Building Reviewer Excellence: Training, Recognition, and Career Impact with Reviewer Credits

This webinar, conducted in collaboration with experts from Reviewer Credits, will provide practical guidance for researchers and reviewers on strengthening their peer review skills and gaining recognition for their contributions. The session will cover the fundamentals of ethical and effective reviewing, reviewer certification, and how verified credits can support career development and academic reputation. Designed to bridge skill gaps and promote quality in scholarly publishing, the session will also highlight Reviewer Credits’ platform as a valuable tool for empowering reviewers and enriching the peer review ecosystem.

Who Should Attend: Researchers, Reviewers, Editors, Managing Editors, Publishers, Early-Career Academics, Scholarly Communications Professionals.

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Eliza in Action: Enhancing Peer Review with AI Support

This webinar, conducted in collaboration with experts from World Brain Scholar, will introduce Eliza, an AI-powered peer review assistant designed to support, not replace, human judgment in scholarly publishing. The session will explore how Eliza analyzes manuscripts and reviewer comments to suggest meaningful improvements while maintaining full reviewer ownership. Focused on responsible innovation, the webinar will demonstrate practical use cases of Eliza in reviewer training, editorial workflows, and capacity-building initiatives aimed at strengthening the credibility and efficiency of peer review.

Who Should Attend: Editors, Managing Editors, Publishers, Researchers, Reviewers, Early-Career Academics, Scholarly Communications Professionals.

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Inside Paper Mills: Detection, Evidence, and What Editors Should Look For

This webinar will provide a practical, data-driven look into how paper mills operate, the common patterns they leave behind, and the indicators that help editors identify suspicious submissions early in the workflow. The session will unpack real-world evidence, emerging trends, and the types of fabricated content that commonly bypass initial screening. It will also explore scalable approaches that journals can adopt, from metadata checks to authorship verification, to strengthen safeguards and reduce the risk of manipulated manuscripts entering the literature. The aim is to equip editorial teams with actionable strategies to enhance research integrity and improve their screening confidence.

Who Should Attend: Editors, Managing Editors, Publishers, Reviewers, Research Integrity Officers, Society Leaders.

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Beyond Impact Factor: Smarter Metrics with Contrimetric

This webinar, conducted in collaboration with experts from Contrimetric, will introduce innovative approaches to evaluating research influence beyond traditional citation-based metrics. The session will explore how Contrimetric’s solutions address the limitations of the Impact Factor, promote healthier evaluation practices, and provide more balanced insights into research quality, influence, and community relevance. Designed to empower publishers, editors, societies, and research leadership, the webinar will demonstrate how adopting smarter metrics can strengthen trust, diversity, and fairness across the scholarly communication ecosystem.

Who Should Attend: Editors, Managing Editors, Publishers, Society Leaders, Research Funders, Scholarly Communications Professionals, Policy Makers, and Librarians.

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Improving Discoverability and Demonstrating Integrity with Crossref

This webinar, conducted in collaboration with experts from Crossref, will provide an overview of the metadata and the scholarly infrastructure important for strengthening research visibility and preserving the integrity of the scholarly record. The session will go over key metadata elements such as references, funding data, affiliations and other Crossref services that support discoverability of content and help demonstrate integrity of research outputs. The content is designed to support editors, publishers, researchers, and production teams in adopting best practices in metadata management and increasing the impact of scholarly outputs.

Who Should Attend: Editors, Managing Editors, Publishers, Researchers, Reviewers, Production and Technical Staff, Librarians.

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