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13 Mar 2018

Frontiers and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna form open access publishing agreement

Under the terms of the “Austrian Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement”, the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni) has formed an institutional agreement with Frontiers. The Vetmeduni supports its researchers in making their research free and openly available. As part of this support, the agreement with Frontiers will enable Vetmeduni authors to publish open access at reduced costs. Eligible Vetmeduni authors who meet the institutional funding criteria benefit from a 10% membership discount in any Frontiers journal. Furthermore the invoicing process will be centrally administered by the Vetmeduni Open Access Team. If you are an eligible Vetmeduni author, please select “University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna” in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the Vetmeduni Open Access Team. If confirmed, Frontiers will apply the discount on the article processing charges (APCs). Upon receipt, the Vetmeduni Open Access Team will forward the invoice to the corresponding author to arrange the payment by the respective department or clinic. For more information on this agreement and on whether your Frontiers article can receive funding support by the Vetmeduni Open Access Publication Fund please contact open.access@vetmeduni.ac.at . For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements […]

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08 Mar 2018

Thank you to the amazing women of Frontiers!

  The 211 dedicated, creative, hard-working, innovative, passionate women at Frontiers are making high-quality science openly available to the world. Global gender parity may be over 200 years away1 — but Frontiers was there from the start. Today 57% of our workforce is female. These dedicated professionals work across all functions, from IT and database solutions to journal development to review operations and production. On top of this, 55% of our senior managers are women, including our co-founder and CEO Kamila Markram. Within the Frontiers academic community, women represent 38% of authors, 26% of editors and 22% of reviewers. This is among the highest for the publishing sector, but more needs to be done. This is why we’ve implemented targeted strategies to inspire young scientists and encourage more leading female academics to take on editorial roles in Frontiers. As women today, we stand on the shoulders of pioneering women. It’s very important that young girls and young business women see successful women in leadership positions. Kamila Markram We’re proud of all our staff, authors, editors and reviewers — but especially hope that the amazing women in our community inspire young girls around the world to follow their dreams and believe that […]

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28 Feb 2018

Frontiers and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that Frontiers and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria have formed an open access publishing agreement. Under the terms of the Austria Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement, the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (FH Oberösterreich / FH OÖ) will cover article processing charges 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 FH OÖ. 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. If you have any questions, or to check if your article is eligible, please contact Michaela Fehringer at Michaela.fehringer@fh-linz.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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14 Feb 2018

Frontiers and Stockholm University form open access publishing agreement

We are delighted to announce that Stockholm University has established an institutional agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. Stockholm University 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 Stockholm University are able to publish open access articles in any Frontiers journal at no charge to the author. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, please select ‘Stockholm University’ as institutional payer in the invoice section when submitting your article. Frontiers will then verify your eligibility with the Stockholm University 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 Stockholm University Library’s webpage on open access or email the open access team at openaccess@su.se.