PRC Achievements - EASE : EASE

June 2026 – Symposium Summer Symposium Satellite Event: The Quality of AI Peer Review reports
November 2025 – Viewpoint What is the Future of Peer Review The EASE Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, is featured in the Sci-Integrity Alliance Newsletter Reach, on the vision for Future of Peer Review,
October 2025 – Webinar Peer Review and its Diversification Webinars The EASE Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, participated in a webinar series on peer review organized by the ReproducibiliTea Global community.
September 2025 – Conference International Congress on Peer Review The EASE Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, participated in the Peer Review Congress where he gave talks on Comparison of Content in Published and Unpublished Peer Review Reports, and Differences Between Manuscripts Versions: A Living Review and Series of Meta-Analyses.
June 2025 Metascience 2025 Conference
May 2025 – Presentation EASE presented at the OPERAS Special Interest Group on Best Practices in Scholarly Communication Peer Review Committee Member Jadranka Stojanovski, alongside Chair of EASE Croatian Regional Chapter Iva Grabaric Andonovski presented EASE and the Peer Review Committee to the OPERAS Special Interest Group on Best Practices in Scholarly Communication.
November 2024 – Article Rethinking Reviewer Fatigue Peer Review Committee member, Bahar Mehmani, is a co-author of a recent publication reimagining peer review as a human-AI collaboration.
November 2024 – Article How academics are using GenAI Peer Review Committee Member, Serge Horbach, is a co-author on a recently published preprint on nationwide among researchers at Danish universities regarding generative AI. More details can also be found at the LSE impact blog.
September 2024 – Webinar ISMTE Webinar: Reviewer Burnout and AI
July 2024 – Webinar Elsevier Societies’ Update webinar: Peer Review Latest Developments
May 2024 – Webinar EASE panel discussion: Assisting Peer Review with Technology and Large Language Models
May 2024 – Viewpoint New Peer Review Quality Guidelines from EASE: Interview with Dr. Mario Malički Scholastica interviewed Peer Review Committee Chair Mario Malički on the new toolkit on peer review quality.
February 2024 – Article A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science published Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, collaborated on A guide for social science journal editors on easing into open science. Published summary paper can be found in RIPR: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-023-00141-5, and the full guide on OSF: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/hstcx
February 2024 – Article Scoping review on Open Peer Review Published Peer Review Committee Member, Serge Horbach, is a co-author on a recently published scoping review titled: Additional experiments required: A scoping review of recent evidence on key aspects of Open Peer Review.
February 2024 – Article Preprint on Structured Peer Review published Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički and Committee member Bahar Mehmani posted a preprint titled Structured Peer Review: Pilot results from 23 Elsevier Journals
January 2024 – Webinar Free webinar – The Future of Peer Review and Reproducible Science Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički is giving a talk at the The Future of Science Seminar Series hosted by DeSci Foundation. The talk will cover his current research on peer review and considerations regarding the future of scholarly communication.
November 2023 – Webinar Free webinar – Transparency and Innovation in Peer Review Peer Review Committee Member, Serge Horbach, participated in the JEDI 2023 Annual Meeting webinar on the topic Transparency and Innovation in Peer Review. This webinar explored the evolving landscape of peer review as panellists discussed the challenges and opportunities related to transparency, open reviewer identities, open content in reviews, new ways to provide post-publication evaluations of scholarly manuscripts, and more.
October 2023 – Event Peer Review Committee Chair discusses peer review and preprint journalist coverage Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, participated in the 2023 Scholarly Communication Institute (SCI) - on the topic of Trust and pre-truth science: The case of preprints.
