About
Frontiers in Physics is a new, open-access journal launching in 2013!
With Frontiers in Physics, we are expanding our community-driven publishing endeavor in important new directions to address the demands of the research community.
As a journal driven and directed by working scientists, for working scientists, Frontiers in Physics will be your portal to fast, high quality peer-reviewed publication - a journal in which authors retain copyright to their work and reach a wide audience through open access.
Frontiers' approach to journal growth encourages researchers themselves to determine the relevant target for their work, and our journals divide into specialty sections on the basis of the demands of research communities. In some cases, traditional segmentation of the physics field may be sensible, but new and up-and-coming research areas will find a home in Frontiers in Physics. To suggest a specialty section for this journal, click here.
WHY PUBLISH IN FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS?
- QUALITY OPEN ACCESS: freely accessible, high-impact publications
- UNIQUE REAL-TIME PEER REVIEW: interactive, rigorous and transparent
- FAST PUBLICATION: 3 months to a final decision
- COPYRIGHT TO AUTHORS: no limit to your article distribution and visibility
- WORLD CLASS EDITORS: disclosed on all accepted articles
- TRACK OF ARTICLE IMPACT AND DOWNLOADS: for all publications
- GLOBAL SPREAD: over 4 million page views monthly
- DEMOCRATIC TIERING: to distill the top research
- LOWEST PUBLISHING FEES: in traditional and open-access publishing
Recruitment of the editorial board is under way: Frontiers in Physics is sending a call to all top active researchers and physics experts, to help us build a dynamic, highly regarded editorial board!
You can apply to become either an Associate Editor or a Review Editor of Frontiers in Physics.
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Associate Editors:
- Select and invite qualified reviewers and oversee review
- Moderate and mediate discussion in an interactive review
- Take editorial decisions regarding article acceptance
- Recommend rejection when an article cannot be made publishable through improvement
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Review Editors:
- Review manuscripts for quality and technical merit
- Interact (anonymously) with authors to discuss and improve papers
- Recommend acceptance or rejection
- Are credited by name, if they recommend acceptance, on the published article
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How to apply
- Register for a free Frontiers Account
- Complete your "brief bio" in your Frontiers profile, see an example here
- List your professional history and education in your Frontiers profile
- It’s almost done! Just fill in the online application form and click on "Submit"
IMPORTANT: Make sure you have filled in your Frontiers profile with your employment history and other relevant information before submitting your application. We will not be able to consider incomplete applications or CVs as e-mail attachments.
If you have any questions, please contact us at physics.editorial.office@frontiersin.org. We look forward to hearing from you!
Facts
Field Chief Editor:
Alex Hansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Short Name:
Front. Physics
Abbreviation:
FPHY
Electronic ISSN:
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Indexed in:
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PMCID:
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Mission Statement
Frontiers in Physics will make use of the unique Frontiers platform for open-access publishing and research networking for scientists, which provides an equal opportunity to seek, share and create knowledge. The mission of Frontiers is to place publishing back in the hands of working scientists and to promote an interactive, fair, and efficient review process. Articles are peer-reviewed according to the Frontiers review guidelines, which evaluate manuscripts on objective editorial criteria.
Frontiers in Physics publishes articles on the most outstanding discoveries across the entire research spectrum of physics. The mission of Frontiers in Physics is to reflect the dynamics of the entire field in all its diversity. Frontiers in Physics is to be the journal of choice for publishing highly innovative research.
Open Access Statement
Frontiers’ philosophy is that all research is for the benefit of humankind. Research is the product of an investment by society and therefore its fruits should be returned to all people without borders or discrimination, serving society universally and in a transparent fashion.
That is why Frontiers provides online free and open access to all of its research publications. For more information on open access click here.
Copyright Statement
Under the Frontiers Conditions for Website Use and the Frontiers General Conditions for Authors, authors of articles published in Frontiers journals retain copyright on their articles, except for any third-party images and other materials added by Frontiers, which are subject to copyright of their respective owners. Authors are therefore free to disseminate and re-publish their articles, subject to any requirements of third-party copyright owners and subject to the original publication being fully cited. Visitors may also download and forward articles subject to the citation requirements and subject to any fees Frontiers may charge for downloading licenses. The ability to copy, download, forward or otherwise distribute any materials is always subject to any copyright notices displayed. Copyright notices must be displayed prominently and may not be obliterated, deleted or hidden, totally or partially. A charge may be made for some facilities (such as downloading of e-magazines), where stated.
Quality
Each Frontiers article is a landmark of the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors and review editors, who include some of the world's best academicians. Frontiers is well aware of the potential impact of published research both on future research and on society and, hence, does not support superficial review, light review or no-review publishing models. Research must be certified by peers before entering a stream of knowledge that may eventually reach the public - and shape society. Therefore, Frontiers only applies the most rigorous and unbiased reviews, established in the high standards of the Frontiers Review System. Furthermore, only the top certified research, evaluated through the democratic Frontiers Evaluation System, is disseminated to increasingly wider communities as it gradually climbs the tiers of the Frontiers Tiering System from specialized expert readership towards public understanding.
Contact
Field Chief Editor:
Alex Hansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway