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EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-21

Videos of our conference in Oslo last week on "Editing in the age of misinformation" are being added to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMh

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #Misinformation #SciComm #ScholComm #ScienceEditing #JournalEditing #YouTube

EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

"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.

ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#Misinformation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalEditing

EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

Our environment & sustainability committee (ease.org.uk/communities/specia) 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.

ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#SDGs #Sustainability #EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalPublishing #EDI #EquityDiversityInclusion

Completing the Checklist at the Journal Level * Practical potential actions that are relevant at the single journal level * Useful for recording progress for individual journals, or whole portfolios (if there is consistency) Strategy - Alignment - Commitment Environmental - Production and distribution - Energy - Conferences and marketing EDI - Editorial policies - Reviewers, Authors & Editors Communicating SDG Knowledge - Increasing impact - Advocacy
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

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.

ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #JournalEditors #ScienceEditing #JournalEditing #Misinformation

Ashley Cooper at the EASE conference podium. She's a smiling white woman with shoulder length black hair and glasses, wearing an off-white jacket and a light grey top.
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

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.

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #Librarians #ScholComm #PredatoryJournals #PredatoryPublishing #Bangladesh

Key Challenges Facing LIS Professionals in Bangladesh Understanding of librarians' roles is unclear. Librarians feel insecure when interacting with scholars. This insecurity can hinder effective support for publishing. A significant gap exists between librarians' positive view ofcOpen Access and the reality of work environments.Trying to promote: FAIR Principles Think. Check. Submit. AuthorAID Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) IFLA's How to Spot Fake NewsShaharima Parvin at the EASE conference podium. She is a south Asian woman, wearing a black hijab and a black and yellow spotted face covering.
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

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.

#PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryJournals #ThinkCheckSubmit #JournalPublishing #CriticalAppraisal #PublicationEthics #EASEevents #EASEoslo

Sofie Wennström at the EASE conference podium. She's a white woman with black hair with bangs, wearing a black long sleeved top and with glasses on her head.
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

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.

#OpenAccess #JournalPublishing #PublicationEthics #AbstractingAndIndexing #AcademicJournals #AcademicPublishing #EASEevents #EASEoslo

DOAJ Quality investigations Clear and reliable key information The journal's website clearly presents information about the editorial board, the journal's ownership, and contact details Composition of the journal's editorial board The editorial board list is current, and members' credentials can be verified Peer review process Peer review process is thorough and robust to ensure the reliability of published content Reputation of the journal No use of self-created impact factors, unverified metrics, or false claims about the journal's indexing Journal management and operation The journal maintains rigorous oversight of the entire publishing process
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

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

ISSN International Centre Clarifies Rules for ISSN Assignment First-time introduction of clear ISSN assignment rules for publications from occupied or disputed territories Implementation of detailed publication histories including place of publication, publisher names, and related ISSNs with explanations of special circumstances In cases of publication splits due to territorial conflicts, original ISSNs may be closed and new ones assigned For regions without ISO country codes, ISSNs may be issued with the "INT" designation ease ukraine ISSN INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE logo Contributors: * Initiative: Oksana Dvygun (Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) * Conceptualization and Methodology: Iryna Izarova, Yuliia Hartman (EASE Ukraine) * Data Collection: Victoria Ivanova, Yuliia Hartman, Bohdana Zahrebelna (EASE Ukraine); Olena Rachynska (SSTL of Ukraine) * Support: Frances Pinter (SUPRR) ISSN: * Gaelle Bequet, Director of the ISSN International Centre Irina Strelnikova-Naulin and Iryna Pogorelovska, ISSN Ukraine, the Book Chamber of Ukraine
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-16

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:
stm-assoc.org/new-stm-report-t

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ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #PIDs #Authorship #PersistentIdentifiers #Misinformation #ORCID #OpenInfrastructure #ResearchIntegrity

