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Peer review mentoring27 July 2018Four BMC journals (Trials, Systematic Reviews, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, and the Journal of Medical Case Reports) have launched a pilot programme to endorse mentoring of early career researchers in the peer review processes. The programme aims to increase diversity and inclusivity by formalising the process. You can read more on the BMC’s Research in […]
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PUBMET2018 Open Science Conference20 July 2018The 5th PUBMET2018 Conference on scholarly publishing in the context of Open Science which will be held on 20-21 September 2018 at the University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia, and is organized by the University of Zadar, the University of Zagreb and the Ruđer Bošković Institute, under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Education […]
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An Introduction to Editing With Macros17 July 2018From the YouTube channel of Paul Beverley, one our our most active members, comes a new video in which he explains what a macro is and how it can be used to benefit many tasks involved in manuscript editing. Paul is a master of the macro and regularly provides EASE members with new code to […]
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Peer review as a cooperation dilemma10 July 2018An article assessing the institutional pressures and resource limitations faced by scientists has been published in the journal Scientometrics. Authored by Federico Bianchi, Francisco Grimaldo, Giangiacomo Bravo and Flaminio Squazzoni, the article shows that a mix of competition and cooperation is possible in peer review, but only if reviewer rewards are improved for a better […]
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Nature article addresses problems with multiple publication dates3 July 2018A short letter was published in Nature last week, briefly addressing the topic of publication dates and scientific priority, suggestions that Citations must default to the online publication date. The aticle suggests the publication date of all articles should be officially recorded as the earliest online publication date when it first appears, rather than the […]
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EASE Council Announcement28 June 2018Following the elections and official appointments at our recent conference in Bucharest, we are pleased to officially announce the new EASE Council for 2018-2021 in full on our website. The Council, headed by President Pippa Smart and Vice-Presidents Duncan Nicholas and Ines Steffens, features 15 members from different backgrounds in research, journal editing and the […]
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Nature 2018 International Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey22 June 2018Here is another survey for our members to participate in this week. SpringerNature have commissioned a survey into science-related careers, titled the 2018 International Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey, implemented by Shift Learning. They survey doesn’t explicitly say that science-based careers are the intended demographic, but the questions relate to this specific setting, asking about […]
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Kudos dissemination survey18 June 2018Science communication facilitation platform Kudos are developing a new product – Kudos for Research Groups and have a survey they would like participants for. Kudos hope that this platform will enable them to support a much wider range of research outputs including conference papers, presentations, posters and research objects including data images and code. All […]
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Publication disclosure18 June 2018Sing Chawla D. Most researchers disclose their results before publication. Physics World 2018 May 17 Over two thirds of researchers have released the results of at least one study they authored before the findings were formally published. A survey of more than 7,000 researchers across nine disciplines found that social scientists, mathematicians, biological scientists and […]
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Implicit biases18 June 2018Berg J. Measuring and managing bias. Science 2017;357(6354):849(doi: 10.1126/science.aap7679) Implicit biases – those that we are not consciously aware of – are intrinsic human characteristics that should be acknowledged and managed, rather than denied or ignored. Implicit association tests can be a useful tool for understanding and measuring implicit biases. Even those involved in research […]
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The phrase “necessary and sufficient”18 June 2018YoshiharaM, Yoshihara M. “Necessary and sufficient” in biology is not necessarily necessary – confusions and erroneous conclusions resulting from misapplied logic in the field of biology, especially neuroscience. Journal of Neurogenetics 2018;32(2):53-64(doi: 10.1080/01677063.2018.1468443) In this article, the authors describe an incorrect use of logic in current biology (especially neuroscience) which involves the careless application of […]
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Preclinical research reporting15 June 2018Lightfoot H. Reporting of preclinical research: what do we get told – when and how? Medical Writing 2017 (4):20-23At present, there are no specific requirements for the reporting of preclinical research, and many studies, particularly those with negative results, never get published. However, routine and reliable reporting of all research – preclinical, clinical, laboratory, animal […]
