Publications

 
The EASE Journal, European Science Editing, publishes articles of various types, covering all aspects of scientific publishing.  With contributors from across Europe and some from further afield, the Journal has a truly international flavour.  An informative and entertaining read, it helps editors of all kinds keep up to date with all the major relevant issues.  

The Science Editors' Handbook is an invaluable resource to anyone working in the field of editing and it has been successful used as a reference book for those delivering editing training and seminars.  It covers everything from editorial policy and procedure, inclulding peer review, through standards, style and nomenclature to office management.  

The EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to be Published in English provide simple, clear advice aimed at making international scientific communication more efficient. We encourage authors and translators to observe these guidelines and apply the relevant suggestions to their manuscripts before submission.

The EASE statement on inappropriate use of impact factors was published in November 2007 after a consultation exercise.  It records how, although the journal impact factor was developed as a means to measure the impact of scientific journals, its use has been extended to measuring the quality of scientific journals, the quality of individual articles and the productivity of individual researchers. 

There is also an interactive EASE Forum for discussing various matters and an EASE blog featuring summaries of relevant published articles.