It is not transformation if nothing changes
A Frontiers white paper on the impact of transformative agreements in the transition to open access publishing [...]
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EU Council reaches conclusions on Open Science
On 10 June 2022, the Council of the European Union reached its conclusions on the implementation of Open Science and research assessment, after wide consultation. [...]
Frontiers welcomes the news of the Swiss National Science Foundation joining cOAlition S
Frontiers welcomes the news of the Swiss National Science Foundation joining cOAlition S [...]
Supriya Dinesh Mehta – Success from failure
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of Illinois Chicago Supriya Dinesh Mehta leads and collaborates on clinical and community-based research that improves reproductive health. Today, we speak about challenges for women in science and discuss Supriya’s career path and her advice to young aspiring scientists. [...]
Frontiers is the first publisher to sign ‘Stick to Science’ initiative
Frontiers joins ‘Stick to Science’ initiative to support open scientific collaboration. [...]
Frontiers for Young Minds’ success at Open Education Global conference in Nantes
Frontiers for Young Minds participated in the three-day OE Global Conference in France, which focused on the connection between open education and the five action areas of the UNESCO Open Educational Resources (OER) Recommendation. [...]
Frontiers and the Consortium of Catalan University Services sign open access publishing agreement
The Spanish research community’s growing commitment to open access publishing has been bolstered by the announcement of a new agreement between the Consortium of Catalan University Services (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya, CSUC) and gold open access publisher Frontiers. [...]
Frontiers appoints Dr Julia Kostova to lead its US strategy
Frontiers, the 3rd most-cited research publisher, appoints Dr Julia Kostova as director of publishing development to lead the editorial strategy for the U.S. market . [...]
Miriam Rengel – Women in space
This week, we speak with Dr. Miriam Rengel, a researcher at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, Germany. Her research focuses on the atmosphere of solar and extrasolar planets. Dr. Rengel has been involved in propelling the mission on the NASA/DLR airborne telescope SOFIA to observe the atmosphere on Titan, Jupiter’s moon. [...]
Frontiers’ support for UKRI’s Open Access policy
We continue to support UKRI’s open access policy, which will see all peer-reviewed research articles resulting from its funding made universally and freely accessible to [...]
The Julius Kühn Institute forms publishing agreement with Frontiers
The Julius Kühn Institute, a federal research institute in Germany, and the open science publisher Frontiers announce their institutional partnership agreement. [...]
Frontiers wins LinkedIn’s Best Culture of Learning Award 2021
Frontiers wins the Best Culture of Learning category at the 2021 LinkedIn Talent Awards. [...]
2021 – Open Science Is Saving Lives
CEO and Co-founder Kamila Markram's end of year message to the Frontiers community. [...]
Frontiers wins coveted ‘Special Jury Prize’ at Vaud International Business Awards
Frontiers wins coveted ‘Special Jury Prize’ at Vaud International Business Awards [...]
Former Clarivate’s publisher analytics expert Ian Potter to head Business Intelligence at Frontiers
Former Clarivate’s publisher analytics expert Ian Potter to head Business Intelligence at Frontiers [...]
For less than $10, anyone can now get up close and explore single cells in VR
By Colm Gorey, Science Communications Manager 3D rendered medically accurate illustration of a cancer cell (not representative of what’s seen using singlecellVR). [...]
Frontiers’ Volunteers: giving communities time, talks and tarts
We talk to fellow Fronton Carolina Garcia, who is a journal specialist in the Publishing Development department, about her volunteering work with Be Enriched, an organization that ‘uses food to bring joy and connection to the socially excluded, develop skills in young people, build communities and grow future generations’. [...]
Frontiers’ volunteers: Editing Support for Peace Boat Disaster Relief
We talk to fellow Fronton Sarah Jay, who works at Publishing Development department, about her volunteering work with Peace Boat Disaster Relief, an organization that assists disaster-affected people by strengthening disaster resilience of communities. [...]
Frontiers’ volunteers: Causes, Communities and Courgettes
This week, we talk to fellow Frontons Catrin Owen, Lucy Thompson and Rosie Miller about their volunteering work with Good Food Matters, an organization that enables everyone to grow and cook nutritiously balanced meals making a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of the South London community. [...]
Dr. Marian Diamond – My Love Affair with the Brain
We invite you to read the compelling story of one of the founders of modern neuroscience: Marian Diamond. [...]
Statement of support for UKRI’s new open access policy announcement
Frontiers' statement of support for the UKRI's recent announcement that all peer-reviewed research articles resulting from its funding must be universally available on the day of publication. [...]
IBMS to transition leading biomedical journal to Gold Open Access
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
Image: Flamingo Images/Shutterstock.com The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) has announced the transition of Transplant International from Hybrid access to [...]
Celebrating 10 million views of kid-friendly science!
We have recently achieved a super exciting milestone – we have now reached 10 million article views! [...]
2020 – The Year of Open Science
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?
Frontiers' Chief Publishing Officer, Mirjam Eckert, considers the impact of 2020 scholarly publishing itself. [...]
2020 in review: A year in Open Science policy
Stephan Kuster, Head of Institutional Relations, looks back at what 2020 has meant for policy and science. [...]
Frontiers welcomes the call from UNESCO, WHO and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for all science to be made open
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
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. [...]
The role of peer review in publishing
Peer review plays an integral role in the proliferation of knowledge. Find out more about Frontier's rigorous and transparent peer review process. [...]
Current Transformative Agreements Are Not Transformative
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
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
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
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
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
Partnership with TRANSPOSE enables Frontiers’ open-access policies to reach a wider audience [...]
Frontiers joins the National Academy of Sciences’ list for author transparency
Publishers and funders on the NAS list commit to transparent publishing practices [...]
Frontiers’ feedback on the implementation guidance of Plan S
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
Recent developments in the transition to Open Access in Europe and beyond [...]
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. [...]