Brand, 1984

Trust is at risk, but open access helps promote scholarly communication - however, many senior researchers believe all OA is predatory. Many academics want to publish asap, don't know about indexing, and lack funds.

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #Librarians #ScholComm #PredatoryJournals #PredatoryPublishing #Bangladesh

Think. Check. Submit. helps teach researchers and others to identify predatory and questionable journals. Sofie Wennström presents at our conference in Oslo on how the tips guide authors as an alternative to block lists, allow lists, and the uncritical use of journal metrics. They also help journals ensure they are being and presenting as trustworthy.

#PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryJournals #ThinkCheckSubmit #JournalPublishing #CriticalAppraisal #PublicationEthics #EASEevents #EASEoslo

Joanna Ball of @DOAJ presents how the index is a gold standard for Open Access journals and is used as a trust marker by librarians, researchers, and other literature services.

#OpenAccess #JournalPublishing #PublicationEthics #AbstractingAndIndexing #AcademicJournals #AcademicPublishing #EASEevents #EASEoslo

Russia's invasion of Ukraine affected their scholarly journals because the occupiers appropriated university journals based in those territories, says Iryna Izarova.

Working with the ISSN International Centre & the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, new rules for ISSNs in occupied & disputed territories were developed.
#ISSNs #EASEoslo #EASEevents #UkraineRussiaWar #EASEukraine #PublicationEthics #GeoPolitics #GlobalConflict #InternationalLaw #OccupiedTerritories #JournalPublishing

Keynote on author identity from @alicemeadows this morning on the final day at our conference in Oslo.

The recent STM Association report on trusted identity recommends institutionally verified identity and using ORCID trust markers:
https://stm-assoc.org/new-stm-report-trusted-identity-in-academic-publishing/

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https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-8/

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #PIDs #Authorship #PersistentIdentifiers #Misinformation #ORCID #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchIntegrity

Practical Tips for Editors: Identifying hallmarks of suspected Gen AI and suspected image manipulation by Dan Stuckey at our conference in Oslo.

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #ImageManipulation #ScientificFigures #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificMisconduct #EditingTips #GenAI #GenerativeAI #ChatBots #AItools #AIethics #AIwriting

Intercepting Misconduct - Practical Tips for Editors is chaired by Jason Roberts, with Paula Saikkonen, Dan Stuckey, and Ines Steffens.

Our final session today brings together experts sharing practical, low-cost ways to detect and prevent research misconduct - especially valuable for editors at smaller journals.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-7/

#EASEoslo #EASEevents #ScienceEditing #ScientificMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity

My panel this morning at the European Association of Science Editors (@EASE) conference in Oslo was on the use of new tech in research integrity checks, alongside Caroline Sutton in person and Kim Eggleton and Jane Alfred online.

Our conversation was great (if I say so myself), helped by the chairing by Brian Cody. I thought it would be interesting to see how others here would answer Brian's questions:

1. What are the top research integrity concerns for scholarly publishers, and how much are they discipline-specific?

2. Technical checks can be overwhelming for journals. How to manage manuscript checklists from a process perspective?

3. How do publishers considering new automation / tools decide what's necessary vs nice to have?

4. Case studies of implementing tools.

5. Many tools only apply to English publications. What tools should non-English journals know about?

6. How can publishers and editors get involved in tool development?

7. What is the potential for AI to improve research integrity checks vs human oversight?

#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #AItools #Automation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #PaperMills #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

My panel this morning at the European Association of Science Editors (@EASE) conference in Oslo was on the use of new tech in research integrity checks, alongside Caroline Sutton in person and Kim Eggleton and Jane Alfred online.

