Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week
Wiley Exchanges Trust and transparency in peer review [webinar]
Wiley Exchanges The good, the challenging, and the rewarding: perspectives on peer review by discipline
Wiley Exchanges Top tips for peer reviewers
Wiley Exchanges Peer review around the world
Wiley Exchanges Peer review – a discussion
Sage Connecting with the community: Sense About Science and the value of peer review
BioMed Central blog What’s new in peer review?
BMJ Open Retrospective analysis of the quality of reports by author-suggested and non-author-suggested reviewers in journals operating on open or single-blind peer review models
BioMed Central blog Does the peer review model affect the quality of peer review?
BioMed Central ‘Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics
BMJ Open A retrospective analysis of the effect of discussion in teleconference and face-to-face scientific peer-review panels
Open Source Mozilla creates web tools and practices for open science
Library Journal An interview with Peter Suber on Open Access
Times Higher Education Open Access fees hike universities’ journal bills
Research Information Rocky road to open access
Nature Science must prepare for impact
Chronicle of Higher Education Academic social network hopes to change the culture of peer review
Nature Social network launches bid to get academics chattering about papers online
TechCrunch Academia pushes a new kind of peer review for research with ‘sessions’
Nature Brazilian science paralysed by economic slump
The Guardian African governments must urgently invest in science and research
The Conversation Homo naledi fossil discovery a triumph for open access and education
NPR Research on fetal tissue draws renewed political, scientific scrutiny
Nature US plan to assess risky disease research takes shape
