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eBooks

12 Aug 2022

Frontiers ebook releases: August 2022

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including the special issues on the high risk of Covid-19 related complications in people with diabetes, investigating the sperm mechanisms of formation and function, translational advances in neurodegenerative dementias, new decision-making tools for digital agriculture, AI for healthcare delivery during the pandemic and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. COVID-19 – Social Science Research during a PandemicEdited by Paul Russell Ward; Paul Bissell; Samantha B Meyer; Hailay Abrha Gesesew; Pande Putu Januraga; Dukjin Chang; Linda LombiPDFSocial Convergence in Times of Spatial Distancing: The Role of Music During the COVID-19 PandemicEdited by Niels Chr. Hansen; Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann; Jane Whitfield DavidsonPDFNeural Electroceuticals: Interfacing with the Nervous System with Electrical StimulationEdited by Giovanni Mirabella; Mikhail Lebedev; Alberto Priori; Julie Duque; Alexei Ossadtchi; Simone Rossi; Olivier DavidPDFThe Consequences of COVID-19 on the Mental Well-being of Parents, Children and AdolescentsEdited by Emma Sorbring; Kirby Deater-Deckard; Soly I Erlandsson; Ylva SvenssonPDFTranslational Advances in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other Neurodegenerative DementiasEdited by Jiehui Jiang; Kuangyu […]

Frontiers news

04 Aug 2022

4 August 2022 Statement

A Frontiers research-integrity investigation has led to the retraction of 13 articles. The investigation has exposed a pattern of gross misconduct by a ring of researchers (of whom several cannot be unambiguously identified) who submitted papers under false identities, created false accounts on our researcher network, assigned editors and reviewers of either fake or stolen identity to review the articles, and manipulated the list of references.  There is strong evidence that the same ring has been active at other publishers; we have, therefore, brought the case to the attention of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Two articles of this cluster included fake identities as co-authors in addition to two fake reviewers and are retracted. The further 11 retracted articles were assigned to at least one fake peer reviewer within the same ring. Because the peer-review had been compromised, the investigation included a post-publication review of the articles, which concluded that these 11 articles should have been rejected because they do not meet the standards for publication in Frontiers. The multiple and conflicting statements received from the editors and authors involved offer no satisfactory explanation of the course of events. But it remains certain that the peer-review process has been […]

Frontiers news

27 Jul 2022

Frontiers welcomes Clarivate’s changes to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports

“Frontiers welcomes the announcement from Clarivate about the upcoming changes to the 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Expanding the Journal Impact Factor to all Web of Science Core collection journals will provide more transparency around the impact these journals will bring to their research communities,” a spokesperson for Frontiers said. ENDS To see the full announcement visit: https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-announces-changes-to-the-2023-journal-citation-reports/

Frontiers news

27 Jul 2022

Inflationary adjustment to Frontiers’ Article Processing Charges

Article processing charges (APCs) are Frontiers’ sole revenue stream. We offset all the costs associated with our high-quality publishing service through APCs, continuously investing into our operations and open science platform. At Frontiers, APCs are paid in US dollars, the value of which has recently been under strong inflationary pressure.  Against international cost-of-living indicators, the dollar has lost 13% of its value since the last time we adjusted APCs at the end of 2017.   Unlike other publishers, we have not made annual adjustments to the costs of our services during that period. As of August 2022, we will raise APCs by 9.32% to help partially offset the recent inflationary losses to the value of the dollar. This will allow us to continue to reinvest in our operations while offering the highest quality, sustainable publishing services. We employ an international team of over 1,700 publishing professionals, who provide the expertise and technology skills to maintain and expand our editorial program and help make more science, open science.  Below, we offer FAQs which we hope will answer any questions you may have. If you have any questions about submissions to one of our journals, please contact our editorial office via the journal page. For any […]

Environment

20 Jul 2022

Heat wave: article collections on the global impact of rising temperatures

As the temperature rises this summer, we have gathered our top article collections on how heat effects us and the planet. With collective views of over 1 million, researchers were fired up by topics spanning from plant heat stress and weather extremes in the urban environment to marine heatwaves and human heat acclimation. Article collections: Wild fires 16 articles | 104,000 views Addressing our current understanding of wildland fires, with a specific focus on engineering approaches to mitigate the harmful effects of fires Human heat acclimation 13 articles | 95,000 views Recent advances in our understanding of the physiological mechanisms underlying the adaptive process in vulnerable populations, and whether heat acclimation is beneficial for all populations Marine heatwaves 23 articles | 285,000 views A comprehensive overview of current research on marine heatwaves from across the range of marine science disciplines, covering physical processes through ecological impacts Drought and water scarcity 19 articles | 76,000 views Highlighting critical gaps in our understanding of water scarcity and setting urgent priorities for research and action, providing an international platform for generating an integrated perspective on this complex and socially constructed environmental hazard Overheated animals 7 articles | 29,000 views Demonstrating that climate change […]

