European Association of Science Editors (EASE)

What European Association of Science Editors (EASE) does

The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) is a not-for-profit professional membership association founded in May 1982 in Pau, France, from the amalgamation of the European Life Science Editors' Association (ELSE) and the European Association of Earth Science Editors (Editerra). Registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee in England and Wales (Company Number 04049507), EASE serves scholarly communication professionals worldwide, including journal editors, manuscript editors, peer reviewers, authors, researchers, translators, publishers, and academic institutions. The association operates 13 active regional chapters across Europe, South America, and Asia, and is governed by an elected 10-member Council with two-year terms.

EASE's core products are a diamond open-access journal (European Science Editing, published via the ARPHA Platform since January 2020), a portfolio of proprietary guidelines including the SAGER Guidelines, GIST, SDG Checklist, and AI in Scholarly Communication Recommendations, an Editorial School training program, biennial conferences (most recently Oslo 2025), an annual Summer Symposium, the Peer Review Toolkit, and member directories for editorial and training services. The organization does not develop proprietary technology and operates primarily through a self-serve membership portal, online shop, and standard email/social channels including LinkedIn, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Mastodon.

The business model is subscription-based membership revenue, with individual annual subscriptions ranging from £34-£106 depending on country income classification, employment status, and sister society membership; group memberships for 5-50+ members priced at £34-£85 per member; and ancillary revenue from conference packets, webinar recordings, training resources, and job advertisement fees. EASE supplements this with sponsorship schemes for members from low-income countries, reciprocal benefits through sister society partnerships (CIEP, ISMTE, MET, NEaT, SENSE), a Dell Technologies member discount partnership, and the Plant-for-the-Planet Global Forest sustainability initiative.

Name

European Association of Science Editors (EASE)

Legal name

European Association of Science Editors

Website

https://ease.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) is a 40-year-old international professional membership association serving scholarly editors, manuscript editors, peer reviewers, authors, translators, and publishers worldwide through a diamond open-access journal, proprietary guidelines, training programs, biennial conferences, and 13 regional chapters.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Subscriptions: Annual membership subscriptions ranging from £34 to £106 depending on country income classification, employment status, and society membership. Standard rate is £106, with reduced rates of £53-69 for students, retired members, and those in lower-income countries.
2. Group Membership Subscriptions: Discounted group membership rates for organizations, institutions, and regional chapters. Rates range from £34-85 per member depending on group size (5-50+ members) and country income classification.
3. Conference and Training Revenue: Revenue from conference packets, webinar recordings, and training resources sold through the EASE shop.
4. Job Advertisement Fees: Free job board for members; non-members may be charged for advertisements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels13 records

Core offering

EASE is a not-for-profit professional membership association that supports science editors and scholarly communication professionals through tiered annual memberships (individual and group), the European Science Editing diamond open-access journal, the multi-module EASE Editorial School training program, editorial guidelines and toolkits (SAGER Guidelines, GIST, SDG Checklist, Peer Review Toolkit, AI Recommendations), biennial conferences, an annual Summer Symposium, webinars, and 13 regional chapters across Europe, Asia, and South America.

Product overview

EASE is a professional membership association for scholarly editors and communication professionals. The organization offers a portfolio of publications (including the European Science Editing journal, EASE Digest, and newsletters), guidelines (SAGER Guidelines, GIST, SDG Checklist), checklists and forms (Ethics Checklist, Quick-Check Table, Author Contributions Form), training resources (Editorial School, webinars, training resources), awards, community directories, and the EASE Global Forest initiative. The core product is the European Science Editing journal published on the ARPHA platform. EASE operates member directories for editorial and training services, and provides professional development through events, conferences, and specialized toolkits like the Peer Review Toolkit. EASE does not offer a commercial software product but rather serves as a professional organization providing resources, guidelines, and community for its members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and minor.

• Plant-for-the-PlanetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2021Tree-planting partner for EASE Global Forest initiative. Plant-for-the-Planet plants trees on EASE's behalf across restoration projects in multiple countries. This supports EASE's commitment to UN SDG Publishers Compact and UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)coreOthersSister society relationship with reciprocal member benefits. CIEP (formerly Society for Editors and Proofreaders) is a UK-based non-profit promoting excellence in English language editing. EASE members receive discounted membership rates.
• International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE)coreOthersSister society providing reciprocal member benefits. ISMTE serves editorial office staff in academic, scientific, medical, and professional publishing through newsletters, forums, resources, and meetings.
• Mediterranean Editors & Translators (MET)secondaryOthersSister society for language professionals working mainly with English text and translation. MET members include in-house and freelance professionals working with institutions, governments, corporations, and NGOs.
• Nordic Editors and Translators (NEaT)secondaryOthersSister society established in 2014 providing education, professional development, and networking for editors and translators in Nordic countries and Baltic states.
• Society of English-Native-Speaking Editors (SENSE)secondaryOthersSister society of over 300 English-language professionals in the Netherlands, promoting communication between societies and institutions involved in publishing commercial, technical, and academic material.
• Dell TechnologiesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEASE partnered with Dell Technologies to offer members exclusive IT discounts through Dell's Business Partnerships Program. Members access stackable discounts on desktops, laptops, servers, accessories, and monitors with AI innovation and security features.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): Established committee that sets widely adopted medical-journal editorial standards (e.g., the ICMJE Recommendations). Comparable to EASE's SAGER Guidelines and Peer Review Toolkit in setting editorial standards, but with a much larger medical-journal footprint.
• Researcher Academy (Elsevier): Elsevier's free e-learning platform hosting EASE's SAGER Guidelines course. A broader incumbents in scholarly publishing training, offering courses across the research lifecycle that overlap with EASE's Editorial School and webinar content.

Regional players

• European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL): European association for health information professionals. Comparable to EASE as a Europe-based, membership-driven scholarly information association, with overlapping audiences in academic publishing and health sciences.

Others

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Non-profit that indexes and certifies open-access journals. Comparable to EASE's role in certifying editorial standards for open-access publishing (e.g., European Science Editing on ARPHA), though DOAJ operates at journal-list scale rather than individual-editor level.
• ORCID: Non-profit organization providing persistent identifiers for researchers and contributors. Comparable as a scholarly-publishing ecosystem non-profit, though ORCID is infrastructure-level rather than an editorial-standards body.

Direct peers

• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): UK-based charity providing guidance on publication ethics, peer review, and journal integrity. Highly comparable to EASE's Publication Ethics and Peer Review Committees, though COPE's remit is narrower and more ethics-specific.
• Council of Science Editors (CSE): US-based professional association for science editors offering membership, training, and editorial guidelines. Directly comparable to EASE in serving journal editors and setting editorial standards, though anchored in North America rather than Europe.
• International Society of Managing and Technical Editors (ISMTE): Global society for editorial office staff in academic publishing. EASE has a formal sister-society relationship with ISMTE; they serve overlapping but distinct editorial roles (managing/technical editors vs. science editors).
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP): UK-based professional body for editors and proofreaders. EASE has a sister-society relationship with CIEP; both serve language-focused editors, though CIEP is more language-craft oriented while EASE is science-domain specific.
• Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP): Industry association for scholarly publishing professionals including editors, publishers, and vendors. Overlaps with EASE in serving scholarly editors and offering training/events, with a stronger commercial-publisher constituency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/easeeditors
• Facebookfacebook.com/EASEeditors
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/easeeditors
• Instagraminstagram.com/easeeditors

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

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