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  • 2019 Progress Report
  • Ultimate impact
  • 662 academic disciplines
  • Top article collections
  • Fast, rigorous review
  • Outreach to kids

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2019 Progress Report

5th most-cited publisher

14 new Open Access journals

54 new institutional agreements and 2 new national agreements

Our biggest Frontiers Forum yet with 400 attendees and 1.5 million online views 

Ultimate impact

New breakthroughs, faster

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

700 million article views & downloads

1.3 million total citations

Top CiteScore & Impact Factor percentiles

662 academic disciplines

World-class research

79 open-access journals covering 662 disciplines across academia

More than 102,000 editors and 145,000 articles

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

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 480,000 contributing authors and 700 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

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

84Online Journals
686Specialties Represented
158KArticles Published
800MArticle Views and Downloads
98KOn Board Editors
90Days Average Review Time
International Distribution of Frontiers' Editors
Editor's Affiliations: Top 20
  • University of California System
  • 1575
  • CNRS
  • 1162
  • University of Texas System
  • 826
  • Harvard University
  • 804
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 768
  • INSERM
  • 656
  • State University System of Florida
  • 635
  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
  • 620
  • National Institutes of Health
  • 602
  • Italian National Research Council (CNR)
  • 531
  • Helmholtz Assoc. of Research Centres (HZ)
  • 483
  • University College London
  • 459
  • Sapienza University of Rome
  • 403
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • 392
  • Max Planck Society (MPG)
  • 365
  • Stanford University
  • 360
  • State University of New York (SUNY)
  • 358
  • University of Toronto
  • 354
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • 354
  • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
  • 343