eBooks

19 Jul 2022

Frontiers ebook releases: July 2022

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including the special issues on achievements in earthquake forecasting, progress of molds and yeasts in fermented food production, solutions to complex ocean challenges from early career marine scientists, how the pandemic affected learning in formal and informal settings, new perspectives on chemo-radiation resistance in cancer therapy and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distrubute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Achievements and New Frontiers in Research Oriented to Earthquake ForecastingEdited by Giovanni Martinelli; Antonella Peresan; Ying LiPDFCancer Immunotherapies: From Efficacy to Resistance MechanismsEdited by Morten Hansen; Janin Chandra; Fernando Guimaraes; Nicolas Jacquelot; Yoshinobu Koguchi; Nathalie LABARRIERE; Ilaria Marigo; Lazar VujanovicPDFChemo-Radiation-Resistance in Cancer TherapyEdited by Zhe-Sheng Chen; Xiaoping Lin; Dexin KongPDFDementia in Low and Middle Income CountriesEdited by Christopher Butler; Agustin Ibanez; Mario Alfredo Parra; Huali Wang; Kit Yee Chan; Rufus Olusola Akinyemi; Tala Al-Rousan; Suvarna Alladi; Kirsten Bobrow; Stefania Ilinca; Elissaios Karageorgiou; Ophir Keret; Maira Okada de Oliveira; Geeske PeetersPDFEmerging Technology for Monitoring and Treatment in Critical CareEdited by Koichiro Shinozaki; Taka-aki Nakada; Chih-Hsien […]

Open science policy

08 Jul 2022

International Year of Basic Sciences takes center stage on sustainability in partnership with Frontiers

Hosted by UNESCO in Paris, the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD), welcomes leaders from the scientific community from around the world today to its inaugural opening ceremony.  Sponsored by the open access publisher Frontiers, the IYBSSD initiative welcomes leading figures from research institutions, governments, and international unions to discuss the role of basic sciences in addressing the challenges identified by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The IYBSSD initiative harbours considerable support from the global scientific community. It is regarded as a leading advocate for the universal adoption of open science as an enabler to achieving a sustainable future for people and planet. IYBSSD has the support of 50 international organizations and unions; an international advisory committee of 100 science academies, networks, and learned societies; and 30 Nobel Laureates and Fields Medallists. The initiative is also supported by today’s host, UNESCO. As Gold sponsor of the initiative, as well as a signatory to the United Nations Publishers Compact, Frontiers’ head of public affairs Stephan Kuster emphasized the publishers’ support for strengthening the link between policy, science, and the public. “Today’s opening ceremony marks an important moment. We cannot […]

Frontiers news

30 Jun 2022

Frontiers: Social Media and RSS

Follow Frontiers on social media Frontiers on Twitter@FrontiersInFrontiers on FacebookFrontiersInFrontiers on LinkedInFrontiersInFrontiers on Instagram@Frontiersin_Frontiers on VimeoFrontiersFrontiers on YouTubeFrontiers Frontiers journals: Twitter and RSS Follow us via RSS or Twitter to stay up-to-date on new research published in our journals. Click on a link to add it to your RSS reader or Twitter “following” list. AFrontiers in AgingRSS@FrontAgingFrontiers in Aging NeuroscienceRSS@FrontNeurosciFrontiers in AgronomyRSS@FrontAgroFrontiers in AllergyRSS@FrontAllergyFrontiers in Analytical ScienceRSS@FrontAnalytSciFrontiers in Animal ScienceRSS@FrontAnimalSciFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics RSS@FrontMathsStatsFrontiers in Artificial IntelligenceRSS@FrontAIBigDataFrontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesRSS@FrontAstroSpace BFrontiers in Behavioral NeuroscienceRSS@FrontNeurosciFrontiers in Big DataRSS@FrontAIBigDataFrontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyRSS@FrontBioengFrontiers in BioinformaticsRSS@FrontBioinfFrontiers in Biomaterials ScienceRSS@FrontBiomatSciFrontiers in BlockchainRSS@FrontBlockchainFrontiers in Built EnvironmentRSS@FrontBuiltEnv CFrontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineRSS@FrontCVMedicineFrontiers in CatalysisRSS@FrontCatalysisFrontiers in Cell and Developmental BiologyRSS@FrontCellDevBioFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology RSS@FrontCellInfectFrontiers in Cellular NeuroscienceRSS@FrontNeurosciFrontiers in Chemical EngineeringRSS@FrontChemEngFrontiers in ChemistryRSS@FrontChemistryFrontiers in ClimateRSS@FrontSustainFrontiers in Clinical Diabetes and HealthcareRSS@FrontClinDiabFrontiers in Conservation ScienceRSS@FrontConservSciFrontiers in Control EngineeringRSS@FrontControlEngFrontiers in CommunicationRSS@FrontCommFrontiers in Communications and NetworksRSS@FrontCommNetwFrontiers in Computational NeuroscienceRSS@FrontNeurosciFrontiers in Computer ScienceRSS@FrontComputSci DFrontiers in Dental Medicine RSS@FrontDentalMedFrontiers in Digital HealthRSS@FrontDigiHealthFrontiers in Drug DeliveryRSS@FrontDrugDDSFrontiers in Drug DiscoveryRSS@FrontDrugDDSFrontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation RSS@FrontDrugDDS EFrontiers in Earth Science RSS@FrontEarthSciFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution RSS@FrontEcolEvolFrontiers in EducationRSS@FrontEducationFrontiers in ElectronicsRSS@FrontElecFrontiers in Electronic MaterialsRSS@FrontElecMatsFrontiers in EndocrinologyRSS@FrontEndocrinolFrontiers in Energy ResearchRSS@FrontEnergyResFrontiers in Environmental ScienceRSS@FrontEnvSciFrontiers […]

