EASE Webinar Series: Research integrity for editors
2021-03-09 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom
This edition of the EASE Webinar series, exclusively for EASE members, will give an overview of various ways in which editors can enhance the ethical standards of papers published in in their journals.
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Poor reporting of scientific research, particularly any that involves animals or human subjects, is unethical, as it wastes time and resources, might cause unnecessary suffering, and might lead to inaccuracy in the scientific record.
Speaker:
Dr Joan Marsh, Deputy Editor, The Lancet Psychiatry, Past President EASE, Chair of Gender Policy Committee
Contents
Literature review: putting research in context and preventing waste in research
Protocols and statistical analysis plans: keeping authors on track
Reporting guidelines and checklists
Sex and gender reporting
Validation and reproducibility: including verification of large datasets and real-world data
Data sharing statements, database citation, secondary use of data
Authorship and CRediT taxonomy
Conflict of interest declarations
Gender and diversity policies (including end-user viewpoints). ethicsethics,

UKSG 44th Annual Conference and Exhibition 2021
2021-04-12 - 2021-04-14
For the first time, the UKSG Annual Conference will be held online. We are looking forward to bringing you an interesting, engaging programme with lots of additions between now and the event.

For information about sponsoring the conference, please see the details here.
The Exhibition is now open for bookings – please see here for details! https://www.uksg.org/event/uksgconference2021/exhibitors
For further information at this time, please contact Bev Acreman, bev@uksg.org

EASE Webinar Series: Quick Guide to Peer Review
2021-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom
The April edition of our member-exclusive Webinar Series will provide expert insights into effective peer-review and the different roles of reviewers and editors in the process.
The session will also cover different peer review models and unpack the characteristics of a constructive peer-review report.
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Speaker
Dr Bahar Mehmani – EASE Council / Reviewer Experience Lead for Elsevier
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.

EASE Webinar Series: Sex and gender considerations in research
2021-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London) | Zoom
We are proud to be co-organising the May edition of our EASE Webinar Series, with GENDRO. Shirin Heidari will present the rationale for sex and gender considerations in research, provide an overview of the SAGER guidelines and offer concrete steps how authors, reviewers and editors can improve gender reporting in scholarly research and publication.
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Speaker
Dr Shirin Heidari, President, GENDRO and Founding chair EASE Gender Policy Committee
Overview
There is a growing recognition of the poor reporting of sex and gender dimensions of research in academic journals, resulting in gender knowledge gap. To address this, the EASE Gender Policy Committee developed the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, which has been adopted by a number of journals and publishers and translated in several other languages.

World Conference on Research Integrity - Digital Event 2021
2021-05-30 - 2021-06-02
From 30 May – 2 June 2021, we will host a series of webinars on six engaging and relevant topics as a precursor to our live event in 2022. These discussions will form part of the broader RI dialogue, and set a foundation we hope to build on in Cape Town when the RI community gather to – at long last – meet in person.

Each topic will be broadcast live via webinar in two different time slots. This is to ensure that as many delegates as possible from around the world and in different time zones are able to participate.
The sessions are free of charge and will take place via Zoom.

Save the dates in your calendar – you don’t want to miss these informative and topical discussions!

Visit the conference webpage for full details

15th EASE General Assembly and Conference
2021-06-23 - 2021-06-25 | Online
In the light of the continuing uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the EASE Council have announced that the 15th EASE General Assembly and Conference will be held virtually from 23-25 June 2021. The theme of the conference is Promoting sustainability in scholarly publishing: the role of editors
The 2021 EASE conference will focus on two issues paramount in science publishing: sustainability and diversity.
2020 was a turning point in science communication with the global pandemic revealing the limitations of our current models and raising questions about how we, as editors can – and should – influence scientific communication.
Sustainability, in terms of managing the Earth’s resources, is often considered to be unrelated to editorial and research activities; but careful husbandry of available resources is at the heart of a sustainable scientific ecosystem. As editors we need to investigate how we can promote more sustainable research and equable systems of communication, and we need to carefully consider our influence on research that respects the Earth’s resources. Implicit is the need to ensure diversity, and to avoid niche publishing that excludes participation and partnership around the world, and which overstretches available resources.
These vital topics will be considered by key speakers at the conference, and delegates will participate in debates via the EASE Forum Live! sessions.
The programme will include presentations, case studies and discussions on the following topics:

The challenges of publishing in a world of politicised science
The environmental responsibilities of publishers and editors
The importance of technology to support sustainable local journal publishing
Promoting and ensuring sustainable research
Ensuring gender equity and inclusion
Why geographical diversity is needed
What the pandemic has taught us about sustainability
How the current western and northern publishing bias can be changed
What editorial roles will look like in the future.

