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Outreach activity
The adventure of writing and publishing The
game of scientific publications
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European Association of Science Editors

• Professional organization of science editors and
  communicators, founded in 1982
• Committed to improving the quality of science
  publications through exchange, learning and
  integrity
• Over 550 members in 50 countries, including
  Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Australia and the
  Americas
• We are journal editors, copy editors, authors
  editors, trainers, academics, translators,
  publishers, web and multi-media staff, indexers,
  science writers, journalists, illustrators,
  designers and proofreaders.
• Run by elected Council of volunteers Secretary

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Membership benefits

• European Science Editing (ESE), a quarterly
  journal
• Science Editors Handbook guide to best
  practice
• Website, job announcements and e-forum
• Seminars on hot topics
• Triennial international conference
• Training workshops and mentoring
• Reduced fees for some sister organizations

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European Science Editing

• Published quarterly
• Peer reviewed primary research articles
• Meeting reports
• Editorials
• Regional and industry news
• Events diary
• Editors bookshelf
• Web watch

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Science Editors Handbook

• Sections on Editing
• Standards and Style
• Nomenclature and Terminology
• Publishing and Printing
• Covers everything from on-screen editing,
  illustrations and ethics, to office management,
  peer review, and dealing with the media.
• Updated regularly with new chapters

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EASE Websitewww.ease.org.uk

• with features such as
• EASE e-forum for exchanging ideas
• Conference calendar and announcements
• Back issues of European Science Editing
• Links to sister organizations
• Job advertisements

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International conferences
Triennial conferences since 1982, including 1997
Helsinki, Finland. Quality in communication the
editors role 2000 Tours, France. What
it means to be an editor 2003 Bath, UK. Editing
and scientific truth 2006 Krakow, Poland. The
culture of science editing
2009 Pisa, Italy Integrity in science
communication
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Seminars events
2004 Scientific publications in a digital age
(Barcelona) 2005 Habits in scientific publishing
(Barcelona) 2006 Two roads to open access
(Krakow) 2006 Statistics for science editors
(Krakow) 2006 Communicating European Research
(Brussels) 2007 Alternative ways to measure
scientific impact factor (Barcelona) 2008 The
adventure of writing and publishing the game of
scientific publications (ESOF, Barcelona)
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Training workshops

• Writing scientific papers
• Style for reports and papers in medical and
  life-science journals
• The different roles and types of editors in
  journal publishing
• Held in China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland
  (2), Romania, Russian Federation (3), Slovakia
  and Slovenia, United Kingdom

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To become a member
Online at www.ease.org.uk Special rates for
students, corporate groups, sponsored members,
retirees and members of sister organizations
Contact secretary_at_ease.org.uk Tel/Fax 44 (0)
118 970 0322