Our conversation was great (if I say so myself), helped by the chairing by Brian Cody. I thought it would be interesting to see how others here would answer Brian's questions:

1. What are the top research integrity concerns for scholarly publishers, and how much are they discipline-specific?

2. Technical checks can be overwhelming for journals. How to manage manuscript checklists from a process perspective?

3. How do publishers considering new automation / tools decide what's necessary vs nice to have?

4. Case studies of implementing tools.

5. Many tools only apply to English publications. What tools should non-English journals know about?

6. How can publishers and editors get involved in tool development?

7. What is the potential for AI to improve research integrity checks vs human oversight?

#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #AItools #Automation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #PaperMills #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

Pressures and Solutions for Shoestring-Budget Journal Publishers: how do small, non-profit journal publishers maintain editorial quality amid tightening resources, rising competition, & misinformation & AI?

The panel explored how cultural and linguistic factors, particularly in small nation settings, complicate plagiarism detection & editorial consistency. Small communities improve trust but risk bias.

#EASEoslo #EASEevents #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicJournals #JournalEditing #PeerReview

Preserving the Integrity of the Scholarly Record: Danielle Padula, Scholastica & Madhura Amdekar, Crossref chair a panel on metadata, with Alice Meadows, MoreBrains & David Haber, ASM.

- Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are key to trustworthy info
- Metadata can be trust signals
- Identity & provenance are important
- Metadata makes articles & data findable/interoperable
- Join communities, e.g., NISO

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-4/

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #MetaData #PIDs #PersistentIdentifiers #ScholComm

Camilla Stoltenberg, CEO of the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), recounts her experience of pandemics (incl. SARS and COVID) and the importance of ensuring independence, transparency, and accuracy of public health information. There needs to be room for open disagreement to build trust, especially in uncertain times. Scientific advisors should be allowed to state their opinions.
https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-1/

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #CamillaStoltenberg #PublicHealth #Misinformation #TrustInScience

EASE is grateful for the kind invitation by the mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, and the generous hospitality of Oslo city hall. To protect science from disinformation, scientists and science editors must not forget they are citizens at first. The way to safeguard trustworthiness of science and ensuring its rigor and integrity is to engage with citizens and empower their critical thinking skills.

#EASEevents #Disinformation #ScienceEditing #PeerReview #Conference2025 #EASEoslo

The 23rd Annual General Meeting of EASE in Oslo is opened by Cem Uzun, giving thanks to our council, committees, chapters, special interest groups, and 600+ members. 🇳🇴
#Conference2025 #EASEoslo #EASEevents #JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #Norway

We are happy to partner with @Science_Open on a free webinar, Thu 27 Mar 2pm UK, to show how we're using them to promote our journal & publish conference posters. This is our first Satellite Event for our May conference in Oslo. ScienceOpen has interactive features for journal editors & authors, including one-click sharing, recommendations, review, lay summaries, curated collections, usage tracking, metrics.
https://ease.org.uk/event/reaching-new-audiences-with-scienceopen-an-ease-case-study/
#EASEevents #SciComm #ResearchImpact #Conference2025 #EASEoslo

The EASE Scientific Poster Competition 2025 is open! 🖼️🔬

Submit in three categories, with a prize 🏆 for the best poster in each:
- Scientific
- Scholarly Publishing Process and Innovation
- Community Engagement and Collaboration

PLUS a prize for the best Norwegian power, as our conference is in Oslo. 🇳🇴

Posters will be displayed at the venue during our conference and will be online from 1 May.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/

#EASEevents #EASEoslo25
#PosterPresentations #ScholarlyPublishing #SciComm

In recognition of International Open Access Week 'Community over Commercialization' October 21-27 2024, the North Macedonian Chapter of EASE hosted their inaugural event on the topic of open access.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=4IajZ5Aa3mpYHDPO&v=pWQ-egPxHRY&feature=youtu.be

More on the chapter: https://ease.org.uk/communities/regional-chapters/ease-north-macedonia/

#EASEevents #NorthMacedonia #OpenAccess #OpenAccessWeek #Webinar

Registration is open for our online Autumn Symposium 🍂 on Tues 26 November:
Al & digital tools in scholarly publishing 🤖💻⚙️

See more: https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/autumn-symposium/
Register here: https://ease.org.uk/autumn-symposium-sponsors-2024/autumn-symposium-booking-form/
EASE & Sister Society members (CIEP/ISMTE/MET/NEaT/SENSE): £90 🧑‍🤝‍🧑
Non-members: £180
Those working in LMICs may apply for a free sponsored place. 🌍
#AItools #DigitalPublishing #JournalPublication #AcademicPublishing #OnlineConference #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #DigitalTools #EASEevents

Save the date: our new one-day online Autumn Symposium on Al and digital tools in scholarly publishing is on Tuesday 26 November.

