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  • Ultimate impact
  • 570 academic disciplines
  • Top article collections
  • Fast, rigorous review
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  • Integrated research network
  • Outreach to kids

Ultimate impact

New breakthroughs, faster

5th most-cited of world's 20 largest publishers

570 million article views & downloads

1.1 million total citations

Top CiteScore & Impact Factor percentiles

570 academic disciplines

World-class research

69 open-access journals covering more than 570 disciplines across academia

More than 90,000 editors and 120,000 articles

Publisher of several of the largest and most-cited journals in their fields

Winner of the ALPSP Gold Award 2014 for Innovation in Publishing

Top article collections

Research Topics: shape the future of your field

Peer-reviewed article collections around themes of cutting-edge research

Unite experts, stimulate collaboration and accelerate science

Over 240,000 contibuting authors and 330 million article views and downloads  

Fast, rigorous review

Collaborative peer review

 Rigorous, constructive, efficient and transparent peer review

 Reviewers and handling editor acknowledged on all published articles

 90 days from submission to acceptance

Author and article metrics

Objective and democratic evaluation

Advanced Article & Author Impact Metrics track the global impact of your research

See views, downloads, citations, social buzz and demographic data

Integrated research network

Loop: maximize your discoverability and impact

 Loop is the only open research network that integrates into journals and institutions

 Loop makes sure your papers get read

 Your Loop profile is discoverable on multiple academic platforms

Outreach to kids

Bringing research to younger audiences

Open-access scientific journal reviewed by young people

Connects renowned scientists directly with a young audience

Brings cutting-edge research to the next generation

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Journals

Numbers

69Online Journals
577Specialties Represented
120KArticles Published
570MArticle Views and Downloads
93KOn Board Editors
90Days Average Review Time
International Distribution of Frontiers' Editors
Editor's Affiliations: Top 20
  • University of California System
  • 1606
  • CNRS
  • 1173
  • Harvard University
  • 839
  • University of Texas System
  • 807
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 648
  • INSERM
  • 636
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
  • 620
  • State University System of Florida
  • 620
  • National Institutes of Health
  • 583
  • Italian National Research Council (CNR)
  • 503
  • Helmholtz Assoc. of Research Centres (HZ)
  • 488
  • University College London
  • 443
  • Max Planck Society (MPG)
  • 389
  • INRA
  • 380
  • Stanford University
  • 364
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • 362
  • State University of New York (SUNY)
  • 358
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • 356
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • 344
  • University of Michigan
  • 338