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05 Jul 2016

Most viewed Immunology articles in June 2016

Aerobic Exercise Reduces Asthma Phenotype by Modulation of the Leukotriene Pathway Ricardo Wesley Alberca-Custódio, Flávia Regina Greiffo, BreAnne MacKenzie, Manoel Carneiro Oliveira-Junior, Adilson Santos Andrade-Sousa, Gustavo Silveira Graudenz, Angela Batista Gomes Santos, Nilsa Regina Damaceno-Rodrigues, Hugo Caire Castro-Faria-Neto, Fernanda Magalhaes Arantes-Costa, Milton De Arruda Martins, Asghar Abbasi, Chin Jia Lin, Marco Idzko, Ana Paula Ligeiro Oliveira, Hinnak Northoff and Rodolfo Paula Vieira* Genetic Diagnosis Using Whole Exome Sequencing in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Patrick Maffucci, Charles A. Filion, Bertrand Boisson, Yuval Itan, Lei Shang, Jean-Laurent Casanova and Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles* Deficient Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Patients Undergoing Bone Marrow Transplantation Jared W. Glenn, Mark J. Cody, Meghann P. McManus, Michael A. Pulsipher, Joshua D. Schiffman and Christian Con Yost* Peptidylarginine Deiminase Inhibitor Suppresses Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation and MPO-ANCA Production Yoshihiro Kusunoki, Daigo Nakazawa, Haruki Shida, Fumihiko Hattanda, Arina Miyoshi, Sakiko Masuda, Saori Nishio, Utano Tomaru, Tatsuya Atsumi and Akihiro Ishizu* Complement Component C1q Programs a Pro-Efferocytic Phenotype while Limiting TNFα Production in Primary Mouse and Human Macrophages Holly J. Hulsebus, Sean D. O’Conner, Emily M. Smith, Chunfa Jie, and Suzanne S. Bohlson* Differential Expression of Immune Checkpoint Modulators on In Vitro Primed CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells Nina C. Sabins*, Benjamin C. Harman, Linda R. […]

Frontiers news

05 Jul 2016

Frontiers in Immunology: New Field Chief Editor takes the Helm

Frontiers announces the appointment of Professor Luigi Notarangelo, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, as the new Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Immunology, effective on July 13, 2016. Professor Luigi Notarangelo, a world renowned expert in primary immunodeficiencies, has agreed to expand his role in the Journal from his current function as Specialty Chief Editor of the Primary Immunodeficiency section of Frontiers in Immunology.  His numerous scientific achievements include the identification of gene defects that contribute to severe combined immune deficiencies (SCID) and the development of novel treatment for children severely affected by congenital immunodeficiencies. In addition to his scientific research, Professor Notarangelo plays an active role in many professional societies, including being the President of the European Society for Immune Deficiencies from 2002-2006 and of the Clinical Immunology Society in 2015-2016, and co-chairing the Committee on Primary Immunodeficiencies of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS). We also thank our outgoing and founding Field Chief Editor for the Journal, Professor Kendall Smith from Weill Medical College of Cornell University for his years of service to the community. Publishing across 18 specialty sections, including such multidisciplinary subject areas as Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy, Frontiers in Immunology now has over 2500 editors from top institutions all over […]

Frontiers news

04 Jul 2016

Most viewed Plant Science articles in June 2016

Complex Physiological Response of Norway Spruce to Atmospheric Pollution – Decreased Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Unchanged Tree Biomass Increment Vojtěch Čada*, Hana Šantrůčková, Jiří Šantrůček, Lenka Kubištová, Meelis Seedre and Miroslav Svoboda The Potential of Hyperspectral Patterns of Winter Wheat to Detect Changes in Soil Microbial Community Composition Sabrina Carvalho, Wim H. van der Putten and W. H. G. Hol* Biochemical, Transcriptional, and Bioinformatic Analysis of Lipid Droplets from Seeds of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) and Their Use as Potent Sequestration Agents against the Toxic Pollutant, 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Abdulsamie Hanano*, Ibrahem Almousally, Mouhnad Shaban, Farzana Rahman, Elizabeth Blee and Denis J. Murphy Worldwide Evaluations of Quinoa: Preliminary Results from Post International Year of Quinoa FAO Projects in Nine Countries Didier Bazile*, Cataldo Pulvento, Alexis Verniau, Mohammad S. Al-Nusairi, Djibi Ba, Joelle Breidy, Layth Hassan, Maarouf I. Mohammed, Omurbek Mambetov, Munira Otambekova, Niaz Ali Sepahvand, Amr Shams, Djamel Souici, Khaled Miri and Stefano Padulosi Nod Factor Effects on Root Hair-Specific Transcriptome of Medicago truncatula: Focus on Plasma Membrane Transport Systems and Reactive Oxygen Species Networks Isabelle Damiani, Alice Drain, Marjorie Guichard, Sandrine Balzergue, Alexandre Boscari, Jean-Christophe Boyer, Véronique Brunaud, Sylvain Cottaz, Corinne Rancurel, Martine Da Rocha, Cécile Fizames, Sébastien Fort, Isabelle Gaillard, Vincent Maillol, […]

