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“I’d Like to Think I’d Be Able to Spot One”: How Journalists Navigate Predatory Journals1 October 2025New interview-based research into journalists' awareness of predatory publishing highlights the importance of including them among the key players in discussions.
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Publishing Beyond the Market: Open Access, Care, and the Commons8 September 2025Publishing Beyond the Market argues that the move to open access should focus less on the free accessibility of research outputs and more on who controls the publications and infrastructures for scholarly communication.
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Spotlight on EASE Ukraine Webinar27 August 2025On 18 June 2025, DOAJ, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES), organized a high-impact webinar addressing the growing problem of paper mills. The strong turnout and engagement demonstrate both the urgency of the problem and the community’s commitment to building resilience against unethical publishing practices.
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion editorial positions among high-impact biomedical journals22 August 2025The Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) launched its inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advocacy Team to strengthen equitable representation in medical publishing amid growing societal challenges. This paper describes the DEI team’s composition and aim.
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Seven Actions Towards Advancing Patient Authorship and Collaboration in Peer-Reviewed Publications22 August 2025This paper highlights the growing importance of partnerships between patients and the medical research community, emphasizing the value of patient involvement in research and authorship.
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Gender pay gaps and inequity at science publishers22 August 2025The authors investigate persistent gender pay gaps and transparency issues within scientific publishing, finding that despite stated commitments to equity, many publishers fail to deliver equitable compensation for women scientists.
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Using natural experiments to evaluate population health and health system interventions: new framework for producers and users of evidence22 August 2025This BMJ article presents a comprehensive update to the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) guidance on designing, conducting, and evaluating natural experiments in public health and health systems research.
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SPIRIT 2025 statement: updated guideline for protocols of randomized trials22 August 2025The SPIRIT 2025 statement updates the original 2013 guidelines to improve the completeness of randomized trial protocols. Through systematic review, expert input, and consensus, the checklist was refined to 34 key items, including new sections on open science and patient involvement. The updated guidelines aim to enhance transparency and protocol quality across clinical research.
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Fraudulent publication growth is outpacing legitimate science5 August 2025A new study published in PNAS illustrates the scale of industrially-produced research papers from 'paper mills'.
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EASE ScienceOpen Conference Collection update30 July 2025Readers can now more easily browse all the posters and session abstracts from our recent conference, while the contributors get these activities registered to their ORCID profile.
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EASE SDG Checklist10 July 2025The EASE Environment & Sustainability (E&S) and the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committees have jointly created a new SDG Checklist to help editors and publishers monitor and report on their progress towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs).
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All Scholarly Community Stakeholders are Responsible for the Dissemination of True Information8 July 2025Read this editorial from Past President, Prof. Cem Uzun, about the 18th EASE General Assembly and Conference that was published in the Balkan ORL-HNS
