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29 Jan 2015

Frontiers launches Loop

Frontiers is pleased to announce the release of Loop, a social network for academics. Loop’s architecture is inspired by the principles of open science and as such is the only network that integrates into third-party websites. For the first time, scientists and academics are discoverable via their published content and across all participating publishers and organizations. Kamila Markram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers says “Our mission has always been to spotlight the people behind the research in the most open and effective way possible to increase their work’s impact, and with Loop we are offering this opportunity. We are excited to announce that our first partner is Nature Publishing Group, with whom we share these same principles”. The platform offers a rich set of features. Detailed impact metrics, monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, are available on each researcher’s profile. Machine-learning algorithms ensure that relevant research is highlighted to members based on their interests and publication history, thus disseminating articles to the people that matter and increasing the impact of those articles and their authors. Steven Inchcoombe, CEO, Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan: “We were looking for a solution for author profiles, but with Loop we […]

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21 Jan 2015

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with the University of Bristol

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Bristol holds a Central Invoicing agreement with Frontiers. For corresponding authors affiliated with the University, if you are funded by one of the UK Research Councils (UKRI) or the Charities Open Access Fund (COAF) then your article processing charge may be covered by the University of Bristol. For further information, requirements and whether you qualify for funding,  please visit Open Access at the University of Bristol or contact the library at open-access@bristol.ac.uk

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16 Jan 2015

Frontiers in ICT: Computer Image Analysis open for submission

Computer Image Analysis is a new specialty section in the community-run open-access journal Frontiers in ICT. This section is led by Specialty Chief Editors Drs Christian Barillot and Patrick Bouthemy. The challenge of Computer Image Analysis is to handle overflowing sets of images that convey imperfect, partial or noisy information, while aiming at recognition, decision or prediction. To achieve these goals, image analysis must ensure quality and performance capable of producing robust and accurate perception of physical or human processes. We publish research addressing the scientific and engineering challenges of Image Processing, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Image Perception and their related application fields, with a specific attention to emerging interdisciplinary areas. Our specialty welcomes papers both in basic research and applications related to environmental sciences, life sciences, multimedia, video surveillance and biometrics. Frontiers in ICT offers: –      Interactive and collaborative review to ensure quality, rigor, and fairness –      Open access for maximum visibility and discoverability –      Advanced article-level analytics and demographics to track reach and impact, –      Fast publication –      Editors and reviewers disclosed on all published articles for maximum transparency –      Commenting systems enabled on all articles to boost post-publication feedback The editorial board of Computer Image Analysis is composed of the following Associate Editors: –      Marleen De Bruijne, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands –      Rita Cucchiara, […]

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17 Dec 2014

Frontiers Launches its First Open Access Journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences

Frontiers is pleased to announce the launch of a series of interdisciplinary open access journals across the whole spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. The first journal, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, is now open for submissions. The first journal to launch, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, will publish a range of article types across all research areas where computer science and the humanities intersect. All Digital Humanities specialties will be on a single open science platform. Further titles in the series include Frontiers in Economics and Frontiers in Management. In the last year Frontiers has launched 20 new open access journals across science, medicine and engineering. With 50 open access titles and 26,000 peer reviewed articles published, Frontiers is the fourth leading open access academic publisher worldwide.  Today marks a new frontier: the first community-driven open access journal in the humanities and social sciences. “Through new journals in the humanities and social sciences, Frontiers bring its successful and innovative publishing model to these rapidly evolving fields,” says Fred Fenter, Executive Editor at Frontiers. “Our aim is to drive scholarly publishing with innovative web tools for open science across all of academia.” The first to launch, Frontiers in Digital Humanities, will publish a range of article types across […]

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11 Dec 2014

New Specialty sections in Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Frontiers is pleased to announce that new Specialty sections are open for submissions in the open-access journal Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Frontiers in Veterinary Science is an international, online-only, open-access journal that publishes articles across the broad spectrum of veterinary sciences. The journal bridges animal and human health, brings a comparative approach to medical and surgical challenges, and advances innovative biotechnology and therapy. All relevant specialties within veterinary science are brought together on a single open-science platform and led by dedicated teams of international researchers. The current list of Specialty sections open for submissions within Frontiers in Veterinary Science is: •    Animal Behavior and Welfare (Specialty Chief Editor: Jeremy Marchant-Forde) •    Animal Nutrition and Metabolism (Specialty Chief Editor: Toshiro Arai) •    Livestock Genomics (Specialty Chief Editors: Steve Bishop and Guilherme J. M. Rosa) •    One Health (Specialty Chief Editor: Ali Mobasheri) •    Parasitology (Specialty Chief Editor: Hany M. Elsheikha) •    Veterinary Dentistry and Oromaxillofacial Surgery (Specialty Chief Editor: Frank J.M.   Verstraete) •    Veterinary Infectious Diseases (Specialty Chief Editor: Michael Kogut) •    Veterinary Pathology (Specialty Chief Editor: Dorothee Bienzle) “Frontiers in Veterinary Science provides a truly innovative and collaborative platform to enable global access to high-quality, relevant research and facilitates interdisciplinary […]

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05 Dec 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum

We are delighted to inform you that Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum holds a Central Invoicing agreement with Frontiers Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum will in most cases be covering Article Publishing Fees  for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any of the Frontiers journals. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Ruhr – University Bochum’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with Ruhr University Bochum, and if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the Ruhr University Bochum library upon acceptance. For further information, requirements and whether you qualify for funding, please visit Open Access at Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum or contact oa@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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04 Dec 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with the University of Zurich

