13th Ethics in Publishing Conference: Call for Presentations

5/15/23 update: The submission deadline for proposals has been extended to June 30, 2023. Thanks to all who have already submitted a presentation proposal. We have some great ones and will be in touch soon!

The 13th GW Ethics in Publishing Conference will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2023, as a hybrid event, with in-person and virtual presentations and attendees, at the George Washington University’s Arlington Learning Center, in Arlington, VA (Washington, DC metro area).

Submit your presentation proposal by June 30, 2023 (extended from May 15). We welcome your proposals for presentations and will seek to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Please indicate on the form whether you are able to present in person or online.

This is a joint call for papers for the GW Journal of Ethics in Publishing (see the Special Call for Papers—University Presses special issue).

We are soliciting conference presentations from (and for) publishing and library professionals, scholars, faculty, and students.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:
• Salaries/compensation/openness
• Sustainability of presses
• Accessibility
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Inclusive practices in language editing and design
• Community-centered peer review practices
• Multilingualism
• Demographics of university publishing—staff, authors, reviewers, & editorial boards
• Author outreach and education
• Free speech and censorship
• New university presses & their relationship to established university presses
• International partnerships between presses in developed & developing economies
• Ethics in accounting for publishing costs
• Ethical considerations of AI in publishing
• Author integrity (plagiarism, et cetera)

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Alumni and current students in the GW Publishing program are invited to present their Ethics in Publishing Capstone projects.

Presentations will include invited speakers, multiple speaker panels, and short presentations. See presentations and slides from the 12th Ethics in Publishing Conference.

The 13th Ethics in Publishing Conference co-organizers are Puja Telikicherla, Licensing & Subsidiary Rights Manager, American Psychiatric Association Publishing, and Adjunct Professor, George Washington University; and John W. Warren, Director and Association Professor, Master of Professional Studies in Publishing, George Washington University.

The Association of University Presses (AUPresses), the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), the Council of Science Editors (CSE), and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) are sponsors of the GW Ethics in Publishing Conference.

Attendance (in person and virtual) to the conference will be free-of-charge.

Deadline for Submissions for the 13th Ethics in Publishing Conference is June 30, 2023.

We will endeavor to accommodate as many presentations as possible. Registration for the conference is free. Use this form to submit your proposal for presenting at the conference. A registration form for attendees will be available at a later date.

The GW Ethics in Publishing conference is organized by the Master of Professional Studies in Publishing program.

Publishing Ethics Week 2022 Launches with Community Resources

Scholarly communications and publishing organizations across the industry are invited to join the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), The Scholarly Kitchen (TSK), and the Masters in Publishing program at George Washington University (GW) in highlighting issues of publishing ethics during the first-ever unofficial “Publishing Ethics Week,” happening this week, October 10-14, 2022.

Launching today with a special collection of resources, #PublishingEthicsWeek22 brings together events, toolkits, best practices, and original research from a host of scholarly publishing organizations:

  • American Chemical Society
  • AUPresses
  • Coalition for Diversity in Scholarly Communications (C4DISC)
  • European Association of Science Editors (EASE)
  • George Washington University, MPS in Publishing
  • Journal of Ethics in Publishing
  • Learned Publishing
  • Paths in Publishing
  • The Scholarly Kitchen
  • Society for Scholarly Publishing

Building on this collection, SSP will highlight multiple resources from Publishing Ethics Week contributors throughout the week with a special focus on Wednesday’s “Three Ethical Challenges in Scholarly Communication” webinar, and Friday’s 12th Ethics in Publishing Conference: Ethics in Action. Additionally, SSP is sharing July’s Ask the Experts, “Ethics in Publishing” free OnDemand for this week only!

Join the conversation using #PublishingEthicsWeek22 and #EthicsinPublishing on social media!