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EFSA SCIENTIFIC
PUBLISHING 2024
Management Board
27 March 2025
Barbara Gallani
Head of Communication and Partnership Dept.
Open access
Wiley Online Library (WOL)
Editorial Advisory Board
#EFSA_EU EFSA publishing overview
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KEY STATISTICS
Set-up and
maintenance of
FRAE channel
Budget 2025 | EUR 880 K
Resources 2025 | 6.4 FTE (incl. trainees)
Compliance | Timeliness KPI Concluding 2024 with: 92.6 % (target 87.5%)
Governance | Supported by an international Editorial Advisory Board meeting 4 times/year.
Membership includes Member State agencies, EU agencies, EFSA Senior Management Team and
Publications Office
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
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Regulatory definitions of EFSA publications’type
Other scientific outputs:
compiled by EFSA staff and
WGs
•Statement of EFSA
•Guidance of EFSA
•Conclusion on Pesticides Peer
Review
•Reasoned Opinion
•Scientific Report of EFSA
Scientific opinions: official
responses of Panels to
mandates received
•Opinion of the Scientific
Committee / Scientific Panel
•Statement of the Scientific
Committee / Scientific Panel
•Guidance of the Scientific
Committee / Scientific Panel
Supporting Publications:
ancillary material
•Technical Report
•External Scientific Report
•Event Report
Usage
Impact
Metrics
#EFSA_EU Performance
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500+ 4.5M3.3
EFSA JOURNAL PRIMARY COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
633 articles published in 2024
PERFORMANCE | DOWNLOAD TREND
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PERFORMANCE | TOP 10 DOWNLOADED OUTPUTS PUBLISHED IN 2024
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Title
Downloads
Evaluation of confirmatory data following the Article 12 MRL review and modification of the existing maximum residue levels for
aluminium phosphide and magnesium phosphide
17526
Modification of the temporary maximum residue levels for mepiquat in cultivated fungi and oyster mushrooms
14674
Assessment of genetically modified maize DP23211 for food and feed uses, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application
EFSAGMONL2019163)
12463
Update of the risk assessment of inorganic arsenic in food
11747
Assessment of genetically modified maize MON 810 for renewal authorisation under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (dossier
GMFF20229450)
11604
Assessment of genetically modified maize DP915635 for food and feed uses, under regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 (application
EFSAGMONL2020172)
9711
Safety of isomaltulose syrup (dried) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
6950
Safety of HelixComplex snail mucus (HSM) as a novel food pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283
6468
Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK
6131
Risks for animal health related to the presence of ergot alkaloids in feed
5526
PERFORMANCE | CITATIONS OF EFSA OUTPUTS
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PERFORMANCE | TOP 10 MOST CITED OUTPUTS
Article Title
Citations
The European Union One Health 2018 Zoonoses Report
1319
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and their salts Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Contaminants in the
Food chain
1050
Analysis of the baseline survey on the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in holdings with breeding pigs, in
the EU, 2008 Part A: MRSA prevalence estimates
960
Guidance of the Scientific Committee on a request from EFSA related to Uncertainties in Dietary Exposure Assessment Request No
EFSA-Q-2004-019 Adopted on 14 December 2006
902
Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for fats, including saturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty
acids, trans fatty acids, and cholesterol
837
Use of the EFSA Comprehensive European Food Consumption Database in Exposure Assessment
820
Guidance on the assessment of bacterial susceptibility to antimicrobials of human and veterinary importance
808
Guidance on Safety assessment of botanicals and botanical preparations intended for use as ingredients in food supplements
807
Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance glyphosate
790
The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in 2013
790
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PERFORMANCE | IMPACT FACTOR (IF)
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Impact Factor: 3.3
H index: 154
CiteScore: 5.2
Modern metrics go
beyond the traditional
Impact Factor. EFSA J is
in the top third of food
science & technology
journals using
independent combined
metrics
Output length analysis
Fitness for purpose analysis
Opinion restructuring
#EFSA_EU Ongoing initiative
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▪Fit for purpose
▪Clearer
▪More concise
▪More readable
▪Better structure
▪Less redundancy
OUTPUT ANALYSIS | FINDINGS
Consultations with
European
Commission,
Scientific Committee,
Panel Coordinators
Recommendations to
improve scientific
outputs
Explore technical
solutions, including AI
Workshop to organise
priorities with staff
Code of best practice to be published as an
Explanatory note to the Guidance on the
structure and content of scientific opinions and
statements issued by the Scientific Committee
in 2014 (est. late 2025/early 2026)
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Plain Language Summaries
(PLS)
Food Risk Assess Europe
(FRAE)
#EFSA_EU Continuing development
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MAKING IT CLEARER: EXPLAINING OUR SCIENCE
•42 summaries published to date; Second
Focus Group with target audiences in
2025 to improve format and content
•Currently assessing AI-powered
possibilities for text
summarization/graphics generation
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STRENGTHENING EU RISK ASSESSMENT COMMUNITY
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•Leverage existing EU scientific
knowledge
•Increase visibility and awareness
•Engagement with national agencies
•Strengthen EU risk assessment
community
Articles published in 2024:
Spain, Ireland, Croatia,
Switzerland, Finland, Sweden,
Czech Republic, Cyprus,
Norway, Belgium, Austria and
Bulgaria
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TRENDS IN SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
Technology
Next generation
journal platforms:
faster publishing
More meaningful
metrics
Better
understanding of
users
Ethics
Global rise in
retractions due
to: plagiarism,
data
falsification,
inappropriate
use of AI etc.
AI
Efficiency gains
However, ethical
risks
Detection
technologies
Open science
Open access
Increased
vigilance to
protect scientific
record/reputation
Open data
Reproducibility
Further
digitization
Outreach:
PLS/lay
summaries,
graphics
Declaration &
disclaimers
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HOW EFSA IS RESPONDING
READER SURVEY
2025:BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF USER
NEEDS
NEW DELIVERY PLATFORM:
RESEARCH EXCHANGE
PLATFORM: INTEGRATED
PLAGIARISM/AI CHECKS
CONTINUING
DIGITIZATION: ORCID
IDENTIFIERS
SECOND FOCUS GROUP ON
PLAIN LANGUAGE
SUMMARIES: OUTREACH
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE:
AVAILING OF BENEFITS,
MITIGATING RISKS
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