Open access – Science & research news

International Drug Abuse Research Society and International Narcotics Research Conference launch new journal with Frontiers

January 6, 2021

The open access journal aims to bring together drug and alcohol abuse scientists and clinicians from across the globe. [...]

2020 – The Year of Open Science

December 21, 2020

Frontiers' CEO and co-founder Kamila Markram message for the end of 2020 - the year of open science. [...]

2020 in review: A turning point for scholarly publishing?

December 18, 2020

Frontiers' Chief Publishing Officer, Mirjam Eckert, considers the impact of 2020 scholarly publishing itself. [...]

2020 in review: A year in Open Science policy 

December 17, 2020

Stephan Kuster, Head of Institutional Relations, looks back at what 2020 has meant for policy and science. [...]

Public Health Reviews – A second journal from the Swiss School of Public Health

December 2, 2020

Frontiers to become the official publisher of Public Health Reviews (PHR), a multi-disciplinary journal publishing reviews and policy briefs of importance to public health, locally and globally. [...]

Frontiers welcomes the call from UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for all science to be made open

October 28, 2020

Frontiers' statement of support for: UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights call for “open science.” [...]

Initiative for Open Abstracts ‘I4OA’ sees cross-industry support

September 24, 2020

Today sees the launch of - and Frontiers' commitment to - the Initiative for Open Abstracts (I40A). We are pleased to be named as having stated our support and enthusiasm for it and look forward to the additional layer of impact and discoverability the initiative will bring. [...]

Pathology & Oncology Research transitions to Open Access with Frontiers

May 20, 2020

The journal, currently published by Springer Nature, will transfer to Frontiers in January 2021. [...]

The role of peer review in publishing

May 18, 2020

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

The International Journal of Public Health transitions to Open Access

May 1, 2020

From January 2021, the International Journal of Public Health will transition from a subscription model to Gold Open Access. [...]

Current Transformative Agreements Are Not Transformative

March 10, 2020

Recent large scale "Publish and Read" deals lack the transformative conditions that are necessary to bring about the transition to OA. [...]

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

February 18, 2020

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. [...]

Postponed: Al Gore to lead global ‘healthy planet, healthy lives’ forum in Switzerland

February 12, 2020

Frontiers will host some of the world’s top scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders at our annual Forum in Montreux this May. [...]

Major Boost to Open Access Publishing as Norway Signs New National Agreement

January 28, 2020

A landmark national agreement has been signed by the Norwegian Directorate for ICT and Joint Services in Higher Education & Research (Unit) and Frontiers. [...]

Unlocking industry research: Frontiers lends support to Open Pharma’s bold ambition

January 23, 2020

Frontiers has endorsed the mission of Open Pharma, a group of pharmaceutical companies and research funders, to make all privately funded research free to read and reuse from the date of publication. [...]

Frontiers partners with journal policy database TRANSPOSE

November 21, 2019

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

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

Frontiers’ feedback on the implementation guidance of Plan S

February 19, 2019

Update on Plan S: Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications

Frontiers'response to the call for public feedback on the Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S [...]

Plan S: a landmark en route to full and immediate Open Access

December 14, 2018

Recent developments in the transition to Open Access in Europe and beyond [...]

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 [...]

Is Europe investing enough in Open Science?

October 26, 2018

Open Science offers both competitive and collaborative advantages, and is vital to boost the impact of Horizon Europe. [...]

Open Access is here to stay – and machines will enhance its future

October 25, 2018

Image of data, circuit board and AI. Universal and open access to the scientific literature is well on the way to becoming the accepted standard by which the results of research are shared. The next step is to bring in the machines -- to improve the speed and efficacy of both data analysis and open publishing systems.

Open Access is becoming the accepted standard for sharing research results. The next step is using machines to improve data analysis and publishing systems. [...]

Science without publication paywalls: cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access

September 4, 2018

Banner for CoalitionS: Making Open Access a reality by 2020

A group of national funders, joined by the European Commission and the European Research Council, announce plans to make Open Access publishing mandatory for recipients of their agencies’ research funding. [...]

