European Association of Science Editors
EASE is a global community of professionals with diverse skills and experiences across the many editorial roles involved in academic publishing.
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- Would you like to improve your journal's visibility and impact? The EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors is an 8 module online training course, delivered by experts in their field, to help you develop your journal and engage your Editorial Board. Find out more - bit.ly/EASEeditorialschool26
- Save the date! The EASE Summer Symposium will take place 2-4 June 2026. Find out more... bit.ly/easesummer26 We are delighted to have JAMS as the Summer Symposium Platinum Sponsor - visit jams.pub
- Interesting article from Avi Staiman in today’s Scholarly Kitchen - take a look! scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/01/27/w...
- Calling EASE members 🔊 Have you cast your vote for the 2025 EASE awards yet? Head over to bit.ly/EASE2025awardsVote to have your say! Our 2025 Awards Event will be held on 11 February 2026 - book your free place now! bit.ly/EASEawards2025 #easeevents #easeawards #easeeditors
- A perennial hot topic among new and seasoned journal editors, this session will deliver a how-to guide for successful applications to journal indexes. See the EASE website for registration details (Members make sure you are logged in!) ease.org.uk/event/ease-w...
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- From our Oslo Conference we share the poster from our Peer Review Committee, showcasing the work of the team - including trainings, webinars, research projects, and produced 12 Guides and 4 Infographics, available through the Peer Review Toolkit page. doi.org/10.14293/EAS... #PeerReview
- Join us for an insightful, practical webinar on 25th November, with speakers from Frontiers, Wiley, and Elsevier, sharing their insights into recent developments in technology and data designed to support editors in their tasks to safeguard the scientific literature. ease.org.uk/event/ease-w...
- We are excited to reveal the first of our plans towards our next online conference. Help us choose the theme for conference sessions by voting for your favorite from three shortlisted options suggested by our Council. bit.ly/ease2026poll
- Reposted by European Association of Science EditorsWhat's needed to maintain an effective editorial office in the age of misinformation? @maverick-os.bsky.social's Lynsey Haire covers takeaways from an @easeeditors.bsky.social panel, which spanned workflow structures, submission screening tools/processes, and reviewer engagement.
- Journal Editors! Managing Editors! A call for 20 minutes of your time please, to contribute to this survey of editorial board management. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- Have you read the latest EASE Update newsletter yet? it contains : 🌎 Details of our new LinkedIn showcases pages for several Regional Chapters and DEI community 📋 Survey on Editorial Board Practices 👥 Peer Review Infographics 🖥️ Upcoming webinars ➕...and more! sh1.sendinblue.com/ahdfghmkclpf...
- EASE have contributed to an @editageinsights.bsky.social article for #OpenAccessWeek Read comments from @ivagaeditor.bsky.social, @dnjournals.bsky.social @roohighosh.bsky.social @rachinams.bsky.social and @hoohar.bsky.social on the meanings of community impact www.editage.com/insights/ope...
- A new Viewpoint by Bor Luen Tang questions increasing gold OA in less wealthy nations as paradoxical to increasing APCs and funding constraints. Instead, he discusses phenomena of citations, peer review, and ‘mutually propagating publishing loop’ as alternative explanations doi.org/10.3897/ese....
- From our Oslo poster exhibition, we share ReviewerAI: Transforming Peer Review Workflows Through AI-Driven Innovation, by Yusuf Sermet and Ibrahim Demir Access it in hi-res pdf, and read all the posters from our 18th Conference on our @scienceopen.bsky.social Collection: doi.org/10.14293/EAS...
- This Thursday! Join us and STM for a session to discuss ways of reducing the publishing industry carbon footprint
- This survey-based study assesses researchers’ familiarity with AI, their perceptions of benefits and challenges, ethical considerations, and expectations for future roles in the reviewing process. The paper is published open access, available to read in full from ESE, now: doi.org/10.3897/ese....
- EASE Update Issue 7 is up and out! In this edition we announce our new Survey on Editorial Board Practices, several forthcoming webinars including our collaborative SDG-related event with STM, revisit our Peer Review Infographics (icymt), and more. Enjoy! sh1.sendinblue.com/ahdfghmkclpf...
- Join us for what promises to be a fantastic session to understand what differences we can make to improving the efficiency, and reducing the environmental impact of our operations.
- EASE is a signatory to the UN SDG Publishers Compact. Towards Goal 4: Quality Education, we provide free access to a range of materials and events of benefit to academics of all experiences, and all involved in the publishing industry. Browse our website to see what could help you ease.org.uk
- Our October webinar features three presentations that address different aspects of good reporting practice: media guidelines for sensitive topics, Guidelines for Intersectional Analysis in Science and Technology (GIST), and tackling mass-produced science ease.org.uk/event/good-r... 1/4
- On the EASE Digest today, we look at a new page of the Wiley website which responds to many FAQs and details their AI resources in the peer review process. ease.org.uk/2025/10/wile... #EASEdigest #AIinPeerReview
- Starting tomorrow, 1st October, Part 2 of our rolling 8-module training package. Suitable for anyone involved in the academic oversight, management or planning of journals, and benefit all levels of experiences. There's still time to register - see our website for info ease.org.uk/ease-events/...
