Editors' certification proposal
Past President, Professor Cem Uzun and his colleagues, particularly Yasin Hassan Balcıoğlu, have submitted an application to the COST Action Initiative (Horizon, Europe), to fund the development and implementation of a Certification scheme for journal editors.
This COST Action addresses the strategic European requirement to enhance trust, quality and integrity in scholarly communication processes by professionalising scientific journal editing. The Action will establish an open, interdisciplinary community of editors, researchers and publishers from across Europe to collaborate on building the first Europe-wide competence framework for scientific editor training and certification. By combining an approach that mitigates systemic issues (e.g. research integrity, responsible use of metrics, reproducibility, and the ethical integration of AI), the Action will facilitate the development of long-term editorial capacity across disciplines and regions. The Action will provide sustainable training, assessment and accreditation models to support policy alignment, editorial excellence, and the development of a transparent and robust European research environment.
The results will not be known until Autumn 2026, but we wish them every good luck in this important initiative.
