EASE

EASE Vendor Showcase - Digital Commons
2022-06-28 16:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)

16th EASE General Assembly and Conference – Valencia, Spain and online
2022-06-24 - 2022-06-26

EASE Student Webinar on Careers in Scientific Publishing
2022-06-21 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)

Onboard Meeting
2022-06-18

Panel discussion on Open Access to scientific monographs
2022-06-13

7th World Conference on Research Integrity
2022-05-29 - 2022-06-01
The 7th World Conference on Research Integrity has been postponed for 12 months and will now take place in Cape Town, South Africa from Sunday 29 May – Wednesday 1 June 2022.
The theme of the conference is ‘Fostering Research Integrity in an Unequal World’. The Co-chairs, Local Organising Committee and Programme Committee of the 7th World Conference on Research Integrity are looking forward to welcoming you to Cape Town in 2022! The program and the registration form is now available on the 7th WCRI website.
To view the programme, click here.
To register, click here.
Remember to save these dates in your diary!

Future Important Dates for the 2022 Conference
15 July 2021
Abstract submission, travel grant application and registration open
15 October 2021
Deadline for abstract submissions & travel grant applications
15 February 2022
Notifications of acceptance of abstracts & travel grants will be made available
15 March 2022
Early bird registration closes

Russian test event
2022-05-26

How do I get my journal indexed in the Scopus database? An introduction for journal editors
2022-05-25

May the force be with you: Resources to help journal editors advance their fields
2022-05-20 11:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

EASE Webinar - Winners of the Cochrane Award for Reducing Waste in Research
2022-05-17 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
EASE Webinar – Winners of the Cochrane Award for reducing waste in research present their initiatives
Tuesday, 17 May 2022 – 3pm-4pm UK time
We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Cochrane Award for reducing waste in research have agreed to present their initiatives in a joint webinar.
The first prize winners were Jeremy Grimshaw and John Lavis,
COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END)
Second place was Paula Williamson, from University of Liverpool,
MRC-NIHR Trials Methodology Research Partnership (TMRP)

Full details will follow shortly.

University Press Redux Conference 2022
2022-05-17 - 2022-05-18
University Press Redux Conference 2022 to focus on diversity and sustainability

Event will tackle pressing global issues
Organisers aim to widen participation, both geographically and financially
University Press Redux Sustainability Award to be presented for second year

The fourth University Press Redux conference will take place virtually in 2022 as the organisers open it up to a wider audience.
Run by the Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) and Cambridge University Press, and scheduled for 17-18 May, the conference will focus on the themes of diversity and sustainability, and look at practical ways that presses can improve.
As well as ensuring the conference can go ahead despite the continuing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, holding the event online will enable many more people around the world to attend.
In a further move to widen participation, a number of free places will be offered to students, to those in their early career and other publishing professionals without access to funding to attend meetings. The places are available to applicants anywhere in the world whether or not they work for an ALPSP member organisation.
The Press is programming the event, which will include sessions on reducing the carbon footprint of the supply chain; the environmental impacts of business travel; how to embed a culture of equality, diversity, inclusion and belonging; and increasing digital accessibility.
For the second year, the conference will also present the University Press Redux Sustainability Award, which was launched in 2020 to recognise the work of university press publishers and others in addressing important global issues.
The prize is given to an initiative, publication, product or project aimed at addressing one or more of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among other things, these cover poverty, equality, the environment, and the pressing need to make real progress towards a sustainable and equitable future. The inaugural prize was won by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development for its SDG Pathfinder.
Wayne Sime, Chief Executive of ALPSP, said: “As ALPSP celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022, we look forward to bringing together University Press publishers to focus on issues of sustainability and diversity. The event promises to be a wonderful opportunity for us to discuss these timely issues.
“It is also right that we take this opportunity to open the conversation to as many people as possible. These are issues which affect us all, regardless of geography and with young people likely to face the worst impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss in the years to come.”
Ben Denne, Director of Publishing for academic books at Cambridge University Press, said: “Universities and University Presses are, by nature, mission-driven and these are challenging areas in which we should be leading the way. But often we are not doing enough, or we are not doing enough fast enough to play our full part in building a diverse and sustainable future.
“Many university presses are limited in size, which comes with real challenges around diverse recruitment and the auditing of sustainability across a complex supply chain. With Redux 2022, we will take a practical approach, focus on implementation and not be afraid to ask the difficult questions.”

To find out more, to register and to apply for the free places on offer, visit the conference website. Book by 30 November 2021 for Early Bird discounted rates.

