European Association of Science Editors


The European Association of Science Editors is a non-profit membership organisation for people interested in science communication and editing. Founded in 1982, in France, EASE now has an international membership.

Members

EASE has nearly 500 members who live in about 50 countries, not only in Europe but also in other parts of the world.
Members work in many disciplines and occupations: commissioning editors, academics, science translators, publishers, web and multi-media staff, indexers, statistical editors, science and technical writers, authors' editors, journalists, corporate communicators, proofreaders, production personnel, managing editors, etc. Just less than 10% of members claim to be chief editors of science journals.

Major conferences

EASE holds a conference every 3 or 2 years. The next EASE conference will take place in 2021 in Valencia, Spain.
Previous conferences:

History

EASE was formed in May 1982 in Pau, France, from the European Life Science Editors' Association and the European Association of Earth Science Editors. The history of these organizations goes further back:
The European Association of Editors of Biological Periodicals was formed in April 1967 in Amsterdam by Miriam Balaban and others. EAEBP was renamed European Life Science Editors at its first General Assembly, held at the Royal Society in London in 1970.
The European Association of Earth Science Editors was formed at a meeting of the Constituent Assembly of the European Association of Earth Science Editors, held in Paris from December 2–4, 1968, under the sponsorship of Unesco and the International Union of Geological Sciences.
ELSE joined with Editerra to form the European Association of Science Editors in 1982.
Concerns of the organization included the development of international standards for science journals, guidelines for authors whose first language was not English, republishing of articles in multiple languages, and the improvement of science communication generally.

Affiliations

EASE is affiliated to the International Union of Biological Sciences, and the International Union of Geological Sciences, has category A liaison status with the International Organization for Standardization and is represented on committees of the British Standards Institution. Through its affiliation to IUBS and IUGS the Association is also affiliated to the International Council of Scientific Unions and is thereby in formal associate relations with UNESCO.
EASE cooperates actively with Mediterranean Editors and Translators, the Council of Science Editors, and the Association of Earth Science Editors. Its other links include the African Association of Science Editors, the European Medical Writers Association, the Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists, the Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors , AuthorAID, and, in the UK, the Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.