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Zurich is in a publishing agreement with Frontiers The University of Zurich covers 25% of Article Publishing Fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. A 2.5% membership discount will be applied to the net price which would otherwise be payable for publication, after deduction of any other discounts that may apply. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘University of Zurich’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the University of Zurich Library, and if confirmed, 25% of the APC will be paid by the Library upon acceptance. You will receive an invoice from Frontiers for the remaining 75%. To access the University of Zurich OA guide, and for information on whether you qualify for funding, please visit the Main Library – Open Access or email oai@hbz.uzh.ch

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03 Dec 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with the University of Konstanz

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Konstanz is in a pre-payment agreement with Frontiers The University of Konstanz covers Article Publishing Fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal.  A 5% pre-payment discount will be applied to the net price which would otherwise be payable for publication, after deduction of any other discounts that may apply. To access the University of Konstanz OA guide, and for information on whether you qualify for funding, please visit  Open Access at the University of Konstanz or contact Anja Oberländer at Anja.Oberlaender@uni-konstanz.de

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28 Nov 2014

Frontiers offers new Impact Metrics and access to Altmetric data

Lausanne, Switzerland, November 28, 2014 – Frontiers, a community-rooted open-access publisher, announces the release of an expanded suite of Impact Metrics and fully integrated Altmetric data. Authors and readers can track and analyze online activity around Frontiers articles, including news, references in policy documents, social media, bookmarking, post-publication peer review and forums.  This activity is displayed via the ‘View Article Impact’ tab and readers and authors can click through to view and explore all of the original posts and shares for themselves. “Altmetric is a pioneer of tracking online conversations around articles. The full integration of Altmetric data into our suite of impact metrics is a fantastic addition, because it enables our authors to follow the broader online impact of their articles and track conversations they may not otherwise have been aware of,” says Kamila Markram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers, who is also an active researcher. “Frontiers have championed the inclusion of article-level metric data for many years, and the inclusion of Altmetric visualizations and associated mentions across their research articles will offer their users further concrete evidence of where their work is being reported in global news outlets, and having an influence on public policy,” emphasizes Altmetric founder Euan Adie. Frontiers […]

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15 Nov 2014

Frontiers has a new Logo!

Here is a snapshot of the evolution of our logo! The Origins Our logo and tag line were created to represent our mission: to build an open science platform that empowers researchers and where researchers have equal opportunity to seek, share and generate knowledge. The initial logo contained a pyramid concept with four layers each one representative of a different stage in Frontiers’ unique Tiering feature. Snapshot of the tiering The logo contained a pyramid concept with four layers each one representative of a different stage in Frontiers’ unique Tiering feature. Tiering is a crowdsourced mechanism we use to distil research.  Following the publication of an article, impact metric data is collected, evaluated and used as a basis to invite selected the authors to write “Focused Review”. Through this process the research climbs the tiers in increasingly accessible format reaching a broader public and becoming more socially relevant with each step. Establishing the brand As Frontiers established itself and opened field journals covering more and more subject fields we decided, in 2009, to modify the logo into a more customized version. The Pyramid moved to the left and we used a softer grey for the font color. Simplicity This was […]

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03 Nov 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with the University of Bremen

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Bremen holds a Central Invoicing agreement with Frontiers. The University of Bremen will be covering Article Publishing Fees, for corresponding authors affiliated with the University, in any of the Frontiers journals. For further information, requirements and whether you qualify for funding, please visit Open Access in Bremen or contact Benjamin Ahlborn at ahlborn@suub.uni-bremen.de To find out more about the University’s OA policy, click here.

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03 Nov 2014

Glass Science open for submissions

Today marks the launch of Glass Science, a new specialty section in the community-run open-access journal Frontiers in Materials. The new section Glass Science is led by Specialty Chief Editor Dr John Mauro, Corning Inc, US. Glass Science provides a high-visibility, interactive forum for the publication and discussion of the latest, most important advances in fundamental and applied glass science, including glass physics, chemistry and engineering technology as well as innovative new applications for glassy materials. Its mission is to accelerate the ongoing evolution of glass science from a purely empirical science to one built upon a rigorous, interdisciplinary approach, with the ultimate goal of achieving atomic-level understanding and design of novel glassy materials. Part of the “Frontiers in” journal series, Frontiers in Materials offers: – Interactive and collaborative review to ensure quality, rigor, and fairness – World-class editorial boards for all specialty sections – Open Access for maximum visibility and discoverability – Advanced article-level analytics and demographics to track reach and impact, including social media buzz – Fast publication, with an average of 84 days from submission to publication – Editors and reviewers disclosed on all published articles for maximum transparency – Commenting systems enabled on all articles to boost post-publication feedback The editorial board of the specialty Glass Science is composed of […]

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22 Oct 2014

Frontiers Launches Frontiers in ICT

Frontiers – a community driven open-access publisher and research networking platform – is pleased to launch Frontiers in ICT. It is now open for submissions. Frontiers in ICT is an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed open-access journal that brings all specialisms across information and communications technologies together on a single platform. From big data to digital health and quantum computing to digital education, each relevant specialty will be led by dedicated team of international researchers. Nick Duffield, Specialty Chief Editor of the section Big Data and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, US, says: “The Big Data field is exciting because advances in computational platforms and the emergence of data sources across new domains provide fresh motivation and opportunities for research in data science and systems.” “Research in Big Data will increasingly involve multiple disciplines and integrate both methods and applications. This presents a challenge for any journal, of how to draw from a sufficiently wide base of reviewers to fairly evaluate submissions. Frontiers in ICT provides an attractive solution by establishing a social network of reviewers whose collective expertise covers many technical areas.” Like the other titles in the “Frontiers in” journal series, manuscripts will […]