EASE Council
2022-05-13 13:30 - 15:00, 2022-03-11 13:30 - 15:00 (Europe/London)
EASE Council meeting

CALJ Annual Conference 2022
2022-05-12 - 2022-05-13

EASE Proposal to establish a Regional Chapter for the Nordic countries - introductory meeting
2022-05-11 14:30 - 15:30 (Europe/London)

EASE Member webinar - Plain English in the context of science journals
2022-04-19 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
EASE Training Committee member Gareth Dyke will lead this hour session, looking at how the Plain English approach can help make your writing clearer and more accessible, and make you a more effective science communicator.

EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors, Module 4
2022-04-13
Module 4: Promotion and indexing
Module Summary
Many journals focus on the editorial duties required at the expense of promotion and visibility. This workshop looks at how busy and under- resourced editors and publishers can raise the impact of their journals and ensure their publications reach the intended audience.
One of the measures of visibility and impact is the inclusion of a journal within one of the accredited indexes, and this workshop will look 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.
COURSE OVERVIEW
This brand new four-module online training course is exclusive to EASE members, and has been designed in a collaboration between our Training Committee and our Regional Chapters.
It will be delivered simultaneously in four countries, with local language support and moderation from our Chapter leadership to ensure the greatest accessibility and effectiveness of the training.
The course is held over four weeks, with one module each week, and is aimed at helping our member editors make their journals more visible, impactful, and full of engaging material. The four modules focus on key journal, and personal, developments and skills,
aimed at helping editors:

improve the quality of editorial processes
manage ethical issues effectively
enhance the efficiency of peer review and production processes
support more successful promotional activities
comply with international standards, and
increase the chances of successful indexing applications.

The training will be led by Pippa Smart, Past-President of EASE, founder of
PSP Consulting, and Editor-in-Chief of Learned Publishing.
This course is particularly suitable for those in the early stages of their careers
as an editor but will benefit members of all experiences, involved in managing
or planning journal.
Course brochure
Register now

Webinar: Poster and video presentation preparation
2022-04-11 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London)

SAGER Project Group
2022-04-06 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London)
SAGER Project Group meeting

EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors, Module 3
2022-04-06
Module 3 of our Editorial School focusses on peer review process and production
Module Summary
The peer review process is often considered to be the gold standard for journals, and yet the operation of peer review remains one of the main headaches for many journal editors and their publishers.
Peer review is frequently inefficient, time-consuming and can fail to pick up article shortcomings. Whilst not promising to resolve a global problem, this workshop will look at the various reviewing systems being used by different journals and will provide tips for how the main problems with peer review (timeliness, quality and efficiency) can be reduced.
The workshop provides editors with the tools to make better decisions regarding the operation of peer review in their own journal, and to reduce the burden whilst also improving the quality of feedback for authors
COURSE OVERVIEW
The course is held over four weeks, with one module each week, and is aimed at helping our member editors make their journals more visible, impactful, and full of engaging material. The four modules focus on key journal, and personal, developments and skills,
aimed at helping editors:

improve the quality of editorial processes
manage ethical issues effectively
enhance the efficiency of peer review and production processes
support more successful promotional activities
comply with international standards, and
increase the chances of successful indexing applications.

The training led (at the time of this event) by the course author, Pippa Smart, Past-President of EASE, founder of PSP Consulting, and Editor-in-Chief of Learned Publishing.
This course is particularly suitable for those in the early stages of their careers as an editor but will benefit members of all experiences, involved in managing or planning journal.
Course brochure
Register now

EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors, Module 2
2022-03-30
Module 2: Publishing ethics for editors
Session Summary
Publishing ethics are a frequent concern for many journals, and the issues range from small annoyances to large-scale problems which can have a dramatic negative impact on both the publications and the people involved. It is always better to avoid problems than to try and remedy them, and this
workshop will consider strategies and policies journals can introduce to mitigate the possibility of ethical problems.
The workshop will consider some of the most common ethical issues such as duplicate and plagiarised publications, author, editor and reviewer ethics, data and artwork manipulation and misinterpretation. The workshop will look at ways in which problems can be mitigated, and how they (if they happen) can be resolved effectively and efficiently.
COURSE OVERVIEW
This brand new four-module online training course is exclusive to EASE members, and has been designed in a collaboration between our Training Committee and our Regional Chapters.
It will be delivered simultaneously in four countries, with local language support and moderation from our Chapter leadership to ensure the greatest accessibility and effectiveness of the training.
The course is held over four weeks, with one module each week, and is aimed at helping our member editors make their journals more visible, impactful, and full of engaging material. The four modules focus on key journal, and personal, developments and skills,
aimed at helping editors:

improve the quality of editorial processes
manage ethical issues effectively
enhance the efficiency of peer review and production processes
support more successful promotional activities
comply with international standards, and
increase the chances of successful indexing applications.

