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Hybridization and electrification is the way to go says new Chief Editor of Engine and Automotive Engineering

March 12, 2019

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Evangelos Giakoumis is Specialty Chief Editor of Engine and Automotive Engineering, a new specialty in Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering [...]

Call for Editors: be a part of the largest community of Microbiologists

March 11, 2019

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Join the Frontiers in Microbiology Editorial Board as an Associate Editor or Review Editor [...]

Add more life to your years, not years to your life says Chief Editor of new specialty on Aging Psychiatry

March 7, 2019

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Gianfranco Spalletta leads new specialty on Aging Psychiatry in Frontiers in Psychiatry [...]

Christophe Lacroix leads Nutrition and Microbes a new specialty in Frontiers in Nutrition

March 7, 2019

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Frontiers in Nutrition has a new specialty on Nutrition and Microbes. Under the leadership of Specialty Chief Editor, Christophe Lacroix, this section will publish research findings based on microbes and functions. [...]

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam resumes institutional agreement in 2019

March 4, 2019

Update 18 July 2019: The VU Amsterdam prepayment fund is now exhausted and APCs will not be covered under this agreement until further notice. Please [...]

Professor Karl Kuchler is new Chief Editor of Infectious Diseases specialty in Frontiers in Microbiology

March 4, 2019

In a Secure High Level Laboratory Scientists in a Coverall Conducting a Research. Biologist Adjusts Samples in a Petri Dish with Pincers and Examines Them Under Microscope

Professor Karl Kuchler is the new Specialty Chief Editor of Infectious Diseases, a specialty in Frontiers in Microbiology. [...]

Radiation detectors and imaging: a new section in Frontiers in Physics

February 28, 2019

Radiation detectors and imaging, a new specialty in Frontiers in Physics has been launched and is led by Cinzia Da Via. [...]

Winner of Joseph M Sussman Best Paper Prize awarded to article proposing use of overhead line equipment in earthquake detection

February 26, 2019

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In collaboration with the journal’s Field Chief Editor, Izuru Takewaki, Frontiers in Built Environment is delighted to announce that the winner Chayut Ngamkhanong, PhD [...]

Frontiers and the University of Jyväskylä form open access publishing agreement

February 25, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the University of Jyväskylä has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Open [...]

Frontiers and Hannover Medical School form open access publishing agreement

February 22, 2019

We are delighted to announce that Hannover Medical School (German: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover /MHH) has established an institutional membership agreement for open [...]

Specialty on Pests, Pathogens and Invasions to explore solutions to forest ecosystem threats

February 14, 2019

By Tim Gardner Frontiers in Forests and Global Change has launched its newest specialty on Pests, Pathogens and Invasions, led by Enrico Bonello of the Ohio State [...]

Frontiers and Simon Fraser University form open access publishing agreement

February 13, 2019

We are delighted to announce that Simon Fraser University (SFU) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Simon [...]

Where are all the women in science?

February 11, 2019

While female participation in science has increased, STEM is still largely male-dominated, and a lot more needs to be done to shift the balance. Join our celebration of women and girls in science by lending your voice on social media [...]

Field Chief Editors of Frontiers’ journals honored as Fellows of American Academy of Microbiology

February 7, 2019

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Field Chief Editors of Frontiers in Microbiology and Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology have been awarded the prestigious honor of being named Fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM). [...]

Professor Steffen Petersen leads Cardiovascular Imaging

February 4, 2019

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Cardiovascular Imaging specialty in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine is now being led by Professor Steffen Petersen of Queen Mary University of London. [...]

New specialty on social psychiatry and psychiatric rehabilitation to bridge the science-to-service gap

January 30, 2019

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Led by Prof Antonio Vita, Prof Tom Craig and Dr Andrew Molodynski, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation is a new specialty in Frontiers in Psychiatry [...]

Submit to Frontiers directly from Chronos and bioRxiv

January 30, 2019

Chronos, the grantee platform of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and preprint server BioRxiv are now integrated into the Frontiers academic manuscript submission system

Integration with two leading grantee and pre-publication platforms further simplifies the submission process for Frontiers’ authors. [...]

Frontiers and the University of Klagenfurt form open access publishing agreement

January 22, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the Klagenfurt (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, AAU) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing [...]

Fernando Cendes is new Chief Editor of Epilepsy specialty in Frontiers in Neurology

January 21, 2019

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Fernando Cendes is new Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neurology's Epilepsy specialty [...]

Frontiers and the University of Würzburg form open access publishing agreement

January 11, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (University of Würzburg) has established an institutional agreement for open access [...]