Impact analysis

03 Jul 2016

Quality and Impact Analysis: Frontiers in Immunology

Coming soon: 2017 analysis based on the most recent Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate Analytics (formerly published by Thomson Reuters). Frontiers in Immunology, launched in 2010, received its first official Impact Factor of 5.695 in 2016. In just 5 years, it became the largest and the most cited open-access journal in Immunology, and the 7th most cited among all journals in Immunology. Impact Factor (IF), defined as the total number of citations in a given year divided by the number of citable articles over the previous two-year period, is the most commonly accepted metric of journal quality (but not of an individual paper or researcher). It was formally established by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in 1975. As the IF can be heavily skewed by a few highly-cited papers, total citations generated over the same two-year period provide a more accurate indication of the overall  influence or impact of the articles published by a journal in a field. Frontiers is a pioneer in the use of article-level and author-level metrics and encourages every author to use these to track the development of his or her readership on a more granular level. Analysis within the category of Immunology There are 150 journals listed in the category of Immunology in […]

Impact analysis

03 Jul 2016

Quality and Impact Analysis: Frontiers in Neurology

Coming soon: 2017 analysis based on the most recent Journal Citation Reports by Clarivate Analytics (formerly published by Thomson Reuters). Frontiers in Neurology, launched in 2010, received its first official Impact Factor of 3.184 in 2016. In just 5 years, it became the most cited and the 3rd largest open-access journal in Neurology. Impact Factor (IF), defined as the total number of citations in a given year divided by the number of citable articles over the previous two-year period, is the most commonly accepted metric of journal quality (but not of an individual paper or researcher). It was formally established by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in 1975. As the IF can be heavily skewed by a few highly-cited papers, total citations generated over the same two-year period provide a more accurate indication of the overall  influence or impact of the articles published by a journal in a field. Frontiers is a pioneer in the use of article-level and author-level metrics and encourages every author to use these to track the development of his or her readership on a more granular level. Analysis within the category of Neurology There are 192 journals listed in the category of Neurology in the 2015 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provided by Thomson Reuters in […]

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03 Jul 2016

Most viewed Genetics articles in June 2016

The Genetic Contribution of West-African Ancestry to Protection against Central Obesity in African-American Men but Not Women: Results from the ARIC and MESA Studies Yann C. Klimentidis*, Amit Arora, Jin Zhou, Rick Kittles and David B. Allison Random Projection for Fast and Efficient Multivariate Correlation Analysis of High-Dimensional Data: A New Approach Claudia Grellmann*, Jane Neumann, Sebastian Bitzer, Peter Kovacs, Anke Tönjes, Lars T. Westlye, Ole A. Andreassen, Michael Stumvoll, Arno Villringer and Annette Horstmann Comparative Epigenomic Profiling of the DNA Methylome in Mouse and Zebrafish Uncovers High Interspecies Divergence Chi Zhang, Yujin Hoshida and Kirsten C. Sadler* The Genetic Architecture of Barley Plant Stature Ahmad M. Alqudah*, Ravi Koppolu, Gizaw M. Wolde, Andreas Graner and Thorsten Schnurbusch* Deriving Gene Networks from SNP Associated with Triacylglycerol and Phospholipid Fatty Acid Fractions from Ribeyes of Angus Cattle Justin W. Buchanan, James M. Reecy, Dorian J. Garrick, Qing Duan, Don C. Beitz, James E. Koltes, Mahdi Saatchi, Lars Koesterke and Raluca G. Mateescu* Association of a SNP in SLC35F3 Gene with the Risk of Hypertension in a Chinese Han Population Xiao-Li Zang, Wei-Qing Han, Feng-Ping Yang, Kai-Da Ji, Ji-Guang Wang, Ping-Jin Gao, Guang He* and Sheng-Nan Wu* Global and Site-Specific Changes in 5-Methylcytosine and 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine after Extended Post-mortem Interval […]

