#journalediting — Public Fediverse posts

"For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop."

- Ross Andersen at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/01/ai-slop-science-publishing/685704/

#TheAtlanticMagazine #RossAndersen #AIslop #AIethics #AIresearch #SciComm #JournalPublishing #JournalEditing #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceEditing #ScientificMisconduct #ScienceFraud #AIinAcademia #AcademiaIA

@bahar and Mario Malički have just published their structured peer review checklist in European Science Editing. lt helps researchers to ensure they provide thorough and constructive feedback for each section of a manuscript they review. They also suggest how journal editors and publishers can leverage the checklist throughout their peer review process.

https://ese.arphahub.com/article/137675/

#PeerReview #JournalEditing #EuropeanScienceEditing #AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyPublishing #Checklists #Elsevier

How do different values affect peer review and how do these influence editorial decisions, asks Daniel Scott Smith? Very different reviews can make decisions uncertain.

Across STEM, they find accuracy and novelty are the most important values in peer review reports, social factors (biases) have little effect, and dissensus increases editorial gatekeeping. It doesn't matter if reviewers disagree.

#ICSSI #ScienceofScience #PeerReview #Values #DecisionMaking #JournalEditing

New in our journal European Science Editing, a Correspondence article from Piero Pollesello and Papp Zoltan offers up an interesting take on the plausibility and practical uses of ChatGPT, along with a healthy portion of cautionary advice.

https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2023.e112023

#ArtificialIntelligence #Editing #SciComm #ChatGPT #TextGeneration #EuropeanScienceEditing #EASEpublications #JournalEditing #ScholComm #AItools

The editorial board of European Science Editing met earlier, brainstorming and strategizing to take the journal to new heights. 🚀 Stay tuned for even more impactful research and insightful articles! #ESEJournal #EditorialBoard #JournalEditing #JournalPublishing

Sex and gender differences are often overlooked in research design, implementation, and scientific reporting.

The EASE SAGER Guidelines Checklist helps address this with a comprehensive series of items to incorporate into methods and editorial processes.

https://ease.org.uk/communities/gender-policy-committee/the-sager-guidelines/

#ReportingGuidelines #Reproducibility #SexDifferences #GenderStudies #JournalEditing #ScientificWriting #Equity