Achievements - Ukraine

July 2024 EASE Ukraine wins prestigious competition ‘Advanced Science in Ukraine’ EASE Ukraine has won a prestigious competition ‘Advanced Science in Ukraine’. This is organised by the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, a well-respected foundation supporting the development of scientific research in Ukraine. Winning this competition will provide the funding for their project titled “Theoretical Foundations for Harmonizing Editorial Practices of Ukrainian Scholarly Publications with International Standards for the Competitive Integration of Ukraine into the European Open Science Area.” The team behind the winning bid are Prof. Iryna Izarova, Chair of EASE Ukraine, Prof. Ganna Kharlamova, Dr. Olha Dunaievska, Prof. Maryna Zhenchenko and Mag. Yuliia Hartman. Read the full EASE Digest post via the 'Read more' link.
May 2024 – Webinar EASE Ukraine webinar – CRediT: The Contributor Role Taxonomy
September 2023 – Discussion, Presentation EASE Ukraine September meeting On 29, September 2023, participants from EASE Ukraine gathered from both Vienna and Kyiv for productive discussions and the exchange of valuable experiences on several topics, including: - discussions on new journal registration requirements in Ukraine - EASE Ukraine initiatives promoting neutrality and non-discrimination - presentations on the SUES (Remy Ienco) and SUPRR (Frances Pinter) Initiatives, fostering support for Ukrainian publishing amid challenging circumstances - the new EASE forum for members (discussion in Ukrainian!). The EASE Ukraine Forum opened with a new discussion topic, focusing on “Neutrality and Non-Discrimination in Editors’ Work.” This discussion aimed to delve into the critical aspects of maintaining editorial neutrality and ensuring non-discrimination within the editorial process, particularly in light of recent challenges faced by Ukrainian Editors.
May 2023 – Event EASE Ukraine: Satellite event of the 17th EASE Conference
April 2023 – Webinar Retraction in Academic Journals: Best Practices and Lessons Learned
April 2023 – Webinar Retraction in Academic Journals: Best Practices and Lessons Learned We were pleased to organise the first webinar of the Ukrainian Regional Chapter in 2023, “Retraction in Academic Journals: Best Practices and Lessons Learned,” which addressed a crucial issue in academic publishing. The process of retraction helps editors to respond effectively in cases where essential errors are discovered in published articles during the post-publication period. It involves retracting the article from publication after a thorough investigation. Retraction is rare in Ukrainian academic publishing, and so we were excited to promote this event. Firstly Dr Ivan Oransky, co-founder of Retraction Watch presented ‘Retractions are on the rise, but not enough’ then co-authors of the EASE Standard Retraction Form, Dr. Hervé Maisonneuve (Université de Lyon, France and EASE member) and Dr. Evelyne Decullier shared their experience. During the webinar, we discussed guidelines and proper behaviour for retraction, and shared experiences and best practices. The EASE Standard Retraction Form is available in English and Ukrainian, in Word and .pdf formats for ease of use. Please visit https://ease.org.uk/publications/ease-statements-resources/ease-standard-retraction-form/
April 2023 – Translation Translation of EASE resources into Ukrainian In the first few months of 2023, the Ukrainian Regional Chapter translated three EASE forms into Ukrainian. As each was completed, they held meetings to announce the translations and promote them with support from colleagues experienced in issues of co-authorship and retraction.
- EASE Form for Authors’ Contributions and Conflict of Interest Disclosure (February 2023)
- EASE Ethics Checklist for Authors (March 2023)
- EASE Standard Retraction Form (April 2023)
December 2022 – Activity Winner of the EASE Rising Star Award for 2021 Iryna Izarova, Chair of the Ukrainian Regional Chapter, was presented with the Rising Star Award for 2021. Iryna joined EASE at the end of 2020 and during 2021 worked tireless to establish the Ukrainian Regional Chapter. She took part in 10 EASE events throughout the course of the year and organised several Chapter events/activities with her colleagues.
