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Predatoryreports.org: An open letter from Frontiers’ chief executive editor

June 22, 2023 // 0 Comments

To our community, In March of this year, we alerted you to the emergence of predatoryreports[.]org. This website and its authors, whose motives are unknown, deliberately seek [...]

Why is it Important to Talk about Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Research?

May 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

We asked Dr. Alfredo Carpineti, chair and founder of the organization “Pride in STEM”, a UK-based charity organization run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ [...]

Tips on how to write a great abstract

February 23, 2023 // 0 Comments

By Sobha Tumbapo and Tamsin Williams, assistant editors for Review Operations Image: Shutterstock.com When it comes to writing a good abstract, knowing where to start can be [...]

IBMS to transition leading biomedical journal to Gold Open Access

July 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Image: Tom Robertson/Shutterstock.com The Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) has announced the transition of the British Journal of Biomedical Science (BJBS) from hybrid [...]

ESOT to transform major journal to Gold Open Access

July 27, 2021 // 0 Comments

Image: Flamingo Images/Shutterstock.com The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) has announced the transition of Transplant International from Hybrid access to [...]

8 tips to preparing your manuscript for submission to Frontiers

March 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

This post presents a list of advice to give your manuscript the smoothest ride through the review process with hopefully an increased chance of success. [...]

Artificial Intelligence to help meet global demand for high-quality, objective peer-review in publishing

July 1, 2020 // 0 Comments

In an industry first, we are delighted to announce our Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA) platform is available to support editors, reviewers and authors evaluate the quality of manuscripts and help meet global demand for high-quality, objective peer-review in publishing. [...]

Artificial Intelligence to help meet global demand for high-quality, objective peer-review in publishing

July 1, 2020 // 1 Comment

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

Submitting your paper to Frontiers? Find out what happens next.

June 3, 2020 // 0 Comments

What happens when you submit a paper to Frontiers? Here, our team take a closer look at what happens between submission and publication. [...]

Peer Review: Editors at Frontiers

May 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

Considering becoming an editor for journals in your research community? What are the different editor roles at Frontiers and how do we support you? Find out more. [...]

The role of peer review in publishing

May 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

Peer review plays an integral role in the proliferation of knowledge. Find out more about Frontier's rigorous and transparent peer review process. [...]

Frontiers partners with Clarivate on new Reviewer Recognition Service

April 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

New service provides greater recognition for reviewers and their contributions to scholarly publishing. [...]

Forschungszentrum Jülich and Frontiers develop world’s largest pure open access framework agreement

February 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

Forschungszentrum Jülich and open access publisher Frontiers signed on 17 February 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding for a pilot National Open Access Publishing Framework for Germany. [...]

Coral Reef Research Collection wins $100,000 International Science Prize

February 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

A team of scientific editors has been awarded US $100,000 by Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers in recognition of an outstanding special issue research collection on coral reef science and conservation. [...]

UK universities reach new national open access deal

November 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

Researchers from 180 UK universities can now benefit from a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing [...]

Frontiers partners with journal policy database TRANSPOSE

November 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Partnership with TRANSPOSE enables Frontiers’ open-access policies to reach a wider audience [...]

Frontiers joins the National Academy of Sciences’ list for author transparency

November 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

Publishers and funders on the NAS list commit to transparent publishing practices [...]

Open Access: the time is now, the place is Europe!

August 29, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dr Kamila Markram joined the stage with Robert Jan Smits from the European Commission and leading academics at the 2018 EuroScience Open Forum. [...]

Scientific Excellence at Scale: Open Access journals have a clear citation advantage over subscription journals

July 11, 2018 // 1 Comment

Frontiers is the 4th most cited publisher amongst the 20 largest publishers, ranked by average citations over a three-year period (2015-2017). The same analysis also reveals a citation advantage of Open Access journals over subscription journals in the last three years. [...]

Sweden commits to Open Science with new Open Access publishing deal

June 1, 2018 // 1 Comment

The national agreement allows researchers in Sweden to publish in Frontiers’ journals through a simplified process with discounted fees. [...]