Experts in the publishing industry will present innovations in the use of Al and digital tools for authors, researchers, manuscript editors, journal editors, and reviewers.

Registration will open soon, with discounts for EASE members and large groups.

https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/autumn-symposium/

#AItools #LLMs #EASEevents #Conference2024 #JournalEditing #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

AI as a sustainable writing and translation aid in scholarly publishing: Tues 17 Sept, 2pm (UK time). Susanna Fiorini, OPERAS scientific coordinator and a translator and consultant in translation technology, will give guidance on Al-based writing and translation technologies for academic publishers, editors, authors, and translators. Register:
https://ease.org.uk/event/ease-member-webinar-ai-as-a-sustainable-writing-and-translation-aid-in-scholarly-publishing/
EASE members free, £25 non-members.
#EASEevents #Alwriting #AITools #Translation
#ScholarlyPublishing #JournalEditing #Translators

Our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee webinar will share initiatives from The Lancet journals.

Ana Heredia will chair, with speakers Zoë Mullan & Diana Samuel from The Lancet group talking about the development of policies, the importance of EDI from a scientific & social perspective, & ideas for an effective strategy.

Sept 10, 3-4 pm BST. Registration is free & open to all: https://ease.org.uk/event/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-in-publishing-initiatives-from-the-lancet-group/
#EASEevents #EquityDiversityInclusion #EDI #TheLancet #ScholarlyPublishing #JournalEditing

Want to know more about @ORCID_Org, the Open Researcher & Contributor Identifier?

Our webinar this month is free & open to all. Join us, Tues 23 Jul, 1pm BST. Register: https://ease.org.uk/event/ease-webinar-persistent-identifiers-for-people-an-introduction-to-orcid/

@Lisalibrarian, ORCID Board Chair & a professor/librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will give an overview of ORCID's efforts to increase their reach & engagement, plus other persistent identifiers (PIDs).

#EASEevents #ORCID #PersistentIdentifiers #PIDs #FreeWebinar #Authorship

From science to policy making: making complex scientific findings accessible.

For our EASE Nordic chapter webinar, Koen Jonkers of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre will present takeaways from the EU Science for Policy Framework. Complex scientific findings can be communicated using clear structure, language, and key messages.

Thu 20 June, 3pm CEST / 4pm EEST / 2pm BST. Free and open to all.

https://ease.org.uk/event/ease-nordic-webinar-from-science-to-policy-making/

#EASEevents #SciencePolicy #Accessibility #SciComm

Can technology and large language models aid peer review? Our Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, hosted a webinar with James Zou, Lu Sun, and Mike Thelwall. Al, including LLMs, promises to revolutionise scientific discovery. Idea generation, study conduct, manuscript writing, research dissemination, and quality control might be enhanced or done by machines. We discussed how peer review is already changing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=N5aPqFiW5lbBKkXP&v=hPOxK8K3xoY
#PeerReview #EASEevents #LLMs #AItools #ResearchMethods

Our Ukrainian Regional Chapter was pleased to host this webinar, CRediT: The Contributor Role Taxonomy.

Given the importance of clear authorship attribution & recognition in academia, we are eager to explore how CRediT can enhance our understanding and use of contributor roles.