Alice Meadows at the EASE conference podium. She's a white woman with short greying hair, wearing earrings and a long blue patterned shirt.l and white trousers.How publishers can help Encourage your community of authors, co-authors, reviewers, editorial board members, etc to get an ORCID ID and connect it with their other identifiers Encourage them to use their ORCID ID and give ORCID members permission to update their records (note, auto-updates by Crossref, DataCite, and others are especially valuable) Add your own service information (eg, editorial board membership, review contributions, etc) to ORCID records Work with your vendors to ensure they read AND write trusted information from/to ORCID records MOREBRAINS
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-15

Practical Tips for Editors: Identifying hallmarks of suspected Gen AI and suspected image manipulation by Dan Stuckey at our conference in Oslo.

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #ImageManipulation #ScientificFigures #PublicationEthics #ResearchIntegrity #ScientificMisconduct #EditingTips #GenAI #GenerativeAI #ChatBots #AItools #AIethics #AIwriting

Practical Tips for Editors: Identifying hallmarks of suspected GenAI Please read the manuscript! Are there associated PubPeer posts (published articles/preprints)? Is there evidence of GenAl prompts/output phrases? Are there any fake or improbable references¹? (eg, hallucinated output) Are there tortured phrases? (eg, "linear regression" becomes "straight relapse") Does it contain outdated/unreliable information (limitations to LLM training data)? Increase in prevalence of certain words² (eg, use of "delve", "intricate" and "meticulously" have spiked since 2023) Are there stylistic anomalies within the manuscript or reviewers' comments? (eg, repetition of words/phrases; imprecise/superficial language) Are there formatting telltales? (eg, information organised into sub-headings, intro, bullet-pointed list, outro) Are there unusual features in images (eg, blurry regions; missing items; garbled labels, spelling mistakes...) "Regenerate response" "Please note that as an Al language model" "Certainly! Here is a possible introduction to your topic" ...knowledge cutoff in June 2024." "Ensure that all conclusions are strongly supported by the data presented." doi.org/10.1016121240034 1. Walters, W.H., Wilder, E.I. Fabrication and errors in the bibliographic citations generated by ChatGPT. Sci Rep 13, 14045 (2023). 2. Chatbots Have Thoroughly Infiltrated Scientific Publishing | Scientific AmericanPractical Tips for Editors: Identifying suspected image manipulation Check for image anomalies Unusual contrast; artifacts; impossible features; obscured sections; hand drawn... Do blots contain splices; duplicated regions; are too "clean"; odd features? Have raw data been shared and verified? Check for completeness; faithfulness; variability; have replicates been shared? Check metadata Who created file; when and where were images acquired; is file type consistent with what's described in the Methods? Verifying image anomalies Photoshop / Powerpoint (change transparency of top image and overlay to check similarity) STM Image Alterations and Duplications Resource Center Check that raw images reflect those in the manuscript / article COPE Image Manipulation flowcharts Escalate to institute? Best placed to verify provenance of research; scrutinise lab books/hardware; interview
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-15

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.

ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#EASEoslo #EASEevents #ScienceEditing #ScientificMisconduct #ResearchIntegrity

The panel posing for a photo and smiling at the EASE conference.
Matt Hodgkinsonmattjhodgkinson@scicomm.xyz
2025-05-15

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?

#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #AItools #Automation #EASEevents #EASEoslo #PaperMills #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholComm

EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-15

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.

#EASEoslo #EASEevents #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicJournals #JournalEditing #PeerReview

The panellists at the EASE conference podiums.Pressures and Solutions for Shoestring-budget Journal Publishers Journal Editors from Croatia, Finland, and Sweden Iva Grabarić Andonovski Food Technology and Biotechnology Aira Huttunen Informaatiotutkimus Maarit Jaakkola Nordicom Review Kulttuurintutkimus
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-15

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

ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #MetaData #PIDs #PersistentIdentifiers #ScholComm