November 2022 – Training EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors: Module 4 Promotion and indexing Module 4 of the Editorial School for Journal Editors - Promotion and indexing
November 2022 – Training EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors: Module 3 Peer Review process and production Module 3 of the Editorial School for Journal Editors - Peer Review process and production
November 2022 – Training EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors: Module 2 Publishing ethics for editors Module 2 of the Editorial School for Journal Editors - Publishing ethics for editors
November 2022 – Training EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors: Module 1 Journal structure and management Module 1 of the Editorial School for Journal Editors - Journal structure and management
November 2022 – Translation Translation of materials for the EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors Members of the Ukrainian Regional Chapter took part in the four-module online training course, EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors held in November 2022. The course aimed to help editors make their journals more visible, impactful, and full of engaging material. The Ukrainian Regional Chapter helped with local language support and moderation from their leadership teams to ensure the greatest accessibility and effectiveness of the training. The moderators were: Taras Kotyk, PhD, Associate professor, Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Anatomy at Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University; Olha Dunaevska, Assoc. Prof., PhD (Philology), Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Olena Terekh, PhD in Law, Assoc. Prof. of the Department of Civil Procedure, Law School, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Olena Herasymova. The team also translated the course materials. This was led by Dr. Yuliia Baklazhenko, PhD in Pedagogy, MA in Translation, Assoc. Prof. and Vice Dean of the Linguistics Faculty at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. We are grateful to all these people for their contribution and proud of what they achieved to support Ukrainian editors.
September 2022 – Powerpoint presentation, Presentation To work as an editor during a war: Ukrainian experience and lessons On 2 September 2022 Iryna Izarova, Chair of the Ukrainian Regional Chapter, and Maryna Zhenchenko, the Vice Chair, gave a presentation entitled “To work as an editor during a war: Ukrainian experience and lessons” at the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors Annual Meeting 2022 held from 31 August to 2 September 2022, in Helsinki, Finland (https://www.isaje.net/annual-meeting.html). The main aim of this research was to collect and analyse data about how the war changed plans and the everyday lives of those who work in editorial services, and how significantly it impacted their job role and workload. The survey targeted 1447 science journals, which are published in Ukraine according to the electronic register. Following the survey, some practical recommendations were developed by the international community for editors faced with war to help them meet these challenges without significant losses: how to deal with the editorial staff during the war, how to help them, how to solve conflicts and how to prevent them, how to avoid bias and to keep journals operational. Consolidation of efforts may help us keep our professional editors working efficiently and without the additional burden of problems and suffering. We plan to continue the survey to identify current problems and focus on finding solutions to the various issues raised. It is important to recognise the immediate difficulties of operating during the invasion, but also to prepare for the renovation of Ukraine in the post war period. The main aims are to keep high quality human resources engaged in the industry and to ensure that international standards of scholarly publishing are maintained and further developed in Ukraine.
August 2022 Webinar: ‘Research integrity for journal editors’ In this webinar, Joan Marsh will describe the key features of good editorial office practice, based on the Ethics toolkit from the Committee on Publication Ethics, with illustrations from her own experience as Deputy Editor and now Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Psychiatry, where relevant.
June 2022 – Presentation Presentation: Editing scientific periodicals during the war Iryna Iarova, Editor-in-Chief of AJEE and chair of the Ukrainian Chapter, presented the results of their survey about how the war in Ukraine has changed the plans and daily lives of those who work in editorial services, during the 16th EASE Conference in Valencia, Spain on 26 June 2022.
June 2022 – Presentation General overview of Ukrainian Scholarly Publishing Study Ukrainian Regional Chapter webinar ‘General Overview of Ukrainian Scholarly Publishing Study’, was held as a satellite event to the 16th EASE Conference, 24-26 June 2022 and included a welcome and introduction from Rachael Lammey, EASE Council member and chair of the Membership Committee. Please view the presentation by following the 'Read more' link.