The training will be led by Pippa Smart, Past-President of EASE, founder of
PSP Consulting, and Editor-in-Chief of Learned Publishing.
This course is particularly suitable for those in the early stages of their careers
as an editor but will benefit members of all experiences, involved in managing
or planning journal.
Course brochure
Register now

Understanding and Reporting Statistics in Medicine - Module 4
2022-03-24 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Module 4: Performance characteristics of diagnostic tests
The first in this series of four online training modules which will introduce participants to the most common statistical procedures used in clinical research. Intended for medical writers and editors with little to no background in statistics (and perhaps a great fear of the topic), the modules cover only basic statistical terms, concepts, reasoning, and reporting characteristics of the more common procedures.
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EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors
2022-03-23
This brand new four-module online training course is exclusive to EASE members, and has been designed in a collaboration between our Training Committee and our Regional Chapters.
It will be delivered simultaneously in four countries, with local language support and moderation from our Chapter leadership to ensure the greatest accessibility and effectiveness of the training.
The course is held over four weeks, with one module each week, and is aimed at helping our member editors make their journals more visible, impactful, and full of engaging material. The four modules focus on key journal, and personal, developments and skills,
aimed at helping editors:

improve the quality of editorial processes
manage ethical issues effectively
enhance the efficiency of peer review and production processes
support more successful promotional activities
comply with international standards, and
increase the chances of successful indexing applications.

The training will be led by Pippa Smart, Past-President of EASE, founder of
PSP Consulting, and Editor-in-Chief of Learned Publishing.
This course is particularly suitable for those in the early stages of their careers
as an editor but will benefit members of all experiences, involved in managing
or planning journal.
Course brochure

EASE Member webinar: How to attempt compliance with best practice guidelines on publication ethics
2022-03-22 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)

Understanding and Reporting Statistics in Medicine - Module 3
2022-03-17 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Module 3: Association (including measures of risk), correlation, and regression analyses
with Tom Lang, USA
The third in this series of four online training modules which will introduce participants to the most common statistical procedures used in clinical research. Intended for medical writers and editors with little to no background in statistics (and perhaps a great fear of the topic), the modules cover only basic statistical terms, concepts, reasoning, and reporting characteristics of the more common procedures.
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Data Conversations: how to publish your research (peer review and study's limitations)
2022-03-17 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
Gerben ter Riet Acknowledging Limitations in Scientific Manuscripts
The talk highlights the contextualizing role of limitations sections in the medical literature and ends with a plea for the use of sensitivity analyses, perhaps culminating in multiverse analysis.
Andrew Dunn Opening peer review’s ‘black box’
What happens when you’ve submitted a manuscript to a journal for publication? What exactly is the mysterious process of peer review and how does it work? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this talk by Andrew Dunn of Royal Society Publishing.

Understanding and Reporting Statistics in Medicine - Module 2
2022-03-10 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Module 2: Hypothesis testing (P values and statistical power)
with Tom Lang, USA
The second in this series of four online training modules which will introduce participants to the most common statistical procedures used in clinical research. Intended for medical writers and editors with little to no background in statistics (and perhaps a great fear of the topic), the modules cover only basic statistical terms, concepts, reasoning, and reporting characteristics of the more common procedures.
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EASE Peer Review Committee meeting
2022-03-09 08:00 - 09:00 (Europe/London)
Monthly meeting of the EASE Peer Review Committee

Understanding and Reporting Statistics in Medicine - Module 1
2022-03-03 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Module 1: Variables, descriptive statistics, estimates, and confidence intervals
with Tom Lang, USA
The first in this series of four online training modules which will introduce participants to the most common statistical procedures used in clinical research. Intended for medical writers and editors with little to no background in statistics (and perhaps a great fear of the topic), the modules cover only basic statistical terms, concepts, reasoning, and reporting characteristics of the more common procedures.
Read more

Cochrane Connects - featuring the Cochrane-REWARD prize ceremony, and research integrity
2022-03-01 16:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London)
This special edition of Cochrane Connects will feature the Cochrane-REWARD prize ceremony. Since 2017, the prize has gathered, assessed and publicized local or pilot initiatives with the potential to reduce research waste if scaled up globally. The first and second prizes will be announced, and the winners will be there to share more about their initiatives in short presentations and answer audience questions.
There will also be an update on Cochrane’s research integrity activities from Senior Editor Prof Lisa Bero, followed by an opportunity for interactive discussion.
For further details see the Cochrane Connects webpage