On screen are Danielle Padula (top left), David Haber (bottom), and Alice Meadows and Madhura Amdekar at the conference podiums (top right).MOREBRAINS The PID-optimised research cycle - an infographic 1. Grant Application Researchers and institutions pass PIDs for previous grants, outputs, organisations, people, and projects to grant application systems BENEFITS: 1. Less manual data entry 2. More accurate data 3. More time for including contextual information DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4991733 https://resources.morebrains.coop/pidcycle/Metadata as trust signals * Retractions and corrections * Author identities and affiliations (ORCID iDs and ROR IDs) * Abstracts * References * Funding metadata (grant IDs and funder identifiers) * Relationships: to preprints, datasets
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-15

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.
ease.org.uk/ease-events/18th-e

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #CamillaStoltenberg #PublicHealth #Misinformation #TrustInScience

Camilla Stoltenberg speaking at the EASE conference podium. She is a white woman with shoulder length curly brown hair, wearing a long sleeved black top.
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-15

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.

#EASEevents #Disinformation #ScienceEditing #PeerReview #Conference2025 #EASEoslo

Oslo mayor Anne Lindboe speaking at a lectern at the City Hall at thr EASE welcome reception. She is a white woman with shoulder length blonde hair, wearing a bright red jacket with shoulder pads, a gold mayoral chain, and grey trousers.
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-14

Session 1 of the 18th EASE Conference, Disinformation in Publishing, is in progress.

Our keynote speaker Nicolien van der Linden says:
"Misinformation and disinformation have been identified by the World Economic Forum as the greatest threats to global stability in 2024 and 2025."

She added, "If we can't agree on what disinformation is, how can we fight it? What exactly are we combating?"

#EASE2025 #EASEoslo #Disinformation #ScientificPublishing #Misinformation #SciComm #AcademicMastodon

Nicolien van der Linden at the EASE conference podium. She's a white woman with tied back greying hair wearing glasses and a dark magenta jacket and a lilac shirt.The nuances of dis/mal information Blatant Falsehoods Rare in mainstream media, these include fictitious endorsements. These account for only 0.15% of U.S. daily media intake*. Manufactured Debate Misinformation that falsely suggests scientific controversies where none exist, such as the supposed debate over climate change consensus or vaccine safety, to delay action**. Subtle Misleads Often seen in clickbait, these involve technically true information presented in misleading ways. Confirmation Bias The tendency of a person to support information that reinforces pre-existing beliefs while neglecting opposing perspectives and viewpoints Ignorance Includes all false information shared unknowingly, from outdated facts to innocent errors *https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aay3539 **Blurring the linesThe challenge: Why we need to act now * Mis/Disinformation is identified as the greatest threat to global stability in 2024 and 2025 * Confidence in Science is low globally * It is undermining both disease prevention efforts and climate action, thereby posing a threat to public health. * Disinformation contributes to political polarization * Significant gaps remain in our capabilities to respond to disinformation. World Economic Forum 2025 (2 years)* 1st Misinformation and Disinformation 2nd Extreme weather events 3rd State-based army conflict 4th Societal polarization 5th Cyber espionage and warfare 6th Pollution 7th Inequality 8th Involuntary migration and dislacement 9th Geoeconomic confrontation 10th Erosion of Human rights and/or civic freedoms * World Economic Forum, 2024-The Global Risks Report 2024 World Economic Forum, 2025-The global Risks Report 2025
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-05-14

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

Cem Uzun at the podium of the EASE AGM. He's a Turkish man with short greying hair, wearing glasses and a grey suit and checked tie.
EASEEASE@mstdn.science
2025-03-12

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.
ease.org.uk/event/reaching-new
#EASEevents #SciComm #ResearchImpact #Conference2025 #EASEoslo

ease conference satellite events Reaching new audiences with ScienceOpen: an EASE case study Thursday 27 March, 2pm UK time This case study will demonstrate how Science Open provides innovative ways to engage a broader public and offers a range of interactive features for journal editors and authors. scienceOPEN.com conference sponsors bit.ly/easesomarch

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