Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week
BioMed Central blogs A beginner’s guide to peer review — Part 3
Times Higher Education Excellent science is ‘linked to local economy’
The Conversation It’s time to redraw the world’s very unequal knowledge map
The Guardian Can we expect a MIRAcle for biomedical researchers in the US?
Science News How English became science’s lingua franca
The Guardian World-class research takes time: give us back our summers
Huffington Post Innovations in Science: from research paper to Pluto
BBC News Science minister signals shift towards ‘one nation science’
Nature Lifelong learning: science professors need leadership training
Sustainability Thomson Reuters Investing in science can be “the game changer” for development- experts
Forbes Open data awards celebrate smart uses of public data
Computer World UK Open data: government ‘needs to go much further’, says Cabinet Office minister
ZBW MediaTalk Open Science: ein Kernthema für die Europäische Kommission [in German]
Chemistry World Science Europe proposes ‘diamond engagement’ open access plan
SciDevNet UN readies tool to widen science and tech access
The Guardian Science evolves, and so should we
Daily News from Pharma times GSK forms two open science projects
Forbes Publish or perish: finding the best venue for your research
Politico NIH sees reversal of fortune with proposed funding boosts
Nature STEM education: to build a scientist
CPAfrica Final year students of futa launch open data portal for Nigeria
