EASE/ISMTE joint webinar: Untapping the potential of editorial reports

Tuesday, 16 January 2024 3pm (UK time)

Journals and their editorial offices have an array of data at their fingertips, all of which can be utilized to improve the quality of peer review, understand post-publication content performance and better engage with author or reader communities. Data can be used to elevate the quality of published research, deliver optimal user experiences, address inequities and shape best practices. That the overwhelming majority of journals massively under-utilize the data available to them is rarely discussed. Across scholarly publishing, little has been done to address issues such as: consistent access to data; standardized methods of reporting; enhancing interpretative skills, and addressing the paucity of straightforward tools to ingest/digest data.

As a prelude to future efforts to provide better guidance on working with data, this summary session showed how different data can be used, smartly, by journals to shape policies and operational protocols to ensure effective peer review management, support authors, drive interactions with readers and ensure ethicalness. Finally, the session also outlined common failings in the gathering, organising and interpretation of data, all of which can undermine the effectiveness of reporting.

This event was free to EASE and ISMTE members.