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PEERE in 1 minute – Gender gap in peer review with Erin Hengel12 September 2018On Peer Review Week’s theme of diversity and inclusivity, watch this PEERE 1-minute interview with Erin Hengel of the University of Liverpool. She spoke to PEERE about her research into the gender gap in peer review, at the International Conference on Peer Review held on 7-9 March 2018.
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Peer Review Week 2018: ESE Article Special11 September 2018It’s Peer Review Week 2018! To help celebrate, we have compiled a mix of eight essays and original articles from our European Science Editing archives that address topics around peer review, starting with an essay on the advantages of peer review to researchers by Gaurav Saini from earalier this year. We also have papers on […]
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Most popular ESE articles in August10 September 2018A look at the top five most read papers from our journal European Science Editing in the month of August. A peer review card exchange gameRužica Tokalić & Ana MarušicIssue 44(3) August 2018. Original Article http://europeanscienceediting.eu/articles/a-peer-review-card-exchange-game/Introduction: Peer review aims to ensure the quality of research and help journal editors in the publication process. COST action […]
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SAGER guidelines webinar6 September 2018Watch Shirin Heidari talking about the EASE SAGER guidelines on Sex and Gender Equality on Thursday 13th September in the Diversity in Peer Review webinar. This is part of Peer Review Week, and the webinar is provided by Elsevier’s Researcher Academy Register for the webinar and read more details here:https://researcheracademy.elsevier.com/navigating-peer-review/fundamentals-peer-review/diversity-peer-review
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EASE statement of endorsement of ORCID5 September 2018European Association of Science Editors has issued a statement of support and endorsement of ORCiD, the unique author identification system. This statement has been issued to both endorse the initiative and to promote its uptake throughout the researcher community. Comprising both technical and content editors from around the world, our members play a vital role […]
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ALPSP Conference and Awards 20184 September 2018On the 12th September, the ALPSP Annual Conference and Awards returns to the UK for 2018. We are getting ready to attend this key event in the scholarly publishing calendar. The ALPSP conference attracts an international audience from all areas of the scholarly communications industry, and is always a fascinating event to attend. Spread over […]
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University of Exeter Peer Review Research Project31 August 2018A new study is being carried out by Dr Peter Connor and Matthew Clark from the renewable energy department at the University of Exeter which aims to gather data on aspects of the peer review process. The study is primarily focused on abuse of the process, and how academics interact with the system when faced […]
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Think.Check.Submit User Survey29 August 2018Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international, cross-sector initiative helps educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications. The team behind Think. Check. Submit. wants to ensure that the initiative is as useful as possible to researchers, […]
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How CrossRef is handling peer reviews as publications27 August 2018Nice article on the Crossref blog by Jennifer Lin, in advance of Peer Review Week, explaining the metadata they register on peer reviews, how researchers are credited for their reviews and the potential value this has for the scholarly community. “Published reviews can show peer feedback in progress; the progress of scholarly discussion unfolding, as […]
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European Science Editing 44(3) – August 201824 August 2018The latest issue of EASE journal European Science Editing has been published. Read it online now: http://europeanscienceediting.eu/issues/443/ In this issue we have eleven articles and some supplementary files, including the cards for our peer review training game. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force since May, bringing along all sorts of practical […]
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The State of The Art in Peer Review24 August 2018A discussion paper on the current state of peer review in scholarly publishing, authored by Jon Tennant, has been published in FEMS Microbiology Letters. The article asserts the importance of peer review as a defining characteristic of the formal research publication process, assesses some of the traditional ways it has been conducted over recent years, […]
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Structuring spreadsheets for data23 August 2018Love them or hate them, chances are you will have to use them and make friends with them if you want to achieve anything in the world of academic publishing. As researchers, for office management or even in our everyday lives we see a lot of spreadsheets and work with a lot of data. We […]
