May 2010; 36(2)

Editorial

European Science Editing in a time of change. Armen Yuri Gasparyan

Articles

Systematic quality review of guidelines –  feasible and useful? Anne Hilde Rosvik, Espen Movik, Magne Nylenna

Scientific discourse and contrastive linguistics: hedging. Francoise Salager-Meyer

Essays

Native and non-native speakers of English as copy-editors of research papers. Yateendra Joshi

Perspectives on science editing and publishing in Iran: think globally, act locally. Mohammad Abdollahi

Improving peer review in scholarly journals. Lutz Bornmann, Philippa Mungra

Editing around the world

Scientific journals in Costa Rica: current situation and challenges. Saray Cordoba Gonzalez

Reports of meetings 

How to be a successful journal editor ­ short course. Wojciech Wysocki

Book reviews

David Goodstein: On Fact and Fraud: Cautionary  tales from the front lines of science. Moira Johnson

Regular features

EASE-Forum Digest, December 2010 to March 2011. Elise Langdon Neuner (compiler)

This Site I Like: Information and advice for the researchers from the “scientific periphery”. Dario Sambunjak

My Life as an Editor: Moira A Johnson

News Notes. Lionel Browne and John Hilton

The Editor’s Bookshelf. Anna Maria Rossi and Penny Hubbard (compilers)

EASE business

Forthcoming meetings, courses, and BELS examinations