Each session will include consideration of one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to question how the work, experiences and behaviors of editors, publishers and researchers can influence and help to achieve the SDGs.
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Please direct all enquiries to the Secretary secretary@ease.org.uk

EASE Training Event: Avoid those common scientific writing mistakes: Grammar and presentation
2021-06-29 12:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Tuesday, 29 June 2021 at 12pm (BST). Trainer and facilitator, Gareth Dyke, will host a workshop that builds on his deep experience language polishing and editing academic writing and scientific papers and will review the commonly encountered mistakes made when writing academic English. Improve your all-round English writing skills by learning to quickly and easily avoid common mistakes! We’ll also talk about article formatting and presentation, including tips for writing effective figure captions and creating tables. See more details

Workshop registration

EASE Training Event: Improving journal quality and impact: working with authors
2021-06-30 09:00 - 2021-07-01 09:00 (Europe/London)
Wednesday, 30 June and Thursday, 1 July 2021 from 9-11am (BST) in two virtual sessions, with Pippa Smart from PSP Consulting. EASE Conference delegates can register for £160 (a 50% discount), but hurry as EASE places are limited to 12. Find out more about the course content, details of Pippa and the format of the course by clicking here.

Workshop registration

EASE Training Event: Introduction to statistics for editors: understanding and reporting descriptive and bivariate analyses
2021-07-02 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
Friday, 2 July 2021 from 1pm-4pm (BST), developer and faciltator, Darko Hren, will host this workshop, the aim of which is to offer participants a more digestible opportunity to develop understanding of basic statistical concepts, to help manuscript editors understand basic statistical concepts and terminology and provide them with elementary skills in reporting analyzed data.
The workshop will be a mixture of input and practical work. Each concept will first be explained and examples discussed. Practical exercises will be given along the way to put the knowledge into practice.
The workshop will consist of three modules with two 15 minute breaks. See more details.
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36th International Geological Congress
2021-08-16 08:00 - 2021-08-21 17:00 (Europe/London)
Given the current status of the Covid-10 pandemic, it appears unlikely that the 36th IGC can be held as rescheduled to November 2020. Accordingly, the Local Organizing Committee requested and the IGC Committee (IGCC) approved revised dates of 16-21 August 2021. Scheduling was constrained by the limited availability of the venue site in New Delhi in 2021. The IUGS Executive Committee and its constituent groups will work hard to ensure the success of the rescheduled Congress.

Under consideration by the IUGS Executive Committee is the call for an extraordinary session of the IUGS-IGC Council, possibly to be held in Paris, France in early November for the purpose of completing essential business, such as the election of a new executive committee. If held, the agenda and number of participants will be limited with most delegates participating via teleconferencing. Inquiries are just being made. No announcement will be made until facilities, location, and dates are confirmed and approved by the EC.

International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication
2021-09-12 - 2021-09-14 | Chicago, United States
The Ninth International Congress on Peer Review and Scientific Publication will be held in Chicago, September 12-14, 2021.
Our aim 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.

EASE member exclusive: Numbers in formation webinar
2021-09-14 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Autumn webinar series – starting 14 September 2021
Numbers in Formation: Reader-Friendly Organization of Numerical Data into Tables
Presented by Yateen Joshi, EASE Council member and Chair of Training Committee
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 12pm (UK time)
Generating first-hand data from experiments or from surveys is at the heart of research. Having put in so much effort to get those data in the first place, some authors are reluctant to let go of even a scrap of data and some simply present the numbers – offload them, really – as collected. Editors, however, may need to trim some data or organize the numbers differently to help readers to get a quick overview of the table and to understand the implications of the data. The proposed session answers the following and other similar questions that mid-career editors often ask.
# How can I make tables more compact?
# Which is the correct alignment for numbers in a column?
# How do I indicate missing data?
# How do I choose between a chart or a graph and a table?
# Where do I place footnotes to a table, at the foot of the table or at the foot of the page on which the table appears?
Registration open to EASE members only

ALPSP Conference and Awards 2021
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-17
Next year’s ALPSP Conference will take place on 15-17th September 2021. Make sure you add it to your calendar and look out for more details on our website.

