Council of Science Editors 2025 Annual Meeting

Communicating Science for a Sustainable Future

CSE is a vibrant community of editorial professionals committed to the responsible and effective communication of science. KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL) and Origin Editorial look forward to connecting with industry colleagues at the 2025 CSE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, May 3–6 at Booth 9.

In March of this year, KGL acquired Origin Editorial. This strategic acquisition combines the organizations’ complementary expertise, technology, and workforce to offer enhanced editorial, peer review, and consulting services and meet the rapidly evolving needs of the professional publishing community. 

KGL and Origin’s people-centered, technology-enabled global team delivers outstanding quality and efficiency. With decades of experience supporting hundreds of journals, KGL and Origin bring leading-edge knowledge of industry best practices and a deep commitment to ensuring your journal delivers the best possible service to your editors, authors, and reviewers.

Visit us at CSE and learn the latest enhancements to KGL’s industry-leading Smart Review workflow tool to strengthen the administration, accuracy, speed, and integrity of journal peer review in a single efficient, user-friendly platform.

Read on to learn more about our short courses and sessions that you won’t want to miss. Or click below to schedule a meeting and reimagine your publishing workflow!

We also hope you will join us at the CSE sessions KGL and Origin are presenting:

Short Course on Publication Management
Sunday, May 4, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Kevin Lomangino, Director of KGL Consulting
Jason Roberts, Senior Partner, Origin Editorial
Meghan McDevitt, Senior Partner, A&M Editorial Solutions

The Short Course on Publication Management is designed to address the wide-ranging role of managing editors and publication managers as well as the daily challenges they face. This is the fundamental course for those newer to journal management. This year’s experienced faculty will reinforce efficient and effective methods for managing a journal by focusing on such topics as communications and personnel management; navigating relationships with editors-in-chief, Societies, and publishing partners; peer review processes and tools; journal production workflows; essential metrics; ethical best practices; and effective leadership. Attendees are encouraged to bring specific questions from their own experience for discussion by faculty and other attendees. Active participation and exchange of ideas are encouraged. 

Working Together: Practical Advice for New and Ongoing Publishing Partnerships
Monday, May 5, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Denise Kuo, Managing Editor, JMIR Publications, moderator
Adam Etkin, Consultant, Origin Editorial
Heather Goodell, VP, Scientific Publishing, American Heart Association
George Woodward, Publishing Director, Acquisitions & Renewals, Oxford University Press

As the scholarly communications landscape continues to evolve, so to do the expectations of, and relationships between, publishers and editorial offices. Whether you’re entering a new partnership or looking to strengthen an existing one, this session will feature publisher, society, and editorial office representatives sharing their individual perspectives and practical steps to ensure successful collaboration. It will focus on how to work together to deliver on a journal or society’s strategic objectives and how to evaluate an ongoing publishing partnership to determine whether it’s the right option for you.

The Path to Career Fulfillment: Essential Advice for Early-Career Professionals
Monday, May 5, 1:00–2:00 pm

Kristen Overstreet, Senior Partner, Origin Editorial, moderator
Erin Landis, Managing Director, Origin Editorial
Andrea Rahkola, Production Editor, Neurology^® Journals
Rachel Taylor, Editorial System Consultant, Desert Rose Editorial, LLC

Early career professionals may find themselves at occupational crossroads without knowledge of, or confidence in, what next steps to take. This session provides the necessary information to begin drafting a road map to career fulfillment in scholarly publishing. A “lay of the land” for the scholarly publishing industry will identify common types of employers, organizational structures, and roles. Leadership essentials—why it’s important to nurture leadership traits and develop leadership skills early in a career; how to embrace failure along the leadership journey; and what training and resources are available—will be discussed. Finally, an early career professional, nearing mid-career, will share their experience including what best practices for career fulfillment have been critical for their professional journey.

RII (Research Integrity Investigation): To Promote and Protect Integrity of the Scientific Record
Monday, May 5, 2:30–3:30 pm

Alexandra Kahler, Director of KGL Editorial, moderator
Andrea Rahkola, Production Editor, Neurology^® Journals, moderator
Amanda Sulicz, Publication Ethics Specialist, IEEE
Christina Bennett, Assistant Director (Publisher), ACS
Alicea Hibbard, Senior Associate, Ethics, ASM

As threats to research integrity have proliferated in recent years, the demands on editorial office resources have increased accordingly. Individual cases vary widely, guidelines are still evolving across the industry, and the time investment required to resolve cases can be unpredictable. In this session, experts from across the industry will share advice on handling scientific misconduct and breaches in publication ethics from initial suspicion to honorable conclusion.

Ethics Clinic: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethics
Tuesday, May 6, 8:30–10:00 am

Jennifer Mahar, Executive Peer Review Manager, Origin Editorial, moderator
Sara Kate Heukerott, Associate Director of Publications, Association for Computing Machinery
Paul Graham Fisher, MD, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Pediatrics

The CSE Editorial Policy Committee presents Artificial Intelligence and Ethics as the Ethics Clinic for 2025. This will be a traditional round table Ethics Clinic format with full audience participation and two exciting speakers who will share case studies to facilitate a group discussion on ethics and AI and how our industry is addressing the many different facets and approaches to AI usage and concerns.

Keys to Success in Managing a Workflow System and Hosting Platform RFP and Planning a Migration
Tuesday, May 6, 2:15–3:15 pm

Sarah Wright, DVM​, Associate Editor, AVMA Journals, moderator
Sarah McCormack, Director of Scholarly Publications, American Society for Nutrition
David Allen, Editorial Director, Origin Editorial
Tony Alves, Senior Vice President, Product Management, HighWire Press
Meghan McDevitt, Managing Editor, Origin Editorial

Request for proposals (RFPs) can seem daunting and cumbersome, and switching systems can seem even more so. This session will help demystify these processes and give attendees the knowledge they will need to confidently manage a workflow system and hosting platform RFP and successfully transition systems. The learning objectives for this session are (1) what to consider when conducting a workflow system and hosting platform RFP and (2) how to plan for a migration. Attendees will walk away knowing how to prepare for both an RFP and a system transition.