Health

16 Jun 2022

Pride Month 2022: Article collections on health and wellbeing in the LGBTQIA+ community

Pride month 2022’s theme is celebrating 50 years of Pride with a focus on acknowledging the many positive achievements of the LGBT+ movement. We are proud to showcase the top closed and open article collections on improving the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ individuals. Researchers explored topics spanning from transgender pain and queer aging to HIV prevention and sexual health in non-binary adolescents.

eBooks

16 Jun 2022

Frontiers ebook releases: June 2022

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including special issues on new alternatives to combat bacterial infections, challenges and solutions to LGBT+ inclusion in schools, the response of seagrass to environmental changes, understanding the roles of glia and circulating leukocytes in neurodegenerative diseases, the effects of achievement emotions on classic cognitive processes of learning and many more! All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute.

Frontiers news

16 Jun 2022

In Memoriam Salvatore “Totò” Salomone

On behalf of the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Pharmacology, the University of Catania and his family, it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of speciality chief editor (Experimental Pharmacology and Drug Discovery), Salvatore “Totò” Salomone.  Salvatore died 15 May 2022, after an extreme fight against the devastating consequences of a cerebral haemorrhage which occurred from the rupture of an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery about a month ago. Totò was a noble person, with rare gifts of balance and generosity in both his work and his family. He was the perfect friend, always available. He was ready to fill gaps and heal fractures in relationships between people and, in particular, between colleagues and collaborators.  Graduating in Medicine and Surgery and specializing in Internal Medicine in Catania, he obtained a PhD at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. He carried out a long period of research at the Stroke and Neurovascular Regulation Laboratory of the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston (USA) where he worked as Assistant in Pharmacology. In 1997 he beat the competition as a researcher of Pharmacology and then, in 2007, he became an Associate Professor. On 4 January 2016 […]

Featured news

18 May 2022

Method used to track ants underground could revolutionize how we measure snow depth from space

By Simona Pesce, Frontiers writer Photo of snow taken by crew of the International Space Station. Image: NASA With the help of some ants, NASA scientists have developed an innovative concept to measure exactly how deep the snow layer is covering sea ice and mountains using a lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument in space. The findings, published in Frontiers in Remote Sensing, reveal this new method will have several applications and provide more accurate measurements on the evolution of snowpack as a result of the climate crisis and better monitoring of water resources globally. Ants may be the unlikely heroes when it comes to better understanding the health of our planet in the midst of a climate crisis. In a paper published to Frontiers in Remote Sensing, a team of scientists, including those from NASA, have found a way to estimate the depth of snow from orbit using ants deep underground. One member of the team is Yongxiang Hu from NASA’s Langley Research Center who drew inspiration from physics and biology to create a unique snow depth model. A previously developed model found that the average time an ant walks around inside the colony before coming back is roughly […]

Robotics and AI

17 May 2022

Frontiers in Virtual Reality Seminar Series 2: striving for social harmony in XR

Image: Shutterstock.com Online Seminar Series 25th May – 22nd June 2022 This seminar series is presented by field chief editor of the Frontiers in Virtual Reality journal, Prof Mel Slater and members of the GuestXR European Project.  By now we are likely to have come across horror stories from ‘the metaverse‘ about how easy it is to encounter abuse, racism, misogyny, and have an overall unpleasant experience. On the other hand, social virtual environments have been studied for many years and there is evidence about how people behave in virtual meetings. GuestXR is carrying out research towards how to make immersive virtual meetings realize the goals of the participants. Normally virtual meetings have a purpose, even if that is entertainment, and GuestXR has the ambitious aim of intervening in such meetings to make them fit for their purpose. In this seminar series, partners from the GuestXR project will speak about their early work on these issues, covering a review of virtual meetings (‘collaborative virtual environments’), the utility of agent based models for social modeling, what we can learn from the neuroscience of interpersonal interaction, the role of deep learning for virtual humans, and reflections on the ethical aspects. Scheduled seminars TitleSpeakerDateTimeRegisterThe Affordances and Problems of Meeting in Virtual RealityMel […]