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Organic Chemistry: The importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and communication

June 15, 2017

New specialty section on Organic Chemistry to be led by Chief Editor, Pr. Iwao Ojima who stresses the importance of a multidisciplinary outlook for his field. [...]

The World’s Oceans are in Crisis but the First UN Meeting on Oceans Brings Hope

June 8, 2017

The World’s Oceans are in Crisis but the First UN Meeting on Oceans Brings Hope, article published by Nina Hall for Frontiers in Marine Science [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in May 2017

June 6, 2017

Frontiers, home to some of the most cited open access science, has published an eBooks list for May 2017, being a compilation of academic research articles in Science, Health and Engineering [...]

Edging Closer to a Winner for Major New Frontiers Research Award

May 1, 2017

Frontiers Spotlight Award of US$100,000 to go to cutting-edge Research Topic editors to catalyze scientific discourse

Ten cutting-edge Frontiers Research Topics announced as finalists for the first Spotlight Award which grants US$100,000 to organize a conference. [...]

Professor Josep Bassaganya-Riera wins 2017 Innovator of the Year Award

April 28, 2017

Frontiers Specialty Chief Editor and serial entrepreneur named 2017 Innovator of the Year by Roanoke- Blacksburg Technology Council (USA).

Josep Bassaganya-Riera, a Frontiers Specialty Chief Editor and serial entrepreneur named 2017 Innovator of the Year by Roanoke- Blacksburg Technology Council (USA). [...]

Frontiers Landing in Copenhagen for ESHG’s 50th Anniversary

April 6, 2017

Between 27th – 30th May 2017, Frontiers in Genetics will be in historic Copenhagen and the innovative Øresund/ Öresund Science Region. [...]

Selection Committee for First Annual Frontiers Spotlight Award

December 13, 2016

The 1st annual Frontiers Spotlight Award Committee has been announced and will reward an outstanding Research Topic with US$ 100,000 to organize a conference. [...]

Second annual Frontiers Spotlight Award announced for 2018

November 25, 2016

The annual $100,000 competition is now open. All Frontiers Research Topics completed in 2017 will be considered. [...]

Frontiers named finalist in Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Awards

November 3, 2016

Frontiers was honored to be named a finalist in the 19th annual Ernst and Young (EY) Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Since 1998, EY has offered a unique platform [...]

The Retraction Procedure at Frontiers

September 20, 2016

by Gearoid Faolean, Frontiersin.org As an academic publisher, Frontiers utilizes peer review to ensure academic rigor is applied to all manuscripts submitted to our journals. [...]

Frontiers publishes its 50,000th article

August 21, 2016

Frontiers has reached a major milestone and published its 50,000th article. Frontiers was born digital as an open-access publisher in 2007. It has grown to become the home [...]

New Data Debunks Old Beliefs: Part 2

March 4, 2016

Our original New data debunks old beliefs blog post plotted the impact factors of 570 randomly selected journals indexed in the 2014 Journal Citation Reports (Thomson [...]

Changing ways: High impact, fast decisions and reasonable rejection rates in scholarly publishing

January 27, 2016

Rejection rates in Frontiers journals are around ~27%, most manuscripts are published within 3 months, and yet, Frontiers' citations rates are amongst the very highest. [...]

Selecting for impact: new data debunks old beliefs

December 21, 2015

One of the strongest beliefs in scholarly publishing is that journals seeking a high impact factor (IF) should be highly selective, accepting only papers predicted to become [...]

New specialty section “Structural Sensing” now open for submissions!

October 7, 2015

We are pleased to announce the launch of the latest specialty section for Frontiers in Built Environment, Structural Sensing. Led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof Ian F. C. [...]

New specialty section “Sustainable Design and Construction” now open for submissions

September 16, 2015

Frontiers in Built Environment is very happy to announce the launch of the journal’s latest section – “Sustainable Design and Construction“, under [...]