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The new EASE Interactive Checklist for Submitting Authors15 July 2024Our new updated Author Forms introduced in an ESE Editorial that details its’ role in improving the efficiency and integrity of journal submission processes.
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New EASE Publication – Writing You Research Paper: Tips From EASE Editors3 July 2024We are very pleased to introduce a new EASE guideline to support authors in writing high quality articles, choosing appropriate journals to submit to, and improve success in their research publishing journeys.
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New RFI – Recommendations on the Use of AI in Scholarly Communication23 July 2024The EASE Peer Review Committee invites comments and suggestions on the draft of their new Peer Review Toolkit entry.
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How Collaborative Peer Review Can Transform Scientific Research22 July 2024In this PreReview blog post, Ebuka Ezeike describes the benefits of collaborative peer review.
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Open access is working – but researchers in lower-income countries enjoy fewer benefits9 July 2024Open-access publishing facilitates the flow of academic research, particularly benefiting researchers in resource-poor settings. However, scientists in low-income countries face challenges, such as power imbalances and limited visibility, which prevent them from fully benefiting from open access.
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AI Shaming: The Silent Stigma among Academic Writers and Researchers9 July 2024AI shaming involves criticizing individuals or organizations for using AI to generate content or perform tasks, emerging recently in academia. This paper examines AI shaming's characteristics, causes, and effects, noting that it often dismisses AI-assisted work as deceitful, lazy, or less valuable.
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There is no easy fix to peer review but paying referees and regulating the number of submissions might help9 July 2024The peer review process, vital to scientific dissemination, faces challenges like being slow, biased, and overloaded. Reforms, including paid professional reviewers, are proposed to address inefficiencies and incentivize participation.
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Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 20249 July 2024This article introduces the PRISMA-COSMIN 2024 guideline, an extension of the PRISMA 2020 guideline, to improve the reporting of systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs).
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Tobacco funded research: how even journals with bans find it hard to stem the tide of publications9 July 2024In this paper published in BMJ, the authors highlight how tobacco companies are increasingly investing in pharmaceutical and medical products, complicating the efforts of researchers and journals to distance themselves from the industry.
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Causal Inference About the Effects of Interventions From Observational Studies in Medical Journals9 July 2024Many medical journals, including JAMA, restrict causal language to randomized clinical trials (RCTs). However, RCTs are not always feasible due to costs, duration, or ethical concerns...
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Important win for EASE Ukraine3 July 2024EASE Ukraine has won a prestigious competition ‘Advanced Science in Ukraine’.
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NISO Guidelines for Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern2 July 2024This new guideline aims to establish standardised best practices for metadata creation, transfer, and display for both the original publication and subsequent statements.