PUBMET2021
2021-09-15 - 2021-09-17
We welcome you to take part in PUBMET2021 conference from 15 to 17 September 2021 which will be held online. The conference is organized by the University of Zadar, University of Zagreb, Ruđer Bošković Institute and Croatian Association for Scholarly Communication, under the auspices of Croatian Ministry of Science and Education, OpenAire, Ni4OS Europe, Sparc Europe and EASE. This year’s topics include post open access transition, innovative publishing approaches, open access infrastructure, redefining research assessment, trust in science and (in)equalities in science and scholarly communication in times of COVID-19. Programme is available at: https://pubmet2021.unizd.hr/programme/ and you can register for free at: https://pubmet2021.unizd.hr/registration/

EASE Peer Review Week 2021 event
2021-09-20 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London)
The EASE Peer Review Committee is organising a panel discussion webinar about identity in peer review as part of PRW2021. It will be held on Monday, 20 September at 1pm (UK time) for 90 minutes, with 4 speakers, each talking 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

Register for free.

ISMTE for PRW2021 - Early Career Meet Up
2021-09-23 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ISMTE’s Early Career Committee, in partnership with Peer Review Week, invite you to join our Early Career Meet Up to network and discuss this year’s theme: Identity. How do you identify yourself? How does that identity play into your role in scientific publishing? In your professional career? How can we as early career professionals bring fresh insight and perspective into our industry? Come discuss with your early career peers and join the conversation!
Join us for a chance to win a gift card worth $25.00 USD!
This event is free to ISMTE members, and non-members, but registration is required.
Register

Online registration is available until: 22 September 2021

Good Peer Review - Turkish Regional Chapter event for PRW2021
2021-09-23 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Istanbul)
The Turkish Regional Chapter of EASE will hold a webinar in Turkish on all aspects of the topic of Good Peer Review. There will be 11 speakers moderated by EASE Vice President and Chair of the Turkish Chapter, Cem Uzun.

Editor perspective (in general) – Dr Taner Kemal Erdag
Editor perspective (social sciences) – Prof Dr Ali Ekber Sahin
Editor perspective (medicine) – Prof Ozgur Kasapcopur
Editor perspective (Science and technology) – Prof Dr Belgin Emre Turkay
Ethical aspects – Prof Dr Berna Arda
Reviewer perspective – Prof Dr Metin Aydogdu
Author perspective – Prof Dr Canan Uluoglu
Statistical aspects – Prof Dr Zeynel Cebeci
Regarding indexes – Sibel Tabanlioglu
Reader perspective – Prof Dr Oguz Kilinc
Publisher perspective – Ibrahim Kara
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Association of Earth Science Editors 54th Annual Meeting
2021-09-29 - 2021-10-03
The 54th annual meeting of the AESE, “Effectively Communicating Geoscience in the Public Sphere,” will take place, in-person, in Columbus, Ohio, on September 29–October 3, 2021. The meeting offers two days of technical sessions, a day-long field trip, and numerous opportunities to network with other editors, publishers, educators, and earth-sciences professionals.

This year’s meeting will be hosted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, traditionally referred to as the Ohio Geological Survey. The meeting is open to anyone interested in earth-science editing, publishing, communications, and outreach. The program is in the initial planning stage, but meeting information is now available on the AESE website www.aese.org.

A call for abstracts has just been issued. We invite AESE members and other interested persons to submit an abstract for a talk on earth science editing, communication, publishing, peer review processes or other topics related to earth science.

The goals of the organization are to strengthen the profession of earth science editing, and to foster education and improve communication in the earth sciences that will lead to more effective dissemination of earth science information to the scientific community, educators, students, and the public.

