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Open access publisher Frontiers strengthens its global public affairs team

December 2, 2022 // 0 Comments

Research publisher Frontiers appoints Dr Anke Beck and Ms Nancy (Yinan) Chen as heads of public affairs and advocacy for Europe and China respectively. They have been [...]

Former Amazon HR leader Kanika Mehra joins Frontiers

November 24, 2022 // 0 Comments

Research publisher Frontiers appoints Kanika Suri Mehra as chief people officer (CPO). Kanika will be responsible for all aspects of the human resources strategy, including [...]

Working with societies – join us in conversation with Society Street

October 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

How can publishers best support societies in the increasingly complex landscape of scholarly publishing? Frontiers’ head of publishing partnerships, Robyn Mugridge, will [...]

Clarivate’s former publisher relations expert Tom Ciavarella joins Frontiers

September 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

Frontiers appoints head of public affairs and advocacy for North America [...]

White House announces new policy to drop paywalls around publicly funded research

August 29, 2022 // 0 Comments

On 25 August 2022, the White House unveiled a new policy to end the paywalls surrounding federally funded scientific research in the United States. The Office of Science and [...]

Open science to meet the public’s appetite for accountability, transparency, and trust

July 15, 2022 // 0 Comments

On 15 July 2022, Stephan Kuster, head of public affairs at Frontiers, gave a speech at the closing reception of the EuroScience Open Forum, Europe’s largest [...]

EU Council reaches conclusions on Open Science

June 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

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. [...]

Supriya Dinesh Mehta – Success from failure

June 13, 2022 // 0 Comments

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  

June 7, 2022 // 0 Comments

Frontiers joins ‘Stick to Science’ initiative to support open scientific collaboration. [...]

Frontiers for Young Minds’ success at Open Education Global conference in Nantes   

May 31, 2022 // 0 Comments

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 appoints Dr Julia Kostova to lead its US strategy

May 16, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

April 11, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

April 1, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

March 8, 2022 // 0 Comments

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

January 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

Frontiers wins the Best Culture of Learning category at the 2021 LinkedIn Talent Awards. [...]

Frontiers wins coveted ‘Special Jury Prize’ at Vaud International Business Awards

November 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

November 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

October 28, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

October 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

September 21, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

August 17, 2021 // 0 Comments

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

August 11, 2021 // 0 Comments

We invite you to read the compelling story of one of the founders of modern neuroscience: Marian Diamond. [...]

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 [...]

Celebrating 10 million views of kid-friendly science!

July 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

We have recently achieved a super exciting milestone – we have now reached 10 million article views! [...]

2020 in review: A turning point for scholarly publishing?

December 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 // 0 Comments

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

October 28, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 // 0 Comments

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

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. [...]

Current Transformative Agreements Are Not Transformative

March 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

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

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

February 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 // 1 Comment

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 // 0 Comments

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 // 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 [...]

Frontiers’ feedback on the implementation guidance of Plan S

February 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 // 0 Comments

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

Frontiers supplies full-text articles to Publications Router

November 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 // 0 Comments

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 // 0 Comments

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 // 0 Comments

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 // 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. [...]