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25 Jun 2018

‘An affair of the heart’: Dagmar Haase on the motivation behind new Land Use Dynamics section

Professor Dagmar Haase capitalizes on the Frontiers open-access platform to address issues of sustainability and resilience in land-use management. — by Louisa Wood Urbanization, biodiversity declines, exploitation and socio-economic segregation of resources, climate change: human-induced pressures on land systems are unprecedented, with changes in the way land is used having far-reaching global consequences. To address these challenges and drive solutions for a more sustainable and resilient future, Frontiers in Environmental Science has launched Land Use Dynamics — a centralized hub of interdisciplinary, solution-orientated research in land system science.  Led by Professor Dagmar Haase of Humboldt University Berlin, and supported by an outstanding team of Associate Editors, this new section publishes innovative insights into land-use variation and the temporal dynamics of land-use change, as well as the driving forces behind land dynamics and their socio-ecological feedbacks. “Land use and land-use change issues are very much at the forefront of earth, environmental, and social sciences. However, despite great efforts to hinder urban sprawl and in saving or protecting land and soil, there is still a disparity between the messages that the scientific community and policymakers wish to convey and the reality we detect via satellite observations,” says Prof Haase. “Accounting for sustainability and resilience […]

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07 Jun 2018

Bangor University reactivates publishing agreement with Frontiers as part of JISC UK National Open Access Agreement

We are delighted to inform you that Bangor University has re-established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. (Updated 1 June 2022) Bangor University (Prifysgol Bangor) supports open access publishing by covering Article Process Charges (APCs) for eligible corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. To be eligible, your manuscript must meet the following requirements: Be the result of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded or UKRI partially funded research, including PhD Study (Included funding from AHRC, BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC) Be the result of a project which has reached its end date, or a live grant which does not provide funds to cover publication costs. Include a statement acknowledging the funding that supported the research and, if applicable, a statement on how the underlying research materials, such as data, samples or models, may be accessed. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Bangor University’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the Bangor University Library, and if confirmed to be eligible, the APC will be paid by the Library upon acceptance. For information on […]

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22 May 2018

Frontiers and the Netherlands Institute of Ecology form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that the Netherlands Institute of Ecology has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (Nederlands Instituut voor Ecologie, NIOO-KNAW), associated with the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, supports open access publishing by covering article-processing charges (APCs) for affiliated corresponding authors, publishing in any Frontiers journal. As part of this support, eligible authors from the NIOO-KNAW can publish open access articles in any Frontiers journal at no charge to the author. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the Netherlands Institute of Ecology Library, and if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the Library upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible, or if you require any further details, please email the open access team at library@nioo.knaw.nl For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your library.

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18 May 2018

Frontiers and the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences form open access publishing agreement

Under the terms of the Austria Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschule St. Pölten/FH St. Pölten) will cover Article Publishing Fees for eligible authors in any of the Frontiers journals. Eligible authors are corresponding authors of a given article who meet the funding criteria of the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences. Those submitting an FWF-funded article can select the university as the institutional payer. Please be sure to include all funding information in the ‘Statements’ section. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences’ Library, and if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the Library upon acceptance. If you have any questions, or want to check if your article is eligible, please contact FH St. Pölten’s Library at bibliothek@fhstp.ac.at.   For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your library.

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11 May 2018

Frontiers and the University of Stirling form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that the University of Stirling has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. The University of Stirling has an APC fund to support open access publishing via the gold route.  They will cover article-processing charges (APCs) for affiliated corresponding authors publishing in any Frontiers journal. Eligible authors should fill out the APC fund application form here. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘University of Stirling’ as the institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the University of Stirling Library, and if confirmed, the APC will be paid by the Library upon acceptance. For information on whether your article is eligible, or if you require any further details, please visit the webpage on the University’s Open Access policy or email the repository librarian at openaccess@stir.ac.uk.   For information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional membership page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your library.