Frontiers and the Justus Liebig University Giessen form open access publishing agreement

January 10, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Justus Liebig University Giessen, University of Giessen) has established an institutional agreement [...]

Frontiers and Lancaster University form open access publishing agreement

January 9, 2019

We are delighted to announce that Lancaster University has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. Lancaster University [...]

What role for genomics in medicine? Chief Editors Aarno Palotie and Taru Tukiainen lead new specialty in Frontiers in Genetics

January 9, 2019

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Chief Editors Aarno Palotie and Taru Tukiainen lead a new specialty in Frontiers in Genetics exploring the role genomics can play in medicine. [...]

Frontiers and the University of Rostock form open access publishing agreement

January 7, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the Universität Rostock (University of Rostock) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with [...]

Frontiers in Psychology celebrates Young Researcher Award

December 20, 2018

Image of the winners of the Frontiers in Psychology Young Researchers Award (November 2018)

Frontiers in Psychology bestows the Young Researcher Award on three scientists in Clinical and Health Psychology [...]

AI-enhanced peer review: Frontiers launches next generation of efficient, high-quality peer review

December 14, 2018

AIRA is the Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant integrated into the Frontiers Peer Review Platform

The integration of AIRA -- Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant -- into Frontiers’ digital peer-review platform enables faster, more efficient quality control and manuscript handling [...]

10 years. 100,000 articles. 500 million reads. 4th most cited. Moving forward with Open Science.

December 12, 2018

With the 100,000th article published in our 10th year, Frontiers Co-founders Kamila Markram and Henry Markram reflect on 10 years of progress, consider what the future holds and thank all those who made Frontiers happen. [...]

Coming soon: Frontiers in Water

December 12, 2018

In early 2019, Frontiers in Water will be launched. This new journal will be dedicated to understanding the challenges surrounding water. [...]

Frontiers in Blockchain announces fully-funded article collection and $10,000 research prize

December 12, 2018

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Frontiers in Blockchain announces fully-funded article collection on Inclusive Stakeholding and a $10,000 research prize [...]

Clarivate Analytics’s list of Highly Cited Researchers 2018 includes Chief Editors of Frontiers in Psychiatry

December 12, 2018

Emblem of Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2018 List

Frontiers in Psychiatry's Chief Editors are acknowledged in Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list of Clarivate Analytics [...]

4,000th article published in Frontiers in Pharmacology

November 26, 2018

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Frontiers in Pharmacology publishes 4000th article [...]

Frontiers and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH form open access publishing agreement

November 23, 2018

The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, GIH (Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, [...]

Frontiers and Halmstad University form open access publishing agreement

November 19, 2018

Halmstad University (Högskolan i Halmstad) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, eligible authors from the Halmstad University [...]

Frontiers and the Mid Sweden University form open access publishing agreement

November 13, 2018

Under the terms of the Sweden Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the Mid Sweden University (Mittuniversitetet) will cover Article Publishing Fees for eligible [...]

Article collection on the vestibular system wins Frontiers research prize

November 6, 2018

Research Topic showcasing effective new treatments for common balance and orientation disorders gives new hope to millions. [...]

Frontiers supplies full-text articles to Publications Router

November 5, 2018

Improved service for institutions to capture, store, curate and showcase articles published by their researchers in Frontiers journals [...]

Frontiers and the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg form open access publishing agreement

October 26, 2018

We are delighted to announce that the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; MLU) has established an institutional [...]

University of Helsinki and Frontiers form open access publishing agreement

October 5, 2018

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Helsinki has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The University of [...]

Frontiers and King’s College London form Open Access publishing agreement

September 6, 2018

We are delighted to announce that King’s College London (KCL) has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. King’s College [...]

New article submission system for authors

August 29, 2018

The Frontiers article submission system has range of new features to help authors submit their manuscript quickly and efficiently. [...]

Frontiers and the GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam form open access publishing agreement

August 28, 2018

We are delighted to announce that the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam) has formed an open access publishing agreement with Frontiers. The [...]

Frontiers and the Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena form open access publishing agreement

August 21, 2018

We are delighted to announce that the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Friedrich Schiller University Jena; FSU) has established an institutional agreement for open [...]

Chief Editors Jeroen Saeij and Stefan Kappe launch a new Section in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

August 20, 2018

3D illustration of red blood cells, plasmodium causing malaria illness

Jeroen Saeij and Stefan Kappe launch a new Section on Parasite and Host in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology [...]

NYU’s Guillermina Jasso leads new Migration and Society section of Frontiers in Sociology

August 13, 2018

The new section welcomes articles on all aspects of international migration and its links to the people and societies at origin, transit points and destination. [...]