Videos of our conference in Oslo last week on "Editing in the age of misinformation" are being added to our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMhE3Xc-nXX1avtbKdA6oSzT078_QL1lV&si=ADwa1nCLlUR_ThL5
"Journal editors do not need to worry about preventing misinformation from being spread"
A long-standing EASE tradition, the closing conference debate brings together Council members Are Brean and Haseeb Irfanullah for a provocative discussion on the role of editors in the age of misinformation. Chaired by Joan Marsh.
Hasseb swung an overwhelming majority against to a 47% vote in favour, winning the debate.
Our environment & sustainability committee (https://ease.org.uk/communities/special-interest-committees/environment-and-sustainability-committee/) presents the UN SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Publishers Compact, the EASE Manifesto, and the EDI Survey, as well as our soon-to-be-launched checklist to implement the SDGs, which can be exported as a PDF and can be organisation-wide or journal-level.
https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-11/
#SDGs #Sustainability #EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalPublishing #EDI #EquityDiversityInclusion
Ashley Cooper chairs a panel on misconceptions around what manuscript editors do, and their responsibilities in helping to avoid misinformation.
Véronique Gebala, @Nature, values persuasive cover letters. Yateen Joshi says the key to acceptance is substance of the article - though that only comes when it is sent to reviewers. Journal may use other issues to screen out submissions.
Shaharima Parvin of East West University in Bangladesh presents her experience as a librarian.
"Information wants to be free. It also wants to be expensive" - Stewart Brand, 1984
Trust is at risk, but open access helps promote scholarly communication - however, many senior researchers believe all OA is predatory. Many academics want to publish asap, don't know about indexing, and lack funds.
Think. Check. Submit. helps teach researchers and others to identify predatory and questionable journals. Sofie Wennström presents at our conference in Oslo on how the tips guide authors as an alternative to block lists, allow lists, and the uncritical use of journal metrics. They also help journals ensure they are being and presenting as trustworthy.
Joanna Ball of @DOAJ presents how the index is a gold standard for Open Access journals and is used as a trust marker by librarians, researchers, and other literature services.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine affected their scholarly journals because the occupiers appropriated university journals based in those territories, says Iryna Izarova.
Working with the ISSN International Centre & the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, new rules for ISSNs in occupied & disputed territories were developed.
#ISSNs #EASEoslo #EASEevents #UkraineRussiaWar #EASEukraine #PublicationEthics #GeoPolitics #GlobalConflict #InternationalLaw #OccupiedTerritories #JournalPublishing
Keynote on author identity from @alicemeadows this morning on the final day at our conference in Oslo.
The recent STM Association report on trusted identity recommends institutionally verified identity and using ORCID trust markers:
https://stm-assoc.org/new-stm-report-trusted-identity-in-academic-publishing/
Practical Tips for Editors: Identifying hallmarks of suspected Gen AI and suspected image manipulation by Dan Stuckey at our conference in Oslo.
Intercepting Misconduct - Practical Tips for Editors is chaired by Jason Roberts, with Paula Saikkonen, Dan Stuckey, and Ines Steffens.
Our final session today brings together experts sharing practical, low-cost ways to detect and prevent research misconduct - especially valuable for editors at smaller journals.
My panel this morning at the European Association of Science Editors (@EASE) conference in Oslo was on the use of new tech in research integrity checks, alongside Caroline Sutton in person and Kim Eggleton and Jane Alfred online.
Our conversation was great (if I say so myself), helped by the chairing by Brian Cody. I thought it would be interesting to see how others here would answer Brian's questions:
1. What are the top research integrity concerns for scholarly publishers, and how much are they discipline-specific?
2. Technical checks can be overwhelming for journals. How to manage manuscript checklists from a process perspective?
3. How do publishers considering new automation / tools decide what's necessary vs nice to have?
4. Case studies of implementing tools.
5. Many tools only apply to English publications. What tools should non-English journals know about?
6. How can publishers and editors get involved in tool development?
7. What is the potential for AI to improve research integrity checks vs human oversight?
Pressures and Solutions for Shoestring-Budget Journal Publishers: how do small, non-profit journal publishers maintain editorial quality amid tightening resources, rising competition, & misinformation & AI?
The panel explored how cultural and linguistic factors, particularly in small nation settings, complicate plagiarism detection & editorial consistency. Small communities improve trust but risk bias.
Preserving the Integrity of the Scholarly Record: Danielle Padula, Scholastica & Madhura Amdekar, Crossref chair a panel on metadata, with Alice Meadows, MoreBrains & David Haber, ASM.
- Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are key to trustworthy info
- Metadata can be trust signals
- Identity & provenance are important
- Metadata makes articles & data findable/interoperable
- Join communities, e.g., NISO
Camilla Stoltenberg, CEO of the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), recounts her experience of pandemics (incl. SARS and COVID) and the importance of ensuring independence, transparency, and accuracy of public health information. There needs to be room for open disagreement to build trust, especially in uncertain times. Scientific advisors should be allowed to state their opinions.
https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/18th-ease-conference-scientific-programme/18th-ease-conference-session-1/
EASE is grateful for the kind invitation by the mayor of Oslo, Anne Lindboe, and the generous hospitality of Oslo city hall. To protect science from disinformation, scientists and science editors must not forget they are citizens at first. The way to safeguard trustworthiness of science and ensuring its rigor and integrity is to engage with citizens and empower their critical thinking skills.
The 23rd Annual General Meeting of EASE in Oslo is opened by Cem Uzun, giving thanks to our council, committees, chapters, special interest groups, and 600+ members. 
#Conference2025 #EASEoslo #EASEevents #JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #Norway
We are happy to partner with @Science_Open on a free webinar, Thu 27 Mar 2pm UK, to show how we're using them to promote our journal & publish conference posters. This is our first Satellite Event for our May conference in Oslo. ScienceOpen has interactive features for journal editors & authors, including one-click sharing, recommendations, review, lay summaries, curated collections, usage tracking, metrics.
https://ease.org.uk/event/reaching-new-audiences-with-scienceopen-an-ease-case-study/
#EASEevents #SciComm #ResearchImpact #Conference2025 #EASEoslo
The EASE Scientific Poster Competition 2025 is open! 
Submit in three categories, with a prize 
for the best poster in each:
- Scientific
- Scholarly Publishing Process and Innovation
- Community Engagement and Collaboration
PLUS a prize for the best Norwegian power, as our conference is in Oslo.
Posters will be displayed at the venue during our conference and will be online from 1 May.
https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-ease-conference/
#EASEevents #EASEoslo25
#PosterPresentations #ScholarlyPublishing #SciComm
In recognition of International Open Access Week 'Community over Commercialization' October 21-27 2024, the North Macedonian Chapter of EASE hosted their inaugural event on the topic of open access.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=4IajZ5Aa3mpYHDPO&v=pWQ-egPxHRY&feature=youtu.be
More on the chapter: https://ease.org.uk/communities/regional-chapters/ease-north-macedonia/