Frontiers Data Services Workshop 2018: Open Research Data to Support Sustainable Health Initiatives

March 6, 2018 // 1 Comment

Frontiers will host its second Data Services Workshop on 24 April 2018, in collaboration with the EU Horizon 2020 projects OpenMinTed and OpenUp and SwissCor [...]

New Open Access publishing deal for Austrian researchers

December 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Landmark Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement signed between Frontiers, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) & University of Vienna [...]

Gender bias in science – new data on a man’s world

December 8, 2017 // 3 Comments

Gender bias in science – the need for data

Eradicating gender bias in science requires evidence-based action - which in turn requires open data on the inner workings of science. [...]

Frontiers APCs: Structure and Rationale

December 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

In the past ten years since the founding of Frontiers, Article Processing Charges (APCs) have become widely accepted as the most transparent and sustainable mechanism of [...]

Frontiers Open Science Platform enables scientific excellence at scale

December 5, 2017 // 3 Comments

Our state-of the-art Open Science Platform is a key strategy to review, publish, evaluate and disseminate research efficiently and at high quality. [...]

Frontiers at Web Summit 2017: Openness key for trust in science

November 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

Frontiers CEO as invited panel member at Web Summit 2017

Speaking in a panel discussion, Frontiers CEO Kamila Markram emphasized the key role of open science in enhancing public trust in scientific expertise [...]

Competing interests in Peer Review: The importance of transparency

September 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

Frontiers is committed to fair, rigorous, and transparent peer review, and we are constantly evaluating our processes to ensure that we provide the highest standards. Transparency is the central theme of Peer Review Week 2017, so we take this opportunity to highlight how we raise the standard for transparency in peer review, with the support of our policies on competing interests.

Transparency is the central theme of Peer Review Week 2017, we highlight how we raise the standard for transparency in Frontiers peer review [...]

Frontiers journal ranking analysis: Microbiology

June 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

With an Impact Factor of 4.076, Frontiers in Microbiology is the 3rd most cited Microbiology journal in the world. [...]

Frontiers included in the OAPEN List of Compliant Open Access Book Publishers

March 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Frontiers invited by the OAPEN Foundation to be included in a list of book publishers that comply with the Open Access requirements of ERC, Wellcome and FWF. [...]

160-million Papers and Counting: The World’s Information Deluge

March 6, 2017 // 2 Comments

Academic output has exploded over the last 100 years but how can the most relevant research be found? — by Melissa Cochrane In 2009, it’s estimated there were at [...]

Open Science will take us into a new world

March 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Open Science: Removing the limits on science to drive innovation and advance knowledge. [...]

Germany setting a precedent for Open Access

December 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Frontiers was very pleased to announce a new publishing agreement with Universität Tübingen. Established in 1477, not only is the university one of Europe’s oldest [...]

Open Access in Germany – improving all the time

November 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

A recent study analyzes the investment in OA publishing by German research institutions, indicating a growing trend toward full open access and raising important questions about hybrid OA journals. [...]

Frontiers Collaborative Peer Review: criteria to accept and reject manuscripts

September 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

Frontiers’ founding principle is to empower researchers in the publishing process. We distribute editorial responsibility to our Editorial Boards, to which we appoint leading experts according to strict criteria of excellence. [...]

A History of Academic Peer Review

September 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

By Frontiers Although peer review is now a fundamental quality control measure implemented during the publishing process, the practice as we know it today is quite different [...]

Podcast: Peer Review Recognition

September 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Peer review recognition provides transparency and accountability which are key to achieving high quality research. In this Frontiers podcast, guest host Pamela Valdes, [...]

Why peer review needs to be recognized

September 14, 2016 // 1 Comment

Peer review plays a pivotal role in the advancement of scholarly literature. Around 2 million research papers are currently published every year, all assessed by expert [...]

Most-cited articles in Frontiers

August 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

To celebrate the publication of 50,000 peer-reviewed articles in Frontiers, we take a peek at the Top 10 most-cited Original Research articles in Engineering, Health and Science. We also included the Latest Original Research articles in Humanities and Social Sciences, to honour our youngest program. [...]