Scholastica CEO Brian Cody, Simon Kerridge, & Daniel Evanko presented, chaired by Iryna Izarova.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=nixRzvHgA8TCuc9r&v=dPJ_KgXOgYc

#EASEevents #Authorship #UkrainianScience #ScholComm #AcademicMastodon #Webinar #CreditTaxonomy

Most scientific journals publish online-only & almost all online first. Online's accessibility, cost-efficiency, & interactivity revolutionized publishing, but some journals are still in print. Are print journals dinosaurs or do they have a role? 🦕🆚💻

This webinar with Are Brean, Editor-in-chief of The Journal of The Norwegian Medical Association, was by our Nordic Chapter, free & open to all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=baOSnYLMWx46wjVP&v=ipXGOnOr61w
#EASEevents #JournalPublication #ScholComm #ScholarlyPublishing #FreeWebinar

The EASE Awards for 2022/23 were announced at an online event on Wed 7 Feb: https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=oHnAi42P6tn_9RDo&v=G2oUw9Bwu3k&feature=youtu.be

Congratulations to all those nominated by our membership and, of course, our award winners:
Iryna Izarova, Roohi Ghosh, @pippasmart, and our other journal and conference winners. 🏆

https://ease.org.uk/ease-awards-2022-23/

#JournalEditing #JournalPublication #EASEevents #WinnerWinnerChickenDinner

Understand patient's view and how to change clinical viewpoints accordingly, notes Juliet dobson from the BMJ @EASE
#EASEEvents #scholarlypublishing

Scientific journals have a responsibility on raising awareness on #ClimateCrisis despite all the problems they face notes Juliet Dobson at @EASE
conference #EASEEvents #Sciencepolicy #scholarlypublishing #BMJ

Ask yourself what are your journal's core values and how you support them, suggests James Butcher of Journalology at @EASE #EASEEvents #JournalEditing #scholarlypublishing

Journal performance beyond the #ImpactFactor. Cristina Huidiu at Elsevier (a former librarian) says responsible use of metrics - article metrics, journal metrics, & #altmetrics - can be business indicators to help publishers to make decisions.

Can get insights into impact beyond citations and trends in fields, from patents and funding.

Collaboration patterns of existing authors can show new directions of their work.

#EASEevents #Bibliometrics

If you plan to organize a hybrid/in person conference, do it like @EASE :have some real off-line cats in the room and zoom the camera on them for online audience too #CatsOfMastodon #easeevents #scholarlyPublishing

How does commercial publishing affect #OpenAccess and @DOAJ?

Lots of API usage from commercial publishers and many applications in 2019 following Plan S. "Mirror journals" were one response, but they haven't taken off.

"Subscribe to Open" is increasing, as well as flips from subscription to OA.

75% of European spending on APCs goes to five publishers.

#EASEevents

Dom Mitchell of @DOAJ describes how national policies affect #OpenAccess

UGC in India had OA mandate from 2006, but many Indian OA journals were poor quality.

Many Diamond OA journals in DOAJ due to institutional OA.

Indonesian journals, encouraged to launch by the govt, have a high rejection rate and often swap from diamond to gold after DOAJ indexing.

2019 Chinese excellence plan led to more DOAJ applications. Many small publishers.

#EASEevents

Dom Mitchell of @DOAJ: indexing is impartial to #OpenAccess business models (other than hybrid or embargoed), geographically neutral.

OA means: copyright holder grants open license with immediate access.

2/3 of indexed journals are "Diamond OA" with no fee. 56% of journals have authors retain copyright.

#EASEevents

Medwave decided to drop author-provided translations and moved to an automated translation platform.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/leap.1533

#EASEevents

Vivienne Bachelet of Medwave in Chile describes Latin American publishing: mainly though SciELO. Open access, no charges, mostly university presses, use secretaries and email.

Medwave in 2001 was a pharmaceutical & medical society meeting publisher. Decided to publish research articles with #PeerReview in 2010. Pharma funding dried up. By 2014, in MEDLINE, bilingual, but no income! @pippasmart helped decide on introducing submission fees and APCs (waivers for Cuba).

#EASEevents

Ethics of #PeerReview: @catmacOA presents about when things go wrong.

