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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. [...]

Frontiers partners with Figshare to promote open data

February 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

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 [...]

160-million Papers and Counting: The World’s Information Deluge

March 6, 2017 // 2 Comments

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 [...]

In politics, does rudeness win?

March 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

A new research project wants to track if our politics is getting ruder or whether it’s the media – stupid! — Tanya Petersen “Happy New Year to all, including to [...]

When Open Data meets business ‘hackers’

February 17, 2017 // 0 Comments

Is developing a business model based on open data possible? [...]

Frontiers position statement: Impact of EU copyright reform on open science and innovation

January 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

To innovate effectively, the results of research must be open to all of society. Today, there is exponential growth in the knowledge produced by scientific, [...]

Open Science roundup, 24 November 2016

November 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

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, 22 July 2016

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

Open Science roundup, 15 July 2016

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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

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

Open Science roundup, 10 June 2016

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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

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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 Science roundup, 27 May 2016

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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

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

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – April 15, 2016

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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

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

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – February 26, 2016

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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

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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

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What were last week's developments in Open Science and scholarly publishing? Find them here. [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – January 19, 2016

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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

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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

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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

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – November 27, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – November 20, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 30, 2015

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Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 23, 2015

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Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 17, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 9, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – October 02, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – September 12, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – September 04, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – August 28, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – Aug 21, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – August 14, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – August 07, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – July 31, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – July 24, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup - May 22, 2015 Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – July 17, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – July 10, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – July 03, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – June 26, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – June 19, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – June 12, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – June 05, 2015

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Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – May 29, 2015

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Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week Discover Magazine Blog What to do about a slow peer reviewer? The Guardian [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – May 22, 2015

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Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week Chronicle of Higher Education ‘We need to take a look at the data’: how 2 [...]

Open Science and scholarly publishing roundup – May 15, 2015

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Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week The Guardian Will traditional science journals disappear? Fusion This [...]