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Our EASE forest continues to grow11 January 2022Our early payment initiative has now closed, and we are delighted to confirm 150 trees have been planted in our EASE Virtual Forest. Many thanks to all those of you who paid promptly.
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Guest Post: New Guide to Digitally Driven OA Journal Development, from Scholastica2 December 2021We are pleased to feature a guest blog post from our conference sponsors, Scholastica, to tell you about their latest free eBook; The Small Publisher’s Guide to Digitally Driven OA Journal Development. The guide covers digital-first content production, hosting, and dissemination best practices publishers of any size can implement to scale their OA journal programs […]
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EASE member webinar: Preprints, editors and publishing30 November 2021EASE members, join us for our final webinar this year, Tuesday, 7th December, 12pm-1pm (UK time) when Pippa Smart will be discussing the benefits and potential pitfalls around Preprints, Editors and Publishing. 2020 and 2021 were a watershed period for publishing when the use of preprints (i.e. articles posted before formal review) became a normalised […]
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Fifth anniversary of the SAGER guidelines: BMJ Global Health Editorial26 November 2021To mark the fifth anniversary of the EASE SAGER guidelines, our Gender Policy Committee members have published an editorial in BMJ Global Health. The article, Fifth anniversary of the Sex And Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines: taking stock and looking ahead, reflects on the successes and recommendations of the guidelines, and highlights remaining barriers […]
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Environmental sustainability and scientific publishing: EASE manifesto2 November 2021Following our June conference on the theme of Sustainability, inspired by the draft version of this document, and now in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 in Glasgow, we are very proud to publish the “Environmental sustainability and scientific publishing: EASE manifesto.” Authored by founding members of the EASE Environment & Sustainability […]
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EASE Member Webinar: Transitioning to a sustainable Open Access model1 November 2021Our next member-exclusive webinar will be 16th November 12pm UK time, on benefiots and challenges of Transitioning to a sustainable Open Access model. Our speakers for the session will Delia Mihaila, CEO of MDPI and Unai Vicario, Publishing Coordinator at MDPI. Moving a journal from the traditional subscription-based model to the Open Access model is […]
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EASE Webinar series: Cell Press Inclusion and Diversity Statement Initiative15 October 2021 EASE members! A quick reminder that our next member-exclusive webinar is next week, Tuesday, 19 October at 2pm uk time, with Deborah Sweet, VP of Editorial at Cell Press. Deborah will be discussing the Cell Press Inclusion and Diversity Statement initiative and bringing us up-to-date with all their latest activities in this topic area. […]
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EASE Peer Review Week 2021 event10 September 2021As part of Peer Review Week this year, the EASE Peer Review Committee is organising a panel discussion webinar about identity in peer review – the theme of this years’ events. The webinar will be held on the first day of proceedings, Monday, 20 September from 1pm to 2.30pm (UK time) via Zoom. Four speakers […]
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ESE article: Rethinking the use of the term ‘Global South’ in academic publishing6 September 2021A new viewpoint in EASE journal European Science Editing by Jaime Teixeira da Silva argues for an end to the use of the culturally insensitive, and geographically inaccurate term ‘global south’ when writing about research and academic publishing. Read the article, titled Rethinking the use of the term ‘Global South’ in academic publishing, at our […]
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Peer Review Week 2021: Identity – call for videos!12 August 2021 For the past two years of Peer Review Week, we have curated a series of videos on the PRW YouTube Channel, showcasing opinions from a range of individuals and organisations across the research publishing spectrum – journal editors, researchers, authors, publishers, technology providers, and of course reviewers, on each of the themes (Quality, and […]
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Apply now: the Cochrane-REWARD prize for reducing waste in research4 August 2021 Nominations have been opened for the 2021 Cochrane-REWARD prize, to recognise initiatives aimed at reducing research waste, highlighting the various ways in which that may be achieved along the 5 stages of waste: questions, design, conduct, publication, reporting. This year, the prize committee especially encourages submissions related to tackling COVID-19 research waste. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
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First look at the new style EASE24 May 2021We are very excited to bring you a glimpse of your new look EASE! As you may know, we have been working very hard ove the last few months on giving our Association a redesign to modernise it, enhance our resources, communities, and add whole range of new features for our members. We will be […]