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Scientific Journals Can’t Keep Up With Flood of Fake Papers The source of the trouble is “paper mills,” businesses or individuals that charge fees to publish fake studies in legitimate journals.

"The entire structure of science could collapse if this is left unaddressed" www.wsj.com/science/scie... @reeserichardson.bsky.social @jabyrnesci.bsky.social Luis Amaral on the impact of paper mills

Fraudulent publication growth is outpacing legitimate science - EASE A new study published in PNAS illustrates the scale of industrially-produced research papers from 'paper mills'.

New in the Bookshelf section of the EASE Digest blog, we share a new study published in PNAS which provides further insights into the scale of the industrially-produced research papers from ‘paper mills’.

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Intercepting Misconduct: 7 Practical Tips for Editors <p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d141442362e81">Scholarly publishers face increasing threats from fake research. Together, we have a du...

Winner of our Scholarly Publishing Process and Innovation Posters' category at our Oslo Conference, this poster details approaches implemented by Editors of @ioppublishing.bsky.social journals to combat increasing threats from fake research.

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Winner of the Scientific Posters category of our 2025 Conference Competition, this poster comments on the disparity of open access accessibility.

Read the full abstract and see all posters from our Oslo Conference on our @scienceopen.bsky.social Collection page:

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This new Viewpoint draws from the Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines and US-Judicial contention with GenAI, to argue that journals should request the full text of each cited source along with submitted manuscripts, as a way to combat GenAi-faked references

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Following our Oslo Conference, we have added details of all sessions and posters to our Conferences Collection on @scienceopen.bsky.social

Readers can now more easily browse all the materials, and contributors get these activities registered to their ORCID profiles

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A new paper in ESE investigates Moldovan conferences to examine the extent to which they match the markers of predatory conferences, and cautions against practices which blur the lines between acceptable and predatory.

Read the full paper from the journal now: doi.org/10.3897/ese....

We are delighted to welcome Iryna Izarova to the EASE Council!

Iryna is a Professor of Law, journal editor, Chair of EASE Ukraine, and the Regional Chapter Programme, and winner of two EASE Awards.

See the full council for 2025-2027 on the EASE website:

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This new article in European Science Editing surveys the attitudes to open access publishing of 1000 Croatian authors.

Results highlight much similarity of general attitudes, but practical differences in adoption between STEM and SSH fields.

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#OpenAccess #OA

YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE) What does it mean for cis people to write about trans people’s lives? (EASE EDI committee webinar)

A fantastically clear and forthright discussion with the excellent Damien Riggs, on person-centred language and perspectives, authenticity, collaboration, allyship, accidental damage, authoring skills and techniques.

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#EASEediCommittee #EASEevents #TransLives #WritingSkills

This guest post in EASE Digest from our Conference Premier Sponsors, JAMS looks at why customised editorial support matters and the questions editors should be asking asbout their review platforms.

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#EASEdigest #PeerReview #EditorialManagement #JournalManagement

Join us from 11:30am UK time tomorrow, June 24, for a webinar with Prof. Damien Riggs

A discussion of what it means to work and write in the field of trans studies, and how cisgender authors can write about trans lives in constructive and sustainable ways.

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We are adding all the posters from our Oslo Conference to our ScienceOpen proceedings collection.

You can read more about our initiative in the latest EASE Update newsletter

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Issue 5 of EASE Update, our bi-monthly public newsletter, is up and out now!

We share some exciting news about our journal, update you on our ScienceOpen Conference collection, share our Peer Review Committee’s guidance document ‘How to Assess Peer Review Quality’ and much more

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Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era: Announcing the Theme for Peer Review Week 2025 - The Scholarly Kitchen We are pleased to announce the official theme for Peer Review Week 2025, to be held from 15–19 September 2025.

The theme of Peer Review Week 2025 is revealed -

'Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era' will be the focus of events and discussion in September.

Read the Scholarly Kitchen introduction article to find out more

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We are delighted to announce that EASE journal European Science Editing has been accepted into the Web of Science Emerging Source Citation index.

Read more about this exciting news on the EASE Digest

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#EuropeanScienceEditing #WebofScience #ESCI

YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE) LIVE! from EASE Oslo #6 - Sigmar Rode & Edna Montero

Our final Oslo conference delegate introduction features Council member Sigmar Rode and Edna Montero from the Brazilian Association of Scientific Editors

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#EASEoslo #EASEevents

YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE) LIVE! from EASE Oslo #5 - Hervé Maisonneuve

Next up in our LIVE! from EASE Oslo series of delegate videos we introduce you to the legendary Hervé Maisonneuve - past president of EASE and attendee of almost every conference since EASE began!

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DOAJ retirement of the Seal - EASE DOAJ recently retired the Seal from its index. This post provides an explanation as to what changed in the Directory and what it means for journals.

The @doaj.bsky.social recently retired the 'Seal' from its index, as a result of responses to their community survey.

This post on EASE Digest provides an explanation as to what changed in the Directory, and what it means for journals.

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YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE) LIVE! from EASE Oslo #4 - Yuliia Hartman and Bohdana Zahrebeina

Today we look back at our Oslo conference with Ukrainian Regional Chapter members Yuliia Hartman and Bohdana Zahrebeina, both Managing Editors at Access to Justice in Eastern Europe Journal

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YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE) LIVE! from EASE Oslo #3 - Ilaria Cianchetta

Meet the delegates who attended our recent Conference in Oslo.

Here's Elsevier Strategic Innovation Manager, Ilaria Cianchetta, tallking publication success!

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YouTube video by European Association of Science Editors (EASE) LIVE! from EASE Oslo #2 - Victoria Merriman

Meet the delegates of our Oslo conference!

Here;s a minute with Victoria Merriman Editor Engagement Manager at IOP Publishing

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EASE Council From left to right: Jason Roberts, Ashley Cooper, Ksenija Bazdaric (ESE Editor in Chief), Sigmar Rode, Mary Hodgson (Secretary), Iva Grabaric Andonovski (Vice-President), Cem Uzun (Past-President), Bahar Mehmani (President), Ali Şahin, Jo Wixon, Phill Jones, and Are Brean (Vice President).

A lovely photograph from our Oslo Conference, where our new Council for 2025-2027 were able to meet in person to begin discussing our next initiatives!

See details of the Council on our webpage!

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In response to the Executive Orders issued by the White House affecting scientific researchers in the USA and globally, this new Editorial in European Science Editing calls for Editors and journals to adhere to established scientific consensus and evidence-based practices

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Follow our portfolio of OA, peer-reviewed journals to keep up to date with the latest research in biodiversity, ecology, and more!

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Cast your vote to choose the theme of #PeerReviewWeek25

This is your chance to have a say in the focus of peer review discussions this year

Voting ends Saturday, 31 May

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#PRW2025 #PeerReview #PeerReviewMatters #AcademicPublishing

Shining a critical light at realities of #Ukrainian journals in occupied territories was Iryna Izarova, chair of Ukrainian chapter @easeeditors.bsky.social, and the crucial work they have been doing to develop strategies against mis-appropriation.
#ResearchIntegrity affects all
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#EASE2025

Had the privilege to represent @thinkchecksub.bsky.social to skilled editors at the @easeeditors.bsky.social conference today. Framing how independent learning tools like TCS can be used for quality assurance of journals by flipping the questions. More tools: thinkchecksubmit.org/resources/ad...

Very much on the theme of our conference this week.

#EASEoslo

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