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Open science and peer review
16 Sep 2025
Getting to know AIRA: our digital teammate and detective
Frontiers has long been a pioneer in using AI to support academic publishing at scale. As we celebrate Peer Review Week 2025 – the theme of which is ‘Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era’ – we’re also celebrating our very own AI assistant and digital teammate, AIRA.
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16 Sep 2025
Cristina Chaminade — What does regenerative sustainability look like in the Global South?
Dr Cristina Chaminade is a research professor at the Institute for the Management and Innovation of Knowledge (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV)), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). She is also an expert in regenerative innovations and sustainability transformations, particularly in developing regions.
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15 Sep 2025
Cutting through fast-churn science: How Frontiers raised the bar
“Fast-churn” science—manuscripts built from quick queries of public datasets—has become an industry-wide concern. These rapidly executed studies can flood journals with low-quality, redundant findings. The preprint Dramatic increase in redundant publications in the Generative AI era highlights the scale of the problem.
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12 Sep 2025
Frontiers wins at ALPSP awards: exceptional contribution to science education and scholarly publishing recognized
Frontiers has received two prestigious awards at the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Annual Conference and Awards 2025 on 11 September in Manchester, UK. Showcasing the successful engagement of young people in scientific discovery and publishing, Frontiers for Young Minds (FYM), a unique non-profit initiative of the Frontiers Research Foundation, was presented the ALPSP Impact Award 2025 by a judging panel of leaders from academia and the publishing industry. In addition, Dr Eleonora Colangelo, Public Affairs Officer at Frontiers, was honored by the ALPSP Rising Star Award 2025, which celebrates the achievements and potential of early-career professionals in scholarly publishing.
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19 Aug 2025
Lucia Berdondini – Science in service, beyond borders: Celebrating women leaders in global humanitarian efforts
Dr Lucia Berdondini is an associate professor of psychology at the University of East London and course leader of DL MSc Humanitarian Intervention at the School of Childhood and Social Care. She is also a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Accredited Gestalt Physiotherapist. She has worked extensively with psychosocial intervention in countries in war and conflict, existential therapies, and intercultural counselling. With over two decades of experience, Dr Berdondini’s research and teaching focuses on psychosocial support, trauma, and counselling in international and humanitarian contexts. Her global fieldwork spans conflict-affected regions in Africa and Asia, where she has contributed to capacity-building and mental health projects for displaced populations and communities in crisis. Recently, she has been involved in creating a portal with online resources for humanitarian professionals, which can be found here. She has also been collaborating with Vilnosvita, a Ukrainian non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on playback theater as a form of crisis intervention.
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29 Jul 2025
Frontiers' Research Integrity team uncovers peer review manipulation network
Frontiers Research Integrity Auditing team has uncovered a network of authors and editors who conducted peer review with undisclosed conflicts of interest and who have engaged in citation manipulation. The unethical actions of this network have been confirmed in 122 articles published in Frontiers, across 5 journals, and has led to their retraction.
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21 Jul 2025
Frontiers supports Alzheimer's research with expert-led interview series focused on open data and drug discovery
Frontiers today announces the launch of a new interview series ‘Empowering proteomics and transcriptomics in Alzheimer’s drug discovery’. The series is hosted by Dr Ornit Chiba-Falek, Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Molecular Medicine and Division Chief of Translational Brain Sciences in the Department of Neurology at Duke University, and Dr Ara Khachaturian, Executive Vice President of the Campaign to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease.
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07 Jul 2025
Frontiers broadens AI‑driven integrity checks with integration of Cactus’ Paperpal Preflight and Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm and Oversight into AIRA
Frontiers announced today that external industry‑leading fraud‑screening tools – Cactus Communications’ Paperpal Preflight and Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm and Oversight – have been integrated into its own Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA) submission-screening system. The expansion delivers an unprecedented, multilayered defense against organized research fraud, strengthening the reliability and integrity of every manuscript submitted to Frontiers.
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25 Jun 2025
Rhiannon Nichol – Beneath retreating glaciers: Science and stewardship in South Georgia
In honor of World Ocean Day 2025, I spoke with Rhiannon Nichol, a young marine biologist currently on a 24-month research deployment at King Edward Point Research Station in South Georgia. Her work is part of a long-term project for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), helping to guide the management of the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area by the South Georgia Government. Surrounded by mountains and glaciers, the subantarctic island of South Georgia is a critical haven for wildlife: it hosts five million seals across four species, 65 million breeding birds from 30 species, and supports thriving populations of migratory whales, fish, and Antarctic krill. These krill form a vital link in the Southern Ocean food web. I spoke with Rhi about her work at the station, the challenges of conducting research in such a remote region, and the impacts of climate change on local ecosystems.
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24 Jun 2025
Shaping the future: World Economic Forum and Frontiers reveal Top 10 Emerging Technologies for 2025
Cutting-edge technologies addressing climate, healthcare, and digital authenticity are spotlighted in the report co-published by the World Economic Forum and Frontiers. Pooling the expertise of hundreds of leading scientists from around the world, the report identifies early-stage technologies with the potential to become fully developed and adopted within the next five years.
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24 Jun 2025
Frontiers extends ZBMed partnership as first publisher to sign up to the Open Life Science Database (OLSPub)
Frontiers has expanded its publishing partnership with ZBMed, the Germany-based life sciences centre, and signed an agreement to deposit article metadata in its new Open Life Science Publication Database (OLSPub), being the first publisher to agree to supply this information to the new database.
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15 May 2025
Anthonia Andoh-Odoom - The science of safety and the future of food
As the world marks World Hunger Day on May 28, 2025, attention turns not only to the millions of people facing food insecurity but also to those working tirelessly behind the scenes to find lasting solutions. I spoke with Dr Anthonia Andoh-Odoom about her research on food safety in Accra, Ghana, as well as her inspirations and hopes for the future of food science.
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22 Apr 2025
Powering climate action: Frontiers and the Frontiers Planet Prize push for adoption of open science solutions at San Francisco Climate Week
Frontiers and the Frontiers Research Foundation, in partnership with Swissnex, will host a high-impact event during San Francisco Climate Week titled “Achieving a Global Green Renaissance: Closing the Climate Implementation Gap with Breakthrough Research.” The event will bring together leading experts, innovators, and researchers to explore how open science and transformative research can accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. With a focus on addressing the gap between scientific advancements and real-world action, the event will provide a platform for shaping the future of planetary health research and sustainability.
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08 Apr 2025
New APC Payment Service in China: Frontiers Partners with CEPIEC and SOCOPAY
Frontiers now offers a new payment solution for article publishing charges (APCs) in mainland China. Through our new partnership with CEPIEC, all APC payments for Frontiers journals from mainland China will now be processed via the SOCOPAY service. This new service streamlines the APC payment process and is tailored specifically for authors in mainland China.
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19 Mar 2025
Eliza Stott – Wrangling wombats and connecting women in wildlife
In honor of World Wildlife Day, we spoke to Eliza Stott, a PhD student at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Eliza gave us an insight into how she juggles studying for a PhD and working as a wildlife ranger with her role as founder and director of Women in Wildlife, an organization which connects women and non-binary persons within the wildlife industry around the world. She also shared her thoughts on this year’s World Wildlife Day theme of ‘Wildlife Conservation Finance’ from the perspective of an Australian conservation scientist.