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Frontiers and University of Duisburg-Essen form open access publishing agreement

May 28, 2019

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

Professor Raquel Peixoto leads Coral Reef Research specialty in Frontiers in Marine Science

May 24, 2019

The Red Sea Coral Reef. Credit: Morgan Bennett-Smith. We are delighted to announce the new Specialty Chief Editor Professor Raquel Peixoto for the Coral Reef Research section [...]

Professor Vincent Harris leads Frontiers in Materials’ new specialty on Quantum Materials

May 22, 2019

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Professor Vincent Harris of Northeastern University leads Quantum Materials specialty in Frontiers in Materials [...]

Frontiers joins the Executive Board of the Swiss Management Association

April 30, 2019

Frontiers has been invited to join the Executive Board of the Swiss Management Association. [...]

Professors Liu and Hartung appointed to lead Frontiers in Big Data and Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

April 23, 2019

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Huan Liu leads Frontiers in Big Data. Thomas Hartung leads Frontiers in AI. [...]

Come meet Frontiers at the 4th Open Science Meeting 2019 #glposm

April 17, 2019

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From 24-26 April 2019, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems and Frontiers in Forests and Global Change will be in Bern for the 4th Open Science Meeting 2019 #glposm [...]

Specialty Chief Editor wins Women of Discovery Award

April 12, 2019

Krithi Karanth, Specialty Chief Editor of Conservation, winner of Women of Discovery 2019 award

Specialty Chief Editor of Conservation, Krithi Karanth has been recognized with the Women of Discovery award. [...]

It’s kick off for Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

April 5, 2019

Grégoire Millet and Richard Giulianotti lead Frontiers in Sports and Active Living [...]

How to protect the environment from toxic pollutants? Find the answer across disciplines

April 3, 2019

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Oladele Ogunseitan leads new specialty on Toxicology, Pollution and the Environment [...]

MIT and Frontiers form open access publishing agreement

April 2, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Frontiers have formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. [...]

Article collection looks into brain change and brain abnormalities in relation to headache

April 1, 2019

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Article collection on functional and structural brain abnormalities in primary and secondary headaches welcomes original research, opinion and review articles [...]

Making smarter, more sustainable cities

March 28, 2019

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities launches with the aim of exploring solutions to problems raised by growing urban environments and populations [...]

Frontiers and Iowa State University form open access publishing agreement

March 27, 2019

We are delighted to announce that the Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State) has established an institutional membership agreement for open access [...]

Frontiers in Water celebrates World Water Day

March 22, 2019

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In celebration of World Water Day, Frontiers in Water officially launches under the leadership of Professor Praveen Kumar [...]

What is the state of the world’s forests?

March 21, 2019

Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Forests and Global Change reflects on the state of the world's forests on International Day of Forests [...]

Open access is the dream for any scientist says Mauro Serafini, Chief Editor of Nutritional Epidemiology

March 19, 2019

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Mauro Serafini is Specialty Chief Editor of Nutritional Epidemiology, a new section in Frontiers in Nutrition. [...]

Prevent cardiovascular disease in cancer patients and survivors

March 15, 2019

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Joerg Herrmann and Jun-ichi Abe lead new specialty on Cardio-Oncology in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine [...]

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

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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 [...]