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

August 29, 2018

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

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

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

Frontiers partners with Figshare to promote open data

February 21, 2018

The new partnership improves the visualization and citation of supplementary data, allows more types of data with articles, and helps satisfy requirements for open and FAIR data [...]

New Open Access publishing deal for Austrian researchers

December 20, 2017

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

Frontiers Open Science Platform enables scientific excellence at scale

December 5, 2017

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 included in the OAPEN List of Compliant Open Access Book Publishers

March 24, 2017

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

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 Access in Germany – improving all the time

November 25, 2016

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. [...]

Open Science roundup, 24 November 2016

November 24, 2016

Science Alert This study just revealed why the peer-review process is in so much trouble Nature Peer-review ‘heroes’ do lion’s share of the work [...]

Open Science roundup, 28 October 2016

October 28, 2016

Phys.org Connecting research and policy may improve educational equity Union of Concerned Scientists Breaking down barriers: publishing Open Access science for [...]

Open Science roundup, 21 October 2016

October 21, 2016

Science Business Open science is “golden opportunity” for publishers Science Science in the Oval Office: 1933–2016 Science News Blame bad incentives for [...]

Open Science roundup, 07 October 2016

October 7, 2016

Technologist Opening up science Times Higher Education Billions lost in bids to secure EU research funding Times Higher Education Lost in CV limbo Health [...]

Open Science roundup, 05 Sep 2016

September 5, 2016

The Scientist US Gov’t Takes On Predatory Publishers STATNews Are ‘predatory’ publishers’ days numbered? Motherboard Scientists Are Worried About [...]

Open Science roundup, 22 July 2016

July 22, 2016

The latest news on Open Science, publishing and peer review [...]

Open Science roundup, 15 July 2016

July 15, 2016

STAT With a new owner, the hated ‘journal impact factor’ is overdue for a change The Scientist Web of Science Sold for More Than $3 Billion Vox The 7 biggest problems [...]

Open Science roundup, 17 June 2016

June 17, 2016

What's new in peer review, Open Science and scholarly publishing? [...]

Open Science roundup, 10 June 2016

June 10, 2016

NIH Newly launched Genomic Data Commons to facilitate data and clinical information sharing The Bookseller How open is Open Access? Ars Technica Open access: [...]

Open Science roundup, 03 June 2016

June 3, 2016

Ars Technica Open access should be the norm for EU by 2020, say research ministers The Guardian All scientific papers to be free by 2020 under EU proposals [...]

Open Access to science papers will be default by 2020, say European ministers

May 31, 2016

By Emily Barker, Communications Strategist at Frontiers There was a breakthrough for open-access publishing on Friday 27 May, as EU research ministers published a commitment [...]

Open Science roundup, 27 May 2016

May 27, 2016

Science Magazine Top French scientists slam surprise budget cut Science Business Research ministers will move to make open access the default by 2020 [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – May 20, 2016

May 20, 2016

What's new in Open Science, peer review & academic publishing? [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – April 22, 2016

April 22, 2016

The Guardian Opening up scientific publishing for the Flickr generation Nature Peer review: troubled from the start Science Magazine New research ship highlight of otherwise [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – April 15, 2016

April 15, 2016

Stat News Why our peer review system is a toothless watchdog The Guardian How can we keep science honest in a world of open data? New Europe Speech by [...]

Highlights from Experiences with Open Access Journals

April 6, 2016

by Sandra Hausmann, Frontiers Business Development Manager On March 31st we brought five high profile Frontiers editors together for a panel discussion at the ICIS hosted [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – March 11, 2016

March 11, 2016

Science Business Few countries ready to adopt gold standard open access to scientific journals Times Higher Education Good scientist or successful academic? You [...]

Frontiers eBooks published in February 2016

March 1, 2016

Below is a list of Frontiers eBooks published in February 2016. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. Science: The Molecular Pathology of Cognitive [...]