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Accelerating scholarly communication: The transformative role of preprints1 December 2019Knowledge Exchange has issued a report of how preprints are viewed and used by researchers. The research showed that there was different interpretations of what constituted a preprint (the submitted or peer reviewed version for example). However researchers liked the speed of communication which preprints offer although there are concerns about quality control and the […]
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Researcher survey from T&F29 November 2019Taylor & Francis has released findings of a survey of c.3000 researchers in which they asked about publishing habits and opinions of open access (OA). Although there was strong support for full access to their research (88% of researchers agree or strongly agree that there is value in anyone being able to access their work), […]
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Quality, trust & peer review: researchers’ perspectives 10 years on28 November 2019Elsevier and Sense about Science recently published a report surveying the attitudes of 3000 researchers towards peer review. This follows an earlier report issued in 2009 and reveals what has changed and what has remained the same. The findings reveal that there is greater satisfaction with the peer review system than in the earlier survey. […]
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ESE November Issue 45(4) Released!15 November 2019Welcome to this year’s last issue, which opens with an editorial piece on the 5th Peer Review Week from the perspective of EASE and the Asian Council of Science Editors (p 82). We wish our new individual and group members a warm welcome to EASE (p 84). In the Original Articles section, Glasnović, Krajina, and […]
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Most popular ESE articles in October13 November 2019We haven’t made one of these updates for a few months, so we are long overdue recognising the top five most read articles of October, from our journal European Science Editing, just in time before the next issue of ESE is published. This month three of the five most popular papers are original articles and […]
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EASE Turkish Chapter5 November 2019The Turkish chapter of EASE was established last year in order to promote awareness of EASE and organize training activities and thematic meetings in Turkey and in the surrounding region. The chapter’s main objectives are to develop collaboration among regional editors and to organize training activities promoted by EASE. There are more than 3000 scientific […]
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PEERE International Conference on Peer Review 202021 October 2019The second edition of the PEERE International Conference on Peer Review will be held in Valencia, 11-13 March 2020. This follows the very successful first event, held in Rome, March 2018. The conference aims to provide a forum for scholars, practitioners and science stakeholders to share research, models, tools and experience on peer review in different […]
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Peerage of Science & BioRxiv Announce TRiP30 September 2019Peerage of Science, together with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), EMBO Press, eLife and Hypothesis, today announced TRiP – Transparent Review in Preprints. This collaborative initiative enables scholarly journals and accredited peer review services to post peer reviews to be displayed directly alongside a preprint in bioRxiv – regardless of whether the preprint manuscript has […]
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Peer Review Week 2019 kicks off today!16 September 2019Peer Review Week 2019 kicks off today with a host of events ranging from webinars, awards to social media “Ask me Anythings”. The annual awareness week is driven by over 29 organisations across the globe, and this years’ focus is on quality in peer review. EASE Vice-President Duncan Nicholas has been heavily involved in curating […]
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ISMTE European Conference Preview6 September 2019With the ISMTE European Conference drawing closer, and the full agenda now available online, It is going to be a packed day, with 11 sessions covering a range of publishing industry topics. From an opening plenary addressing current trends in open access, through practical advice-based sessions such as EASE President Pippa Smart on improving the […]
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Ed Hull’s 6-part series for the Peer Review Week22 August 2019Now collected into one easily shareable playlist, we present EASE member Ed Hull’s 6-part series for Peer Review Week. In his own words, Ed explains the background motivations behind these videos: In the health-related fields of research publications have life-and-death consequences. Peer review is the primary means of preventing disastrous consequences due to flawed research. […]
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Croatian Regional Chapter Updates19 August 2019This week we continue to update the information of the EASE Regional Chapters on our website. Recently we have added the full details of our Vietnamese and Turkish Chapters, and will soon be introducing our Spanish and Ukranian group information too. In addition to the new Chapters, we are refreshing the website pages of our […]
