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  • Research Topics
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  • High impact
  • 500 academic specialties
  • Top article collections
  • Fast, rigorous review
  • Author and article metrics
  • Integrated research network
  • Outreach to kids

High impact

The world’s top journals

Most cited in Neurosciences, Microbiology, Plant Sciences and Psychology

In the top Impact Factor percentiles across 23 academic categories

In the top CiteScore percentiles across 54 academic categories

Indexed in Web of Science (SCIE), Scopus, PubMed and more

500 academic specialties

Covering more than 500 specialties across academia

 63 open-access journals, more than 80,000 editors, 95,000 articles, 420,000,000 article views and downloads

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

A spotlight on your research area

 Research Topics spotlight the most specialized communities and enable leading researchers to edit article collections

 Over 176,000 authors contributed to Research Topics

 Research Topic articles have received more than 170,000,000 views and downloads  

Fast, rigorous review

Building impact through peer review

 We publish all papers that are scientifically correct

 Our peer-review is collaborative, transparent, rigorous and efficient

 Our online Collaborative Peer Review Forum enhances article quality

 85 days from submission to acceptance

Author and article metrics

Objective and democratic evaluation of research

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

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

Integrated research network

Maximizing discoverability and impact for researchers

 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 cutting-edge research to younger audiences

 A free scientific journal reviewed by young people

 We connect renowned scientists directly with a young audience

 We bring cutting-edge research to the next generation

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Numbers

63Online Journals
522Specialties Represented
94KArticles Published
420MArticle Views and Downloads
97KOn Board Editors
89Days Average Review Time
International Distribution of Frontiers' Editors
Editor's Affiliations: Top 20
  • University of California System
  • 1481
  • CNRS
  • 1013
  • Harvard University
  • 769
  • University of Texas System
  • 746
  • National Institutes of Health
  • 571
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 563
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
  • 559
  • State University System of Florida
  • 553
  • INSERM
  • 537
  • Helmholtz Assoc. of Research Centres (HZ)
  • 440
  • Italian National Research Council (CNR)
  • 416
  • University College London
  • 384
  • Max Planck Society (MPG)
  • 368
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • 358
  • INRA
  • 336
  • Stanford University
  • 324
  • University of Michigan
  • 321
  • State University of New York
  • 304
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • 303
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • 303