EASE member exclusive - Cell Press inclusion and diversity statement initiative webinar
2021-10-19 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
Following her successful presentation at the EASE Virtual conference in June, Deborah Sweet of Cell Press has kindly agreed to describe their Inclusion and Diversity Statement initiative in more detail, with additional information from recent months.
The initiative encourages authors to highlight aspects of the paper that are relevant for inclusion and diversity. It is purposely multifunctional and designed to give authors a venue to share ways in which their work or their research group, or both, are contributing to help science become more inclusive and diverse overall. Authors who choose to participate have the option of providing information only for aggregated reporting or also including a templated statement in their published paper. This presentation will describe development of this overall approach, the form used to collect data, and preliminary assessment of the information being reported by authors.
Deborah Sweet
Vice President of Editorial at Cell Press.
Dr. Sweet earned her BA from the University of Cambridge, UK, and her PhD at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, also in Cambridge, then carried out postdoctoral work at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, USA. She began her publishing career in 1996 as the Editor of Trends in Cell Biology and then joined Cell Press in 1999, where she held scientific editorial positions on Cell, Molecular Cell, and Developmental Cell before becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Cell in 2004. She was the launch Editor-in-Chief for Cell Stem Cell in 2007 and held that position for 10 years. In 2011 Dr. Sweet became one of the Cell Press Publishing Directors and then in 2017 the Vice President of Editorial. In this role she is responsible for leading an in-house editorial team with over 160 members and contributing to the broader strategic direction of Cell Press.
Registration (open to EASE members only)
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_olK46B9fRR282RDHvhpCzQ

EASE member exclusive - Open access journals webinar
2021-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Delia Mihaila, CEO of MDPI will share her knowledge and experience on the topic of open access journals in this, the third webinar of the Autumn series for 2021.
More details to follow.

Registration (open to EASE members only)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89615223635?pwd=[REDACTED]

Member webinar: Preprints and publishing
2021-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)
Member webinar: Preprints 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 activity for many researchers. Although used extensively in several communities for many years (e.g. on the ArXiv.org site) it is their use in the biomedical sciences which has proved momentous for publishing. However, they are not without problems and this presentation will consider the place of preprints within the academic and conference ecosystem, and consider how they are used – and abused – in the dissemination of research information within academia and among the wider public.

EASE Council
2022-01-14 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
EASE Council Meeting

Member webinar: Quality of research content in journals
2022-01-18 12:00 - 13:00 (Europe/London)

2022 European Meeting of ISMPP
2022-01-25 - 2022-01-26
Advancing Our Profession: Driving Leadership and Best Practices in Medical Communications

For further info please visit https://www.ismpp.org/european-meeting

EASE Peer Review Committee meeting
2022-02-09 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/London)
Monthly meeting of the EASE Peer Review Committee

SAGER Project Group
2022-02-09 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
SAGER Project Group meeting

Gender Policy Committee
2022-02-09 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Gender Policy Executive Committee Meeting

Researcher to Reader Conference
2022-02-22 - 2022-02-23
The Researcher to Reader Conference, is a collaborative gathering which aims to be the premier forum for discussion of the international scholarly communications ecosystem – bringing knowledge from the Researcher to the Reader. The Conference normally takes place in London each February; the 2021 Conference was adapted to be a live and fully-interactive online experience for all participants, and the 2022 Conference is planned to be a hybrid event.
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International Conference on Innovations and Challenges in Research Publishing
2022-02-22 - 2022-02-23
The objective of this econference is to exchange knowledge and information about best practices and latest technologies in publishing developed and used by the experts. The two days of the international econference will include ePlenary Talks, eInvited Talks, ePanel Discussions and ePoster Presentations.

Scope of eConference
The e-conference is open to discuss all relevant topics related to research publishing where the title of it is justified. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Open Access (journals/repositories)
Journal Publishing Platforms & Related Technologies
Researchers Unique Identities, Profiles and Journal Identifiers
Research Integrity and Publications Ethics, License & Copyrights
Journals’ impact, Indexing and Analysis
Publishing Tools, Trends and Best Practices
Plagiarism Checker Tools
Journal’s Sustainability, Assessment and Quality Control
Recent Trends of Communications, Social Media and Networking

The e-conference will run from 9am-4pm each day at Chitkara University.

EASE President, Duncan Nicholas, and EASE Council member, Fiona Murphy will speak at the conference.

EASE Member webinar: Deceptive journals and how to avoid them
2022-02-22 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
