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EASE Conference report in Science Editing21 August 2018Long-standing EASE member Sun Huh has published a report of the 14th EASE Conference in Science Editing, journal of the Korean Council of Science Editors. Sun reports on his pre-conference “XML for journal editors”workshop, and discusses how the presentations and sessions of the event, and the experience of European editors can be applied to Korean […]
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Job opportunities at Sense about Science14 August 2018Sense About Science have three positions vacant for pivotal positions in their organisation. The charity have campaigned for the transparant, rigorous and ethical conduct of scientific processes, and have been involved in several public discourses around key topics over the last 15 years. They lead the AllTrials campaign for clinical trials to be registered and […]
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EASE plagiarism survey10 August 2018To investigate editors’ experiences of plagiarism, a short scoping survey is being run with the support of EASE as part of our research outreach. We encourage all our member editors to respond – whether you have experienced plagiarised submissions or not: we need to know the percentage of journals who do not experience any problems […]
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EASE Communities7 August 2018Please take a look our new Communities page. We support several communities of editors – both strategy groups investigating specific topics such as Peer Review and Gender Policy, and regional groups bringing together editors from a country or region such as Croatia, Mexico, and Russia. If you would like to join any of the existing […]
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Guideline for reporting experimental protocols6 August 2018Giraldo O, Garcia A, Corcho O. A guideline for reporting experimental protocols in life sciences. Peer J 2018;6:e4795(doi: 10.7717/peerj.4795) Experimental research should be reproducible whenever possible. Having precise descriptions of the protocols is a step in that direction. This article presents a guideline for describing key content for reporting experimental protocols in life sciences, together […]
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Gender bias in publishing6 August 2018Bernard C. Editorial: Gender bias in publishing: double-blind reviewing as a solution? eNeuro 22018;5(3):ENEURO.0225-18.2018(doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0225-18.2018) Many studies point at a gender bias in favor of males for award and acceptance of both grants and publications. At eNeuro journal there is a balance between submission and acceptance that avoids gender bias. The journal adopts a double-blind review system, […]
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Journal peer review process6 August 2018Rigby J, Cox D, Julian K. Journal peer review: a bar or bridge? An analysis of a paper’s revision history and turnaround time, and the effect on citation. Scientometrics 2018:114(3):1087-1105(doi: 10.1007/s11192-017-2630-5) This article explores the journal peer review process and seeks to examine how the reviewing process might itself contribute to the citedness of papers. […]
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EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators – New Dutch and Slovenian translations5 August 2018We have added two new translations of our hugely popular Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles. Our most recent additions are Dutch and Slovenian versions, which follow the Indonesian and Finnish translations published earlier this year. The EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles provide simple, clear advice aimed at making […]
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Preprints: confusion and distortion?2 August 2018B – Sheldon T. Preprints could promote confusion and distortion. Nature 2018 July 24 Thousands of papers are submitted every month to the arXiv and bioRxiv platforms, which make manuscripts available before they have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. According to the author, this holds substantial risks for the broader community of readers: […]
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Sense About Science John Maddox Prize 20182 August 2018The seventh annual John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science is open for nominations. The prize is run by Sense About Science as a means for the scientific community to recognise the work of an individual who promotes sound science and evidence on a matter of public interest, in the face of difficulty or […]
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Most popular ESE articles in July1 August 2018Visitors to the EASE website over the last few months may have noticed the new panel highlighting our journal European Science Editing. The panel features details of the current issue and the month’s most-read papers, as a way to draw more attention to recent articles and those most popular with our readers. The panel has […]
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COPE Council Nominations – FINAL CALL30 July 2018The Committee on Publication Ethics are looking to expand their Council with new members to better fulfill their strategic goals. There are six vacancies for candidates from representatives in China or globally-based individuals with a background in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Potential candidates must have been a COPE member for at least 1 year […]