Manipulation at scale by #PaperMills and peer review rings is rife in the industry, esp. in special issues. In a year, Hindawi identified 1700+ compromised articles to retract, using data analysis and manual checks. Mass retraction, using a standardised notice, does not wait for author responses if there is a sufficient signal of manipulation or paper mills.

#EASEevents #PublicationEthics

@EASE @bahar There is a recent RCT that directly shows the effects of double anonymisation:
Fox, C. W., Meyer, J., & Aimé, E. (2023). Double-blind peer review affects reviewer ratings and editor decisions at an ecology journal. Functional Ecology, 37, 1144– 1157. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14259 #PeerReview #EASEevents

At IOP Publishing, introduction of voluntary double anonymisation #PeerReview was staggered across portfolio, allowing analysis of who chose anonymisation.

The policy roll out improved acceptance of low-prestige authors. It didn't affect review acceptances or submissions.

#EASEevents

Fairness and transparency in #PeerReview: @bahar recounts trial of peer review Nobel Prize winner with and without anonymisation, showing obvious bias: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205779119

Misha Teplitsky says implementing double anonymous peer review is onerous, so how about voluntary anonymisation? What if those who benefit from named review don't anonymise? Nature journals saw low uptake, mainly Indian and Chinese authors: https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-018-0049-z

#EASEevents

Quality conference needs quality audience @EASE #easeevents #scholarlyPublishing #CatsOfMastodon

Of some of our conference participants @EASE #easeevents #scholarlypublishing #CatsOfMastodon @pippasmart

Should editors set similarity thresholds? George Vousden cautions against this, because the number "can mean anything". A long article can have the whole introduction plagiarised, but a low overall similarity index.

#EASEevents #JournalEditing #Plagiarism

Different #PeerReview models are accepted by different communities, notes Joe Krumpfer. It needs to be tailored to each field.

Ilana Kolodkin thinks double anonymisation is a great idea, but it's hard for authors because you need to detach it from your previous work.

p.s. @bahar notes to use "double anonymisation" vs "double blind" terminology.

#EASEevents #JournalEditing

Are structured #PeerReview forms useful?

Guidelines online are often not read, agree Joe Krumpfer and George Vousden. However, George says he wants every review to discuss methods and so structured questions are helpful.

Ilana Kolodkin finds structured forms really annoying, because she has carefully prepared a coherent review and needs to break it up.

George notes you shouldn't use scales for "impact": prose is better to guide editors, if they use that criterion.

#EASEevents #JournalEditing

We shouldn't assume peer reviewers haven't seen a submission before, says Ilana Kolodkin. They usually have submitted and revised a couple of times already.

Joe Krumpfer notes that a reviewer saying "I reviewed this before and recommended rejection" is unhelpful, because the journal criteria may be different.

#EASEevents #PeerReview #JournalEditing

What's a good #PeerReview for an author? Ilana Kolodkin says short, positive reviews aren't given as much weight as long, negative reviews, which can be unfortunate. She prefers careful review over speed, even as an author.

George Vousden says reviewer training is variable and to avoid a focus on language you need clear guidelines. Reports should be constructive and guide the authors. If they're positive, the reviewer should outline how the article is suitable.

#EASEevents #JournalEditing

An audience with Ivan Oransky, Evelyne Decullier and Hervé Maisonneuve, who shared their experiences and best practice of managing cases of publishing and research misconduct, and discussed guidelines and proper behaviour for retraction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKC_wp38Yk
#EASEevents #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchMisconduct #Retractions #PublicationEthics #Webinar

EASE Webinar: Competing interests in health and medical journal publishing
Tuesday, 31 January 2023 10am (UK time)

Mabel Chew, Senior Editor at The Lancet, Sydney, Australia unpacks what competing interests are and discusses evidence on COIs in relation to health and medical journals.

https://ease.org.uk/event/ease-webinar-competing-interests-in-health-and-medical-journal-publishing/

#EuropeanAssociationOfScienceEditors #EASEevents #EASEeditors #COI #ConflictsOfInterest #JournalPublishing #MedicalJournals #HealthResearch #Webinar #CompetingInterests #TheLancet #COIs