Frontiers news

02 Jul 2016

Most viewed Physiology articles in June 2016

High-Intensity Intermittent Training Positively Affects Aerobic and Anaerobic Performance in Judo Athletes Independently of Exercise Mode Emerson Franchini*, Ursula F. Julio, Valéria L. G. Panissa, Fábio S. Lira, José Gerosa-Neto and Braulio H. M. Branco Nitrate Intake Promotes Shift in Muscle Fiber Type Composition during Sprint Interval Training in Hypoxia Stefan De Smet, Ruud Van Thienen, Louise Deldicque, Ruth James, Craig Sale, David J. Bishop and Peter Hespel* Chronic Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Treatment Variably Affects Cellular Repolarization in a Healed Post-MI Arrhythmia Model Ingrid M. Bonilla, Yoshinori Nishijima, Pedro Vargas-Pinto, Stephen H. Baine, Arun Sridhar, Chun Li, George E. Billman* and Cynthia A. Carnes* Muscle MCT4 Content Is Correlated with the Lactate Removal Ability during Recovery Following All-Out Supramaximal Exercise in Highly-Trained Rowers Hugo Maciejewski, Muriel Bourdin, Léonard Féasson, Hervé Dubouchaud, Christian Denis, Hubert Freund and Laurent A. Messonnier* Psychophysical Differences in Ventilatory Awareness and Breathlessness between Athletes and Sedentary Individuals Olivia K. Faull*, Pete J. Cox and Kyle T. S. Pattinson Temperature Modulates the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Intestinal Ion Transport in Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua Marian Y. Hu, Katharina Michael, Cornelia M. Kreiss, Meike Stumpp, Sam Dupont, Yung-Che Tseng* and Magnus Lucassen Two Consecutive Days of Crossfit Training Affects Pro and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines and […]

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02 Jul 2016

Most viewed Neuroscience articles in June 2016

The Enhanced Musical Rhythmic Perception in Second Language Learners M. Paula Roncaglia-Denissen*, Drikus A. Roor, Ao Chen and Makiko Sadakata EEG Responses to Auditory Stimuli for Automatic Affect Recognition Dirk T. Hettich*, Elaina Bolinger, Tamara Matuz, Niels Birbaumer, Wolfgang Rosenstiel and Martin Spüler Ego-Dissolution and Psychedelics: Validation of the Ego-Dissolution Inventory (EDI) Matthew M. Nour*, Lisa Evans, David Nutt and Robin L. Carhart-Harris The Indris Have Got Rhythm! Timing and Pitch Variation of a Primate Song Examined between Sexes and Age Classes Marco Gamba*, Valeria Torti, Vittoria Estienne, Rose M. Randrianarison, Daria Valente, Paolo Rovara, Giovanna Bonadonna, Olivier Friard and Cristina Giacoma Vitality Forms Processing in the Insula during Action Observation: A Multivoxel Pattern Analysis Giuseppe Di Cesare, Giancarlo Valente, Cinzia Di Dio, Emanuele Ruffaldi, Massimo Bergamasco, Rainer Goebel and Giacomo Rizzolatti* Analysis of Individual Mouse Activity in Group Housed Animals of Different Inbred Strains using a Novel Automated Home Cage Analysis System Rasneer S. Bains, Heather L. Cater, Rowland R. Sillito, Agisilaos Chartsias, Duncan Sneddon, Danilo Concas, Piia Keskivali-Bond, Timothy C. Lukins, Sara Wells, Abraham Acevedo Arozena, Patrick M. Nolan and J. Douglas Armstrong* Characterization of a Synaptic Vesicle Binding Motif on the Distal CaV2.2 Channel C-terminal Sabiha R. Gardezi, Arup R. Nath, Qi Li, […]

Frontiers news

01 Jul 2016

International Parasitic Plant Society awards Frontiers’ editor

Diego Rubiales, Specialty Chief Editor for Crop Science and Horticulture for Frontiers in Plant Science has been made an honorary member of the International Parasitic Plant Society (IPPS).   The IPPS is dedicated to advancing scientific research on parasitic plants. Their goals include increasing understanding of these amazing plants as well as helping to decrease the crop damage inflicted by weedy parasitic plants. Their objectives include promoting the study and understanding of parasitic plants, convening international meetings on parasitic plants and their control, and publishing information of interest