June 2022 – Discussion Welcome meeting for new Ukrainian members On 18 June 2022 a meeting of the Ukrainian Regional Chapter of the EASE was held to welcome a number of new members who had been supported by EASE as part of their support to Ukrainian editors during this period of upheaval. EASE Councillor, Rachael Lammey from Crossref, welcomed everyone, particularly the new members and shared EASE achievements and mission. Participants discussed further plans and goals, and exchanged their opinions. See the full slide deck in our Report.
April 2022 EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors, Module 4 Module 4: "Promotion and indexing" looks at some of the problems in becoming indexed and ways that journals can improve their chances of success when applying for inclusion within the prestigious indexes.
April 2022 EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors, Module 3 Module 3: "Peer review process and production" looks at the various reviewing systems used by journals and provide tips for how the main problems with peer review (timeliness, quality and efficiency) can be reduced, improving operations and quality of feedback and communication with authors.
March 2022 EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors, Module 2 Module 2: "Publishing ethics for editors" considers some of the most common ethical issues such as plagiarised publications, data and artwork manipulation and misinterpretation, and the ways in which problems can be mitigated, resolved effectively and efficiently.
September 2021 – Event 2021 Review – activities and plans for the Ukrainian Chapter On 30 September 2021 we held a meeting entitled 'About the Ukrainian Regional Chapter of the European Association of Science Editors', at which we discussed our achievements during 2021 and plans for 2022.
June 2021 – Poster Poster: Harmonization of structuring requirements for Ukrainian scientific articles on social communications with the EASE Guidelines Members of the Ukrainian Regional Chapter produced the winning poster at the 2021 Virtual EASE Conference. The poster was entitled 'Harmonization of structuring requirements for Ukrainian scientific articles on social communications with the EASE Guidelines' and was authored by Maryna Zhenchenko, Yaroslava Prykhoda, Oksana Melnyk and Igor Zhenchenko. View the poster: https://ease.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Poster_final-ZhenchenkoPrykhoda-Melnyk-08.06.21.pdf View the video presentation: https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/15th-ease-conference-2021/poster-presentations-2021/
June 2021 – Training, Webinar ‘A quick guide to manuscript peer review’ Ukrainian Chapter members participated in this dedicated webinar presented by Dr Bahar Mehmani, Experience Reviewer lead at Elsevier. Bahar gave her expert insights into the peer review process. The session covered examples of optimal processes and different models, insights into the roles editors and reviewers play in the process, step by step details of structuring a peer review for a typical manuscript, plus ways to get involved in reviewing.
May 2021 – Training, Webinar How to prepare a good article or review? Advice for authors and reviewers During this webinar, Iryna Izarova presented the Ukrainian translation of the EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles and described the requirements for research articles, with examples from legal journals. Sylwia Ufnalska, author of the EASE Author Guidelines, shared with us the secrets of how to ensure compliance with generally accepted requirements for article structure, annotations, and academic integrity by authors, reviewers, and editors.
May 2021 – Translation Ukrainian translation of the EASE Quick-Check Table for Submissions The Ukrainian Regional Chapter members translated the EASE Quick-Check Table for Submissions which was used during a training webinar in May 2021. It is available in the Resource Library.
May 2021 – Translation Ukrainian translation of the Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be published in English The Ukrainian Regional Chapter members translated these valuable Author Guidelines which were used during a training webinar in May 2021. They are now available to download from the Resource library.
March 2021 – Training, Webinar The mission of scholarly publishing, publishing ethics and standards On March 24, 2021, the first webinar of the Association of Ukrainian Editors and the Ukrainian Regional Chapter of the EASE was held, dedicated to the mission of the scientific journal, editorial ethics and compliance with publishing standards. Many thanks to Joan Marsh, Deputy Editor of The Lancet Psychiatry, former President of EASE and Chair of the EASE Gender Policy Committee, who shared the secrets of ensuring academic integrity by authors, reviewers and editors.
February 2021 – Event Welcome onboard meeting of URC members A 'Welcome onboard' meeting of Ukrainian Regional Chapter members was held on 10 February 2021 with EASE Vice President, Professor Cem Uzun, chair of the Regional Chapter Committee and EASE Council member Professor Jadranka Stojanovski.