Location
School of Law Seminar Room 3.10
Start Date
4-6-2026 4:00 PM
End Date
4-6-2026 4:30 PM
Description
Co-produced by academics and publishers (incl. CUP, Cell Press, EMBO Press, Taylor & Francis, GigaScience Press, OUP, PLOS, Springer Nature), the Editorial Reference Handbook (https://publishers.fairassist.org) assists scholarly publishers in supporting the sharing of digital research objects and in operationalising FAIR research practices by addressing gaps in editorial workflows, policy implementation and stakeholder alignment. The Handbook comprises three interrelated components—a checklist, detailed guidance documentation, and a flowchart—intended primarily for in-house editorial staff while also providing value to reviewers, authors, and service providers.
Beside this practical collaboratively developed product, the Handbook is also a socio-technical pilot to improve the culture by facilitating the practice and leading by example, influencing and informing other publishers and journals. The Handbook was also piloted through a structured intervention across 190 manuscripts, with outcomes evaluated using both surveys and performance metrics. The insights show what may need to change or improve to successfully implement these checks in terms of in-house capability (e.g., needing more knowledge about how to run them), opportunity (e.g., needing support to apply them), and motivation (e.g., needing to prioritise them).
This presentation will report on the contributions of 35 participants representing 19 journals and 11 publishers, describe the rationale and development of the Handbook, and present the outcomes of the intervention, offering a reusable framework adaptable across diverse publishing contexts.
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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Commons, Scholarly Communication Commons, Scholarly Publishing Commons
Supporting FAIR Practices In Scholarly Publishing with the Editorial Reference Handbook
School of Law Seminar Room 3.10
Co-produced by academics and publishers (incl. CUP, Cell Press, EMBO Press, Taylor & Francis, GigaScience Press, OUP, PLOS, Springer Nature), the Editorial Reference Handbook (https://publishers.fairassist.org) assists scholarly publishers in supporting the sharing of digital research objects and in operationalising FAIR research practices by addressing gaps in editorial workflows, policy implementation and stakeholder alignment. The Handbook comprises three interrelated components—a checklist, detailed guidance documentation, and a flowchart—intended primarily for in-house editorial staff while also providing value to reviewers, authors, and service providers.
Beside this practical collaboratively developed product, the Handbook is also a socio-technical pilot to improve the culture by facilitating the practice and leading by example, influencing and informing other publishers and journals. The Handbook was also piloted through a structured intervention across 190 manuscripts, with outcomes evaluated using both surveys and performance metrics. The insights show what may need to change or improve to successfully implement these checks in terms of in-house capability (e.g., needing more knowledge about how to run them), opportunity (e.g., needing support to apply them), and motivation (e.g., needing to prioritise them).
This presentation will report on the contributions of 35 participants representing 19 journals and 11 publishers, describe the rationale and development of the Handbook, and present the outcomes of the intervention, offering a reusable framework adaptable across diverse publishing contexts.