Open science
The head office of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and two of its research groups, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the British Geological Survey (BGS), [...]
Jaume I University forms publishing agreement with Frontiers
Jaume I University has formed an institutional partnership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible [...]
Frontiers pilots ‘flat fee’ publishing partnership with the University of California
Gold open access publisher Frontiers has announced its first consortium partnership in North America with the University of California (UC). The one-year agreement will also [...]
RPTU forms publishing agreement with Frontiers
RPTU has formed an institutional partnership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that as of 1st September 2023 eligible [...]
Open access research publisher Frontiers welcomes a bipartisan bill to expand access to artificial intelligence research in the US
The bipartisan CREATE AI Act aims to overcome the access divide and see the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence properly weighed for all Americans. Photo credit: [...]
Uniting generations for a sustainable future: Insights from the 2023 Villars Symposium
Established in 2022, the Villars Institute is a non-profit foundation dedicated to accelerating the transition to net-zero emissions. It aims to create a healthier planet [...]
Frontiers institutional partnerships update – summer 2023
The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders. Welcome from Thomas Romano, institutional partnerships global sales [...]
Frontiers publishing partnerships update – summer 2023
The publishing partnerships team is pleased to share the latest developments in our team alongside updates from our growing community of partners. Credit: Frontiers [...]
Reflections on 2023 Convegno delle Stelline
Convegno delle Stelline is Italy’s only annual event for librarians and an important date in the calendar for all those with an interest in scholarly publishing. Frontiers [...]
Switzerland renews national deal with Frontiers
Frontiers announces that its national agreement with The Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries (CSAL), first signed in 2022, has been renewed for another year. Credit: [...]
Breaking down invisible barriers for LGBTQIA+ in STEM
By Dr Aswathi K Sivan and Dr Andrew L Miller June is the month of the year dedicated to LGBTQIA+ pride. In a previous post, we interviewed Dr Alfredo [...]
Frontiers Community Summit 2023: accelerating open science
The Frontiers Community Summit highlighted the accelerator effect of open science – and the critical need for quality, to ensure society is enabled by science and can take [...]
Slovenian CTK Consortium signs national deal with Frontiers
Frontiers announces a landmark national agreement with Slovenia, via the CTK Consortium. Credit: Frontiers Slovenian universities represented in the CTK Consortium formed a [...]
Reflections on the 2023 Camp ER&L
Frontiers attended the 2023 Camp ER&L, a landmark yearly meeting dedicated to collaboration in e-resources that has been running for 18 years. Camp ER&L (Electronic [...]
Why is it Important to Talk about Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Research?
We asked Dr. Alfredo Carpineti, chair and founder of the organization “Pride in STEM”, a UK-based charity organization run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ [...]
Top scientists to address climate emergency in Montreux this week
Photo credit: Frontiers More than 500 top scientific researchers and influencers will meet in Switzerland later this week for the Frontiers Forum Live, which is taking place [...]
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) forms open access publishing agreement with Frontiers
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) has joined the Sikt Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the national partnership agreement for open access publishing [...]
Frontiers institutional partnerships update – spring 2023
The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders. Welcome from Frank Hellwig, Institutional Partnerships Development [...]
Tips on how to write a great abstract
By Sobha Tumbapo and Tamsin Williams, assistant editors for Review Operations Image: Shutterstock.com When it comes to writing a good abstract, knowing where to start can be [...]
Writing the future: The aspirations of early career researchers
Personal reflections on a symposium. On 9 January, Dr Anke Beck, head of European public affairs and advocacy at Frontiers, helped chair a symposium for early career [...]
Collective knowledge, consensus for action
On 7 December 2022, Stephan Kuster, head of public affairs at Frontiers, gave a speech at our reception in the World Science Forum, the international conference on global [...]
Open access publisher Frontiers at ESOF 2022
Frontiers at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Leiden [...]
Prof Jeff Camkin: ‘The biggest misconception is that open science is just for researchers and academics. It’s not.’
Prof Jeff Camkin Prof Jeff Camkin, of the University of Western Australia, is a water and sustainable development specialist. He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of the [...]
It is not transformation if nothing changes
A Frontiers white paper on the impact of transformative agreements in the transition to open access publishing [...]
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 [...]
WEF Young Scientists call to address Missing Link between policy and science
Scientists from the World Economic Forum’s Young Scientists community believe that a new culture of engagement between policymakers and scientists needs to be established. [...]
2021 – Open Science Is Saving Lives
CEO and Co-founder Kamila Markram's end of year message to the Frontiers community. [...]
Frontiers’ statement on UNESCO Open Science Recommendation
Frontiers welcomes the news on the unanimous adaptation of The UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and recognizes the urgency of addressing complex and interconnected environmental, social and economic challenges facing the world and the vital importance of science, technology and innovation in response to these challenges. [...]
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. [...]
COVID-19: Linking science and policy using serological studies
Stephan Kuster, head of institutional affairs, discusses Corona Immunitas, research program tracking and investigating the spread and impact of the coronavirus pandemic using seroepidemiological studies [...]
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 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. [...]
150,000 steps closer to open science – Frontiers hits new publishing milestone
Frontiers is thrilled to announce a major milestone has been reached this week: the publication of our 150,000th open-access article! [...]
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. [...]
UK universities reach new national open access deal
Researchers from 180 UK universities can now benefit from a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing [...]
Making Open Science the modus operandi in Europe
How to foster a transparent and competitive scholarly communication market in the digital era and incentivize researchers to use open science practices [...]
Horizon Europe: Safeguarding the EU’s role as champion for Open Science
Frontiers and like-minded open science stakeholders call on the European Parliament to safeguard the open science provisions of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe proposal. [...]
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. [...]
Priority actions for Open Science – center stage at ESOF 2018
What is needed for a full transition to Open Science in the European Union? Frontiers CEO Kamila Markram will outline the priority actions during ESOF 2018. [...]
Applying open research data to sustainable health initiatives
130 academic, advocacy and policy experts discussed how Europe can unleash the full benefits of open research data in health, at the Frontiers Data Services Workshop 2018 [...]
Frontiers Data Services Workshop 2018: Open Research Data to Support Sustainable Health Initiatives
Frontiers will host its second Data Services Workshop on 24 April 2018, in collaboration with the EU Horizon 2020 projects OpenMinTed and OpenUp and SwissCor [...]