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24 Nov 2016

Meet the Frontiers Team

This blog was updated in November 2017 to reflect our staff numbers. When we launched our first journal in 2008, the Frontiers team consisted of only a handful of people. Now, nearly a decade later, that team has grown to be over 370 people and spans across three continents. Even though we’ve grown substantially and will continue to grow, one thing has stayed the same – and that is our entrepreneurial spirit. From interns to managers, everyone regardless of their title is empowered to share ideas and make a difference. Frontiers began with the mission to make all of science open to everybody in the world and that mission required innovation, risk taking and a lot of dedication. Over the years, we’ve pioneered many advances in academic publishing such as article and author-level impact metrics, a unique collaborative peer review which enables editors, reviewers and authors to work together during the review process to ensure each article is scientifically correct and the best it can be, and a digital editorial office that provides our Field Chief Editors complete access to the editorial process 24/7 anywhere in the world. Innovation is part of the genetic makeup that makes Frontiers unique. All […]

Frontiers news

23 Nov 2016

Frontiers wins Entrepreneur of the Year at Stevies

Shining a spotlight on organizations run by women, women executives and entrepreneurs, the Stevie® Awards for Women in Business announced the results of its 2016 competition on Friday, November 18. This year, Frontiers took home the Gold Award in the Entrepreneur of the Year category. “It is a great honor to have Frontiers recognized in this international competition. Modern society is based on science and technology and with Frontiers, we strive to make science open for everyone and empower scientists, women and men alike, in the scholarly communication process. To have this important mission recognized is an great achievement for all those who work hard to make Open Science a reality” said Frontiers’ CEO Kamila Markram. With more than 500 businesswomen and their guests in attendance, the awards were announced at a gala dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. Nations represented at the event include Argentina, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, South Africa, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.A. More than 1,400 nominations from organizations and individuals in 22 nations were submitted to the awards this year for consideration in categories.

Frontiers news

21 Nov 2016

European Research Council-funded Frontiers eBook added to OAPEN Library

Turn-Taking in Human Communicative Interaction, a Frontiers eBook that is based on European Research Council (ERC) funded research, was recently added to the OAPEN Library. The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of open access books, and provides services in the areas of deposit, dissemination, and digital preservation. It also collaborates with the ERC to provide its deposit service for open access books and book chapters to ERC-funded researchers. For more general information on the OAPEN Library, click here.    

Frontiers news

21 Nov 2016

Frontiers eBooks listed in Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig

We are delighted that Frontiers eBooks are now listed in the Leipzig University Library. Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig was founded in 1543 and is renowned to be the second oldest in Germany. It comprises of the “Bibliotheca Albertina” as well as 15 other libraries that are situated very close to the scientific institutions of the University of Leipzig. It boasts a collection that currently covers over 5.5 million volumes and circa 6500 current journals/periodicals. Access to the full catalog can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/qff9wce

Health

15 Nov 2016

Building bridges in medical research

By Emily Barker, Frontiers Science Writer Dr. Michel Goldman, Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Medicine, recently founded at the Université libre de Bruxelles the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in healthcare (I3h). Thanks to the Fund Baillet-Latour, the I3h Institute will launch in February 2017 an innovative educational project in translational medicine for students enrolled in different master programs related to healthcare including medicine, pharmacy, public health, but also economics, engineering, and law. The program includes lectures on the different aspects of the future of healthcare given by internationally recognized speakers, as well as case studies with active participation of students. “I think there have been exciting advances in the last few years, but people don’t realize that in order to bring new medicines to the patients you need more than scientific research,” explains Dr. Goldman. “It is not only about drugs. It’s also about medical devices and it’s about using big data, so it means that you have really to bring together different disciplines, and different expertises to translate the progress of research into new therapies for patients.” “The students themselves will have to work together across different disciplines to solve problems in healthcare;” he continues. The course will take […]

Health

11 Nov 2016

Weethinking the role of bacteria in incontinence

By Simon Watt, Science Writer We all know that feeling of suddenly needing to pee, and the agonizing worry that we might not find a toilet in time or make it that far. Sadly, for many people this is a regular occurrence and wetting themselves uncontrollably is an inevitable consequence. Almost 1 in 5 women over the age of 44 suffer from what is known as Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI): experiencing a strong sensation of an urgent need to pee, followed by immediate leakage of a large volume of urine. It can severely adversely affect someone’s life, contributing to anxiety, depression and social isolation. In spite of its impact, the causes of the complaint are still relatively unknown. The condition is often attributed to abnormal signalling prompting the bladder muscles to contract involuntarily, but this seems to account for only about three fifths of cases. Scientists are searching for other possible causes of the condition. Some think that understanding the bacteria that live within us may hold the key. The urinary tract has long been thought to be a sterile environment: a place where no bacteria can grow. A new study from Oregon Health and Science University that was published […]

Life sciences

11 Nov 2016

Taking stock of charcoal in the world’s soil

Forest fires hit the headlines all too regularly – in fact, fire affects about 4.64 million km2 of biomass per year, an area almost three times the size of Alaska. But after the fire something remains – stable carbon. This is the dark, charcoal-like form of carbon that’s left on the soil when vegetation is burned. It is not much of a pollutant though – it plays a role in both climate and soil science, because of its ability to absorb sunlight and store nutrients needed for plant growth.