September 2023 – Activity Publication of infographic: A Brief History of Peer Review Scholarly journals instituting some kind of peer review date back to the 1600s, but peer review as we know it only appeared roughly in the 1950s. Since then, the peer-reviewed paper has been the gold standard of reliable research reporting. Over this time, peer review has changed—and is changing—to meet the demands of the times. David Burbridge summarises the crucial developments in peer review and its prospects for the future on behalf of Editage and EASE as part of their contribution to Peer Review Week 2023. Download the infographic: https://ease.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A-brief-history-of-peer-review-infographic.png
September 2023 – Webinar The Great Peer Review Debate: Open, Closed, and Transparent Models Peer Review Committee Chair, Mario Malički, participated in a webinar discussing pros and cons of open peer review.
September 2023 – Webinar Generative AI in research evaluation Peer Review Committee member, Bahar Mehmani, participated in a panel discussion on Generative AI in research evaluation.
September 2023 – Discussion, Event Ask Me Anything panel for Chinese audience for Peer Review Week 2023 Three EASE members, Past President, Joan Marsh, and Council members Matt Hodgkinson and Jadranka Stojanovski, answered peer review related questions in an ‘Ask me Anything’ panel for a Chinese audience organised in partnership with Cactus Communication on the ScienceNet platform. Between them they have answered over 70 questions in a two hour period. The team at Cactus did a brilliant job of translating all the questions into English for our panel and then translating their answers back into Chinese.
September 2023 – Event, Panel discussion, Webinar PRW2023 Breaking the mould: exploring the impact of peer review innovations on the future Scholarly publishing is entering a new era of radical change. The rise of Open Access (OA), open science, big data, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape like never before. In this unsettling yet transformative time, it is imperative for stakeholders across the scholarly ecosystem to collaborate proactively and ensure that peer review evolves such that it continues to be our most powerful tool for evaluating the rigor, credibility, and interest of scholarly research. The recording of this webinar is free and open to all, use the link below to explore the different trends, learn about the different “futures” that the community envisions, and listen to the discussion on what is needed to prepare for this future. EASE partnered with Editage from Cactus Communication, to bring you this webinar. Christopher Leonard, Director, Strategy and Innovation, Cactus Communication hosted a panel of three speakers: Sven Fund, Managing Director, Reviewers Credits Phill Jones, Co-founder, Digital and Technology, MoreBrains Consulting Cooperative Iva Grabarić Andonovski, Editor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Food Technology and Biotechnology journal
September 2023 – Event PUBMET2023 – The 10th Conference on Scholarly Communication in the Context of Open Science Peer Review Chair, Mario Malički, and Committee member, Jadranka Stojanovski, participated at the 2023 PUBMET conference.
July 2023 – Viewpoint Publication of a blog post: (Open!) Peer review – an overview Peer Review Committee member, Jadranka Stojanovski, published a blog post covering the evolution of peer review research, peer review models and innovations, as well data and preprint review. See the blog post on: https://lab.operas-eu.org/2023/07/05/open-peer-review-an-overview/
January 2023 – Webinar FREE webinar – How we can improve peer review of in vitro studies? Join Dr Paul Whaley and Dr Nikki Osborne as they discuss how we can improve peer review of in vitro studies. During this session Dr Paul Whaley (Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaboration & Lancaster University, Editor-in-Chief of Evidence-Based Toxicology) discussed the challenges of peer reviewing in vitro studies and shared a new tool that researchers can use to improve the consistency, transparency, and community value of their peer-review comments.
November 2022 ALLEA – GYA – STM joint Webinar – IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility) in scholarly peer-review In this upcoming joint webinar, we will explore issues related to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in the scholarly peer review system. The peer review system currently does not accurately represent the research community as a whole: women, researchers from the Global South and less-established institutions, early career researchers, and non-native English speakers are all among those under-represented. In addition, researchers not affiliated with established high-status institutions often experience a disadvantage when their work is submitted for peer review. Together, these biases directly affect individuals’ career progression and are likely to impact the quality of research outputs and the diversification of the research system in general.
