Plan S: a landmark en route to full and immediate Open Access
Recent developments in the transition to Open Access in Europe and beyond [...]
Open access
Frontiers supplies full-text articles to Publications Router
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?
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 roundup, 24 November 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
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
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
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
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
The latest news on Open Science, publishing and peer review [...]
Open Science roundup, 15 July 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
What's new in peer review, Open Science and scholarly publishing? [...]
Open Science roundup, 10 June 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
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
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
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
What's new in Open Science, peer review & academic publishing? [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – 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
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 [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – 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
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 [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – February 26, 2016
Motherboard Obama’s pick for librarian of congress is an Open Access champion Nature Peer review in the cloud EurekAlert! Researchers: Peer review system for [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – February 09, 2016
Science Budget 2017: Read our round up of Obama’s science funding requests Nature Obama makes risky bid to increase science spending Science Australia’s [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – January 29, 2016
What were last week's developments in Open Science and scholarly publishing? Find them here. [...]
Frontiers predicts enhanced services will be the future of scholarly publishing
In addition to the basic services all OA publishers provide, Frontiers has developed 14 premier services to offer a more service-orientated approach to scholarly publishing. [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – January 19, 2016
What's new in Open Science, peer review and publishing? Here's last week's roundup. [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – December 18, 2015
Science Magazine And science’s breakthrough of the year is… CRISPR genome editing Scientific American What science has to say about affirmative action The Atlantic [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – December 11, 2015
News, views & info on Open Science, Open Access, Peer Review & scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – December 04, 2015
News, views & info on Open Science, Open Access, Peer Review & scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – November 27, 2015
News, views & info on Open Science, Open Access, Peer Review & scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – November 20, 2015
News, views & info on Open Science, Open Access, Peer Review & scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – November 13, 2015
News, views and info on Open Science & scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 30, 2015
Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 23, 2015
Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week
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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 17, 2015
Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Key discussion points from Open Access Days in Zurich
Frontiers had the pleasure of attending The Open Access Tage 2015 on the 7th and 8th of September, this year at the University of Zurich. [...]
Frontiers’ financial commitment to open access publishing
As a publisher, it is our duty to ensure that the business fundamentals behind Frontiers are sound and sustainable. We are responsible towards the community, to the more than 60,000 researchers who have formally joined our editorial boards, to the 140,000 authors who have published with us, and to our employees. [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 9, 2015
Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Open Access, a fortune to less developed countries
Not all people have equal access to science. In places where funds are particularly scarce, open access to science could bring fortune. Defining fortune The development of a [...]
Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 02, 2015
Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]
Chinese science: an open book?
By Anthony King, science journalist. Chinese scientists are increasingly attracted to open access journals, particularly those with international reach and recognized kudos. [...]
