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
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"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/
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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/
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As the digital landscape evolves, the foundational trust that has long supported academic publishing faces new vulnerabilities. Rising cases of identity fraud and integrity breaches are challenging the scholarly community to protect research integrity without imposing unnecessary burdens on genuine contributors. In response, STM Solutions released Trusted Identity in Academic Publishing: The Central Role of...
Practical Tips for Editors: Identifying hallmarks of suspected Gen AI and suspected image manipulation by Dan Stuckey at our conference in Oslo.
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