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Defining the roles and tasks of peer reviewers – a scoping review9 July 2019Roles of peer reviewers (Glonti et al. 2019) A new scoping review has emerged from the MiRoR group, which begins the process of formally defining the roles and tasks of the peer review process, with the aim of quantifying, qualifying and establishing measures of quality. It is a companion article to the Galipeau et al. […]
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Module 1 of the Open Science MOOC is Live!8 July 2019The second full module to be completed for the Open Science MOOC, is ready and available for registration. It follows Module 5 on Open Source and Open Research Software, and is another incredibly thorough piece to a course which is set to span 10 modules of progressive information. The Open Principles module introduces you to […]
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REWARD | EQUATOR Conference 20205 July 2019Abstract submission for the REWARD | EQUATOR Conference 2020 being held in Berlin, Germany 20-22 February 2020, is now open. The conference will consider challenges and opportunities for improvement from the perspective of ethics committees, regulators, publishers, institutions, researchers, and funders; with the emphasis on new methods for measuring and testing interventions and possible solutions. […]
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Most popular ESE articles in June4 July 2019We have a range of articles featured in our look-back at June’s most read articles from European Science Editing, with papers on critical aspects of peer review, the role of social media in the research cycle and Andrew Woods’ article on terminology, usage and style Alongside these is Stephen Merten’s editorial from our most recent […]
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EASE AGM & EASE/EC Joint Discussion Forum3 July 2019In October, EASE will host a double event, combining our member-only AGM with an open participation discussion forum, held in collaboration with the European Council. The forum will feature presentations, breakout sessions and panel discussions addressing the impact and implementation of GDPR compliance on peer review and the publishing industry. It will be held at […]
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Preprints versus peer-reviewed articles17 June 2019Published on the preprint server bioRxiv, Clarissa F D Carneiro and colleagues present the results of their study of the quality of articles published in PubMed-indexed journals versus preprints on bioRxiv. Using an online questionnaire, created on the basis of existing reporting guidelines, checklists, and earlier studies, Carneiro and colleagues found that preprints are generally similar […]
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Public Service Open Access model proposed17 June 2019In an effort to uncouple publisher revenues from number of papers published, Adriano Aguzzi proposes an alternative model for open access publishing: Public Service Open Access. In his model, journals would complete for funds from public research agencies. These research grant-style applications would then be reviewed by scientists and scientific publishing specialists. Aguzzi says a […]
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Peer review is not just a quality control12 June 2019EASE Council member Flaminio Squazzoni has a short article on the LSE blog, in which he argues that understanding peer review as simply an exercise in quality control blinds us to the complex historical, political and social dimensions that enhance the credibility of the process. Excellent piece Flaminio! Read it here
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FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute 20195 June 2019EASE is proud to have signed up as a partner of the Force11 programme, and we are delighted that EASE members can get a discount to attend this years’ 5-day summer school in the USA, at UCLA this August. The FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute (FSCI) runs from 5-9th August, with a program of intensive coursework, […]
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CoalitionS announces revised PlanS principles and implementation31 May 2019The revised version of PlanS proposals have been released, with a response to feedback, rationale for revisions and the newly revised Principles and Implementation plan published on the CoalitionS website. The new version takes into account feedback statements from 600 universities, learned societies, publishers, associations, and individual scholars from more than 40 countries. The Coalition […]
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Korean translation of the SAGER Guidelines27 May 2019EASE are pleased to have a Korean translation of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research Guidelines (SAGER), produced for us by Professor Cheol-Heui Yun at the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University. In addition to this, the EASE Sex and Gender Policy Committee webpages have had a reorganisation, and now include a whole […]
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EASE Council ‘Open peer review’ session at the ALPSP Conference24 May 2019EASE Council members Bahar Mehmani and Jadranka Stojanovski will sit on a panel session of the ALPSP 2019 conference tackling the issue of ‘Open peer review’, on Thursday 12 September, 2019. Open peer review is considered to be one of the pillars of Open Science and is a practice that is becoming more commonplace across […]
