Coming soon: EASE Editorial School for Journal Editors. Part I begins online Wed 19 March, Part II in the Autumn.

Part I:
19/3: Journal structure & management, Duncan Nicholas
26/3: #PublicationEthics, Joan Marsh
2/4: #PeerReview processes, Serge Horbach
9/4: Journal visibility, promotion, indexing, Are Brean

£80 for EASE members
£160 for non-members
(low-income country discount)

Register:
https://ease.org.uk/ease-events/training/ease-editorial-school-for-journal-editors/

It was great to see so many EASE members at our Awards ceremony last week, where we celebrated those who have made the largest contributions to the growth and success of EASE over the past year.

The recording is now on our YouTube channel, so you can catch up if you missed it.

Watch the ceremony now and read about the winners: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4QNzzN-01ls

EASE Update - Issue 3
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ease-update-issue-3-easeeditors-c6aie

We chat about Bluesky, poster presentations - and invite YOU to submit one to our Oslo Conference - take a look at some of the recent community action across the Association, highlight the latest publications from European Science Editing including a new Structured Peer Review Checklist, and more.

#EASEupdate #JournalPublishing #ResearchPublishing
#JournalEditing #ScienceEditing #PeerReview #Conference2025 #PosterPresentations

Introducing our Ukrainian Chapter

It aims to:
* Support the professional development of science editors in Ukraine
* Foster collaboration among editors, researchers, & publishers
* Promote best practice in scientific editing & publication
* Enhance the quality & ethics of scientific publication
* Exchange ideas & experiences to advance science editing in Ukraine

Read: https://ease.org.uk/communities/regional-chapters/ease-ukraine/
Connect: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ukrainian-regional-chapter-ease/

EASE Update, the new bi-monthly newsletter from the European Association of Science Editors, is out now on LinkedIn and our new mailing list.

Each issue will highlight a few activities from EASE, our members, and our wider circle, sharing new developments, helpful details, and insights to support every Editorial role in the research publishing cycle.

Like and subscribe!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ease-update-issue-1-easeeditors-jeqge

Our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee has launched a new survey on the roles, policies, and practices around EDI across academic publishing.

We invite all involved in journal editing to complete this short survey (<10 mins): https://ease.org.uk/event/59609/

The survey closes 31 January; the results will be presented in a webinar on 19 March.

The lessons from the experience of SPIRIT* protocol editors published in "Trials" make for good reading and training materials:
https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-022-06316-7

*Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT)

Some #SysReviews make me wonder where the efforts of the "critical appraisal" modules go. And what we generally assume about #ScienceEditing and #PeerReview:

"For this study we only considered studies published in Q1 and Q2 journals in [ranking system], in order to guarantee intra-rater convergence."
[redacted from original]

Reflections on this week's #NightshiftEditor sessions:

1) Suggestions to limit potential misunderstandings when presenting multiple effect estimates
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/177/4/292/147738
#Table2Fallacy

2) From the instant classic "on the 12th day of Christmas, a statistician sent to me":
(i) "Do not dichotomise continuous variables"
(ii) "Carefully account for missing data" #STROBE
https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022-072883

3) We all can work on asking better research questions
https://rdcu.be/diEEb

I manage two other accounts here: @ukrio for my work at the UK Research Integrity Office, and @EASE for the European Association of Science Editors, for which I'm treasurer.

Go on, give them a follow.

Our open invitation March webinar will be a great chance to learn about EASE and what we do for our members and the scholarly publishing community.

Join @pippasmart for a panel discussion with our Council nominees to talk challenges in science editing!

https://ease.org.uk/event/what-are-the-challenges-facing-journal-editing-and-publishing-and-what-can-ease-do-to-help/

Good morning Meeps! Heading out for a #walk and then work work work. I’ve been putting off preparing some #feedback so that’s the first thing on the list today. I’ll also work on a couple of digests today, probably about #neuroscience papers. In between, I might toot a little bit about the different things I do for my work as an #editor and explain the different types of content I help write. #writing #editing #science #scicomm #ScienceEditing

#Introduction

I'm a freelance consultant. I'm Head of Editorial at the Directory of #OpenAccess Journals (@DOAJ), I'm on the Committee on #PublicationEthics (#COPE #C0PE) council & I'm European Association of Science Editors treasurer (@EASE).

I was an #editor at BMC & PLOS & worked in #ResearchIntegrity for Hindawi & UKRIO. #OpenScience #ScienceEditing

I'm a #GreenParty / #GPEW member in #CambridgeUK where I live with @SimoneChalkley. We have a #Cat & I'm a #Runner.