September 2022 EASE/UKRIO panel discussion: How can peer review support research integrity? EASE and UKRIO join forces to host a panel discussion for Peer Review Week 2022. Panellists will discuss a range of issues surrounding expectations of the peer review process to detect integrity issues, tools and guidelines for spotting misconduct, expertise required and different models in use. This event is free and open to all.
September 2022 Peer Review Week 2022 Peer Review Week is a virtual community-led yearly global event celebrating the essential role that peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality. The event brings together individuals, institutions, and organizations committed to sharing the central message that good peer review, whatever shape or form it might take, is critical to scholarly communications.
September 2022 Publication of Peer Review Infographics The EASE Peer Review Committee published three new infographics to promote their recently updated and revamped Peer Review Toolkit. Read more about the infographics and download each file from the Read More link to the side of the page.
September 2022 International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication September 8-10, 2022. Venue: Swissôtel, Chicago, Illinois, United States The aim of the Congress is to encourage research into the quality and credibility of peer review and scientific publication, to establish the evidence base on which scientists can improve the conduct, reporting, and dissemination of scientific research. https://peerreviewcongress.org/index.html
May 2022 May the force be with you: Resources to help journal editors advance their fields Join the team at the Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences - JEDI (Data-PASS Journal Editors Discussion Interface) for a day of discussions with highly respected social science journal editors and scholarly knowledge builders.
May 2022 CALJ Annual Conference 2022 CALJ-ACRS will host its annual conference as part of the 2022 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
February 2022 Researcher to Reader Conference
September 2021 – Panel discussion EASE panel discussion for Peer Review Week 2021 The EASE Peer Review Committee organised a panel discussion webinar about identity in peer review as part of PRW2021, on Monday, 20 September. Four speakers talked about a different aspect of identity related to the peer review process. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, presented by Jessica Miles Peer Reviewer selection, presented by Gabriela Mejias Recognition, presented by Haseeb Irfanullah Transparency of the peer review models, review report availability, identity transparency and different ways of identity disclosure, presented by Tony Ross-Hellauer
April 2021 – Training, Webinar EASE Member Webinar: Quick guide to manuscript peer review Session content: the peer-review process and the role of editors different peer review models the role of peer reviewers and the characteristics of a constructive peer-review report. Speaker: Dr Bahar Mehmani – EASE Council, Chair of the Peer Review Committee / Reviewer Experience Lead for Elsevier
November 2020 – Panel discussion A panel discussion on the role of preprints and independent peer review services in crisis times Session within the EASE Virtual Conference 2020
January 2020 EASE Croatian Regional Chapter webinar for PRW2020
January 2020 EASE Turkish Regional Chapter webinar for PRW2020
January 2020 PRW2020 videos Several members participated in the YouTube channel of the Peer Review week
January 2020 – Translation PR for PRW2020 Each regional chapter translated the 'Get involved' announcement for peer review week
January 2020 – Translation Translation of the PRW2020 press release EASE regional chapter members provided translations of the Peer Review Week press release, (Croatian, Russian, Turkish and Vietnamese).
January 2020 – Activity PEERE data sharing meeting (Oct 2018) Publication of outcomes from the PEERE data sharing meeting in collaboration with members (Ana, Duncan, Flaminio and Bahar)
January 2020 – Activity PRW2020 Committee Bahar co-chaired the Events and International committee of the Peer Review Week and engaged with EASE regional chapters.
January 2019 – Activity Creation of YouTube channel for PRW Duncan create a YouTube channel for Peer Review Week, which by September 2020 received over 300 subscribers.
January 2019 – Activity PRW2019 Bahar co-chaired the organizing committee of the Peer Review Week
January 2018 – Activity PEERE New Frontier meeting Participation in PEERE New Frontiers of peer review meeting: data sharing and research on peer review.
January 2018 – Activity PEERE Peer Reviewer training school Involvement in PEERE Peer Reviewer training school, Split, Croatia.
January 2017 – Activity Peer review toolkit Development of the EASE peer review toolkit