- From our Oslo poster exhibition, the Runner Up in the Scholarly Publishing Process & Innovation category describes a toolkit to help faculty prepare and submit scholarly work to peer-reviewed journals, boosting the credibility and reach of nursing research. doi.org/10.14293/EAS...
- A very thorough thread commenting on this article and the issues is raises
- In this new ESE Viewpoint, @reeserichardson.bsky.social and Matt Spick help editors identify mass-produced research to reject them at the point of submission, reducing the burden on peer review, and the amount of poor-quality noise introduced to the published literature. doi.org/10.3897/ese....
- For @peerreviewweek.bsky.social we share this poster presentation from the EASE Peer Review Committee, detailing their Guides and Infographics available from our PR Toolkit, Publications and Resources. See it in hi-res + more info on @scienceopen.bsky.social doi.org/10.14293/EAS... #PeerReview
- Part II of the EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors begins in October. No need to take Part I first, you can start here with four modules to help your journals enhance their publishing strategy, visibility, impact, and editorial processes ease.org.uk/ease-events/...
- In this new Editage video for @peerreviewweek.bsky.social, our Vice President, Iva Grabaric Andonovski shares her thoughts on whether AI can replace human peer reviewers. youtu.be/lnDmFaneuik?... #PeeReviewWeek #PRW25
- A new @peerreviewweek.bsky.social short on the Editage YT channel, from EASE Vice-President Iva Grabaric Andonovski, answering the question 'Should AI Tools Used During Peer Review be Disclosed'? www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sNF... #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2025
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- Day Two of the 12th PUBMET conference is streaming live in YouTube now Many of our colleagues from EASE Croatia are there, hosting the sessions in the latest developments in Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science www.youtube.com/live/wk5_3Fj... #pubmet #openscience
- Join us next week, 16th September for a session discussing ethics sleuthing and image integrity in the age of generative AI with forensic meta-scientist René Aquarius and Council member Phill Jones. ease.org.uk/event/ease-w... #EASEevents #ImageIntegrity
- New on the EASE Digest, a recent paper from the JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine, detailing the launch of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advocacy Team and their strategy to promote transparency and inclusive publishing practices. ease.org.uk/2025/08/dive... #EASEdigest #DEI
- On the EASE Digest, we highlight the new book from @samuelmoore.org tackling the infrastructures and integrity of the open access research publishing landscape. ease.org.uk/2025/09/publ... #EASEdigest #OpenAccess
- Peer Review Week is approaching! We have two events during the week; Monday 15th - Peer Review Across Borders and Technologies: Localizing the EASE Toolkit in the AI Era and this session with Phill, on Thursday 18th - From red flags to real fixes: Can AI help clean up scientific publishing?
- I'm looking forward to speaking a this panel on whether AI can help 'clean up' scientific publishing. There's a lot of talk about AI and about research integrity, so let's talk about the intersection of the two. Hosted by @easeeditors.bsky.social and @editageinsights.bsky.social #peerreviewweek 1/2
- We are delighted to welcome forensic meta-scientist @deadneanderthals.bsky.social to the EASE webinar series, joining our Council member @phillbjones.bsky.social for a session discussing ethics sleuthing and image integrity in the age of generative AI ease.org.uk/event/ease-w...
- More details have been added to our special Regional Chapter session for @peerreviewweek.bsky.social Speakers from EASE chapters will showcase resources from the Toolkit, how they support responsible, context-sensitive peer review across disciplines, languages, and regions. bit.ly/easeprw25
- New to the EASE Digest, our Bookshelf Editor recommend the 'SPIRIT 2025 statement: updated guideline for protocols of randomized trials'. ease.org.uk/2025/08/spir... #EASEdigest #EASEbookshelf #SpiritStatement
- Next Thursday, join Dr Evgeny Bobrov from the QUEST Center for Responsible Research, for a session on data sharing practices and policies common among academic journals. The session is free and open to anyone interested. ease.org.uk/event/ease-g... #EASEevents #EASEgermany #ResponsibleResearch
- This new paper analyses the content of 130 review invitations from 52 journals over a three-year period. The results offer a useful standard and framework for templating emails to reviewers to improve the peer review process experience for reviewers, journals and authors. doi.org/10.3897/ese....
- Issue 6 of our public EASE Update newsletter is out today. It features news from across the EASE community, previews of forthcoming events and training, recent publications, and details of our special Regional Chapter webinar for @peerreviewweek.bsky.social sh1.sendinblue.com/ah0schmkclpf...
- This Thursday August 21, join our India Chapter for a free and open webinar delivering practical insights from experienced editors, with key skills and top tips to effectively manage editorial workflows. ease.org.uk/event/ease-i...
- We are delighted to award the 'Community Engagement and Collaboration Posters' prize to EASE Ukraine for 'Fostering Changes in Ukrainian Academic Publishing Landscape. See the hi-res pdf and all the posters from our 18th Conference in our @scienceopen.bsky.social Collection doi.org/10.14293/EAS...
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- New in the Bookshelf section of the EASE Digest blog, we share a new study published in PNAS which provides further insights into the scale of the industrially-produced research papers from ‘paper mills’. @reeserichardson.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social ease.org.uk/2025/08/frau...
- Winner of our Scholarly Publishing Process and Innovation Posters' category at our Oslo Conference, this poster details approaches implemented by Editors of @ioppublishing.bsky.social journals to combat increasing threats from fake research. doi.org/10.14293/EAS...
