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Frontiers journals in the top of impact metrics

Frontiers reaches 6.4 on Journal Impact Factors in the 2016-JCR

Ranks top most cited in Psychology, Neurosciences and Plant Sciences

Ranks 2nd most cited in Physiology, 3rd most cited in Microbiology and 5th most cited in Immunology

Ranks in the top Impact Factor percentiles accross 20 JCR categories

"Frontiers in" journal series

Covering more than 460 specialties across academia

59 open-access journals, more than 71,000 editors, 65,000 articles, 271,000,000 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

Research Topics

A spotlight on your research area

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

 Over 121,000 authors contributed to Research Topics

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

Collaborative 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

Impact 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

Tiering

Your discovery brought to a larger public

 Academic excellence and social relevance are evaluated democratically through our innovative Tiering process

 Based on impact metrics, outstanding discoveries may be chosen for our prestigious "Focused Review"

 An opportunity for your research to reach a broader audience

Loop

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

Young Minds

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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59Online Journals
463Specialties Represented
65KArticles Published
271MArticle Views and Downloads
71KOn Board Editors
89Days Average Review Time
International Distribution of Frontiers' Editors
Editor's Affiliations: Top 20
  • National Institutes of Health
  • 565
  • Harvard University
  • 546
  • The Max Planck Society
  • 350
  • UCL - University College London
  • 339
  • Stanford University
  • 292
  • University of Michigan
  • 283
  • CNR - Italian National Research Council
  • 276
  • University of Florida
  • 263
  • INSERM - French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
  • 262
  • CSIC - Spanish National Research Council
  • 258
  • King’s College London
  • 245
  • University of California, Davis
  • 242
  • UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles
  • 239
  • University of Oxford
  • 233
  • University of Minnesota
  • 230
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • 230
  • Yale University
  • 228
  • Monash University
  • 225
  • University of Southern California
  • 223
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  • 223
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