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17 Jul 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with the University of Regensburg

We are delighted to inform you that the University of Regensburg holds a central invoicing agreement with Frontiers. Under the terms of this agreement, eligible articles by the University of Regensburg authors will benefit from a discount on article processing charges (APCs) for articles. The University of Regensburg will within its financial means cover parts of the APCs for articles by corresponding authors affiliated with the University in any of the Frontiers journals, provided that the requirements are met. For further information, eligibility requirements, the current status of the financial resources of the publication fund and whether you qualify for funding please visit Open Access Publishing at the University of Regensburg or contact Dr. Gernot Deinzer on oa@ur.de before submission. To find out more about the University’s Open Access policy click here.

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16 Jul 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with Max Planck Society

We are delighted to inform you that Max Planck Society holds a Central Invoicing agreement with Frontiers. Max Planck Society will be covering Article Publishing Fees, for corresponding authors affiliated to MPS, in any of the Frontiers journals. For further information, requirements and whether you qualify for funding please contact lic.contact@mpdl.mpg.deTo find out more about the Max Planck Society´s OA policy click here.

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10 Jul 2014

Frontiers and University College London continue open-access agreement

Frontiers is pleased to announce the continuation of its open-access publishing agreement with University College London (UCL). Swiss open-access publisher and research network, Frontiers is pleased to announce the continuation of its open-access publishing agreement with University College London (UCL). Since September last year, almost 100 authors affiliated with UCL have benefited from this publishing agreement, which enables researchers to publish their work in the “Frontiers in” journal series, with UCL covering the article publishing fees. “Results from publicly funded research should be accessible to everyone. That is why UCL is pleased to team up with Frontiers and other high-quality open-access publishers to enable our scientists to make their research freely available. Our renewed agreement is a great step forward, especially as 2014 is the Year of Open Access in the UK,” says Paul Ayris, Director of Library Services, UCL. “We are delighted to collaborate with UCL to enable their world-class researchers to publish in the open-access “Frontiers in” journals’,” says Kamila Markram, Founder and CEO of Frontiers. “With Frontiers’ unique publishing model, authors can boost the reach and impact of their research by making it widely accessible.” UCL joins a growing number of institutions that support authors to publish with […]

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09 Jul 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with Göttingen University

We are delighted to inform you that Göttingen University holds a central invoicing agreement with Frontiers. Göttingen University (partially) covers Article Publishing Charges (APCs), for corresponding authors affiliated with the University, for articles in any of the Frontiers journals via an Open Access Publication Fund. Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) is the administrator of this Fund. For further details and whether you qualify for support from the Fund, please visit the Library’s webpages on Open Access and the Open Access Publication Fund (Publikationsfonds) or contact Ms Sabine Witt witt@sub.uni-goettingen.de. To find out more about the University’s Open Access policy clear here. Update: From 2020, the Publication Fund of the University of Göttingen may finance APCs for publishing in Frontiers journals only partially. Corresponding authors affiliated with the University of Göttingen (including Medical Center) are adviced to inform themselves about the conditions in advance.

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08 Jul 2014

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with University College London

We are delighted to inform you that University College London is in a pre-payment agreement with Frontiers UCL is able to cover open access fees for authors publishing in Frontiers journals, provided that certain eligibility criteria are met. Eligible papers include: Research articles and uninvited review articles acknowledging UCL-held UKRI (UK Research Councils) or Wellcome Trust funding. Unfunded original research articles and uninvited review articles with a UCL-affiliated corresponding author. The corresponding author must be a full member of staff or research student at UCL. Information for authors: To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘University College London’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the UCL Open Access Team, and if confirmed to be eligible according to the eligibility criteria, the APC will be paid by UCL upon acceptance. Please visit Open Access at UCL for more information, and contact UCL’s Open Access Team for further details and to ensure that your article is eligible to use the prepayment account. For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your organisation.

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07 Jul 2014

Frontiers editors among the world’s most influential scientists

26 Frontiers editors are featured in a Thomson Reuters report of the world’s most highly-cited and influential authors. Thomson Reuters recently launched Highly Cited Researchers, a list of over 3,000 influential researchers who have published the greatest number of highly cited papers in 21 scientific fields between 2002-2012. Congratulations to the following Frontiers editors who are featured in the list! Carlos M. Duarte, The University of Western Australia, Australia Field Chief Editor, Frontiers in Marine Science Speciality Chief Editor, Global Change and the Future Ocean Ulrich M Zanger, Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Germany Specialty Chief Editor, Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Cameron S Carter, University of California, Davis, USA Associate Editor, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Matteo Cesari, Paul Sabatier University, France Associate Editor, Geriatric Medicine Carlo Maria Croce, The Ohio State University – Columbus, USA Associate Editor, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Review Editor, Non-Coding RNA John F Cryan, University College Cork, Ireland Associate Editor, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience; Gastrointestinal Pharmacology; Neuropharmacology Review Editor, Inflammation Pharmacology; Molecular Psychiatry Omar K Farha, Northwestern University, USA Associate Editor, Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization Fred H Gage, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA Associate Editor, Neurogenesis Review Editor, Neurogenomics Angelo A Izzo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Associate Editor, Gastrointestinal Pharmacology Angela R Laird, Florida International University, USA Associate Editor, Brain Imaging Methods Lewis […]

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03 Jul 2014

Top Frontiers eBooks

We have just published our 250th eBook! To celebrate, here are the most popular eBooks from 2014 so far. All are free to download – happy reading! The Cell and Molecular Biology of Neurodegenerative diseases Frontiers in Neurology Edited by: Thomas M. Durcan and Heather L. Montie Microbial enzymes that oxidize hydrocarbons Frontiers in Microbiology Edited by: Rachel N. Austin and Amy V. Callaghan Decision-making in invertebrates Frontiers in Neuroscience Edited by: Björn Brembs Astrocytic-neuronal-astrocytic Pathway Selection for Formation and Degradation of Glutamate/GABA Frontiers in Endocrinology Edited by: Leif Hertz and Tiago B. Rodrigues Cellular Iron homeostasis and metabolism in plant Frontiers in Plant Science Edited by: Gianpiero Vigani, Khurram Bashir, Katrin Philippar, Jean-François Briat, Graziano Zocchi Application of Proteomics for Improvement in Crop Protection/Artificial Regulation Frontiers in Plant Science Edited by: Setsuko Komatsu, Hans-Peter Mock, Pingfang Yang, Birte Svensson Phloem: the integrative avenue for resource distribution; signalling and defence Frontiers in Plant Science Edited by: Aart J. E. van Bel, John W. Patrick, Gary A. Thompson, Jurriaan Ton, Biao Ding, Ykä Helariutta and Sylvie Dinant Thymus-derived; peripherally-derived and in vitro-induced T regulatory cells Frontiers in Immunology Edited by: Eyad Elkord Resolution of inflammation: leukocytes and molecular pathways as potential therapeutic targets Frontiers in Immunology Edited by: Janos G. Filep Mechanisms of Sterile Inflammation Frontiers in Immunology Edited by: Anna […]

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30 Jun 2014

Frontiers shortlisted for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2014

We are delighted to be shortlisted for the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Award for Innovation in Publishing Frontiers — a community-driven open-access publisher and research networking platform — has been chosen as a finalist for the ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing. The ALPSP Award recognizes the best innovators in the scholarly publishing industry. Kamila Markram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers, has been invited to give a presentation at the ALPSP International Conference on September 10, 2014. Established by scientists in 2007, Frontiers is at the forefront of building the ultimate Open Science platform. We drive innovations and new technologies around peer review, article and author impact metrics, research networking for researchers, and a whole ecosystem of open-science tools. Read more: ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing 2014 – finalists announced

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23 Jun 2014

‘I owe my business to my frustration as a scientist’ – Kamila Markram to speak at ESOF 2014

Kamila Markram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers, will be speaking at the 2014 Euroscience Open Forum on June 23 From a tool to share figures in a citable way, to a system that tracks and reports on academics’ grants and publications, an increasing number of start-up companies are ‘spinning out’ of academic institutions worldwide. Many recent examples are not from traditional tech-transfer offices. They are researchers frustrated by not having the effective tools necessary to do their work, so they are building their own. As part of an ESOF 2014 panel session on this growing trend, Kamila Markram, a neuroscientist and autism researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), will talk about her experience of co-founding and leading Frontiers. Established out of a collective frustration and desire to empower researchers to change the way science is created, evaluated and communicated, Frontiers offers open-access publishing and innovative open science tools. Session details I owe my business to my frustration as a scientist Time: 15:00 – 16:15 (CEST) , June 23, 2014 Twitter hashtag: #ESOFmyscibus Nature has published a three-part series in the run up to the session and you can read an interview with the speakers, including Kamila, here: http://bit.ly/Tnnksh The Euroscience Open Forum […]

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10 Jun 2014

Frontiers author Marcus Raichle awarded the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience

Marcus E. Raichle, a Frontiers author, is one of three scientists awarded the prestigious Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. Marcus E. Raichle, a professor of radiology at the Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, shares the $1 million Kavli Prize in Neuroscience with Brenda Milner of the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University, and John O’Keefe of University College London. They receive the prize “for the discovery of specialized brain networks for memory and cognition”. Raichle has made outstanding contributions to the study of human brain function through the development and use of positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). His landmark study (Nature, 1988) described the first integrated strategy for the design, execution and interpretation of functional brain images. His work has enabled researchers to study the living human brain and record its function in health and disease. In addition, he and his research team have analyzed chemical receptors in the brain, investigated the physiology of major depression and anxiety, and evaluated patients at risk for stroke. He has also played a pivotal role in the development of the “default mode network” to describe resting state brain function, a concept that has become a central theme in neuroscience. Follow the research […]

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28 May 2014

Frontiers celebrates landmark 20,000 published articles

Frontiers has reached the publication milestone of 20,000 high-quality, peer-reviewed articles across its growing “Frontiers in” journal series. Frontiers has reached the publication milestone of 20,000 high-quality, peer-reviewed articles across its growing “Frontiers in” journal series, confirming its position among the five leading open-access publishers worldwide. This great achievement was made possible by the unified effort of Frontiers’ growing community of 45,000 editors and 100,000 authors from 140 countries. Frontiers published its 5,000th article in March 2012, its 10,000th article in February 2013, and its 20,000th in May 2014 and is predicted to reach 30,000 publications towards the end of the year. Now a high-volume, high-quality player, Frontiers continues to be one of the fastest growing scholarly publishers. “Scientists are ready for a change in scholarly publishing and the strong growth of the Frontiers journals, all run by active academics, indicates support for a community-driven approach, where researchers work together to accelerate scientific and medical progress,” says Kamila Markram, a neuroscientist and autism researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne and Co-Founder & CEO of Frontiers. The “Frontiers in” journal series currently publishes 46 community-run journals in 29 academic fields in science, medicine and engineering. From 2013 to early 2014, 16 new journals were launched, including Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Frontiers in Physics, which are rapidly gaining the support of the research community […]

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12 May 2014

Frontiers editors & authors elected as NAS Fellows

Congratulations to the 6 Frontiers editors and authors elected as National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates! We are pleased to announce that six Frontiers editors and authors have been elected as National Academy of Science members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Larry Abbott William Bloor Professor of Theoretical Neuroscience, Columbia University Assistant Field Chief Editor, Frontiers in Neuroscience Julian Davies Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia Associate Editor, Frontiers in Microbiology Jeff Lichtman Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University Review Editor & Author, Frontiers in Neuroscience Helen J Neville Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon Author, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Emery N Brown Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anaesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital Author, Frontiers in Neuroscience Robert B Darnell Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Heilbrunn Cancer Professor and senior physician, Rockefeller University Author, Frontiers in Neural Circuits Visit the NAS website to read the full news announcement.

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12 May 2014

Winners of the Frontiers Prize Draw at Experimental Biology 2014!

Announcement of the the winners of the Frontiers Prize Draw at the Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego, April 2014! The winners of the draw have each won a waiver for submitting their next research article to any Frontiers journal, free of charge! Aldrin Gomes, University of California, USA Manish Saraf, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA Kevin Vincent, University of California, USA Thank you all for stopping by our booth at Experimental Biology and congratulations to our winners!

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06 May 2014

Frontiers Editor Timothy Eglinton elected as Royal Society Fellow

Congratulations to Frontiers Chief Editor Timothy Eglinton who is elected as a Royal Society Fellow We are delighted to announce that Professor Timothy Eglinton, a Chief Editor of Frontiers in Earth Science and Chair in Biogeoscience, Geological Institute of the Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, has been elected as a Royal Society Fellow. Prof. Eglinton joined Frontiers last year to lead the speciality section, Biogioscience, within the newly launched open-access journal, Frontiers in Earth Science. One of the most highly regarded honors awarded to the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth, Royal Society Fellows are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science. Prof. Eglinton has revolutionized studies of Earth’s carbon cycle. By developing an entirely new means of tracing the pathways of organic carbon in surface environments, ranging from eroding landforms to rivers, floodplains, the oceanic water column, microbial communities and marine sediments, he has replaced countless estimates and assumptions with accurately known transport times and carbon budgets. His findings have illuminated and reconciled formerly discrepant paleoclimatic records, revealed new forms of microbial life, demonstrated that microorganisms can attack and remobilise billion-year-old organic material, and traced the pathways of petroleum-derived carbon in surface […]

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30 Apr 2014

Frontiers 2013 Progress Report

Frontiers 2013 Progress Report Frontiers is pleased to announce the release of the Frontiers 2013 Progress Report, showcasing an incredible year of community-driven growth. The Frontiers Progress Report, published today, details the major milestones and achievements reached in 2013, including a number of “Frontiers in” journals that have become among the largest and most highly cited in their fields. Frontiers in Psychology, launched in 2010, is now the world’s largest psychology journal and Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers in Plant Science and Frontiers in Microbiology are all the largest open-access journals in their respective fields. Altogether, the “Frontiers in” journals published over 7,300 articles last year and place Frontiers among the top 5 leading open-access publishers worldwide. Other notable highlights from 2013 include: A nearly 50% growth in the number of published articles from 2012, up to 7,389 high-quality, peer reviewed articles in 2013 45 community-driven, open-access journals that publish across 28 scientific, medical and engineering fields, and cover 300 specialty subjects 16 new scientific, medical and engineering Field Journals launched in 2013, with many more planned for 2014 Over 40,000 high profile editors from 140 countries serve on the editorial boards Frontiers Journal Impact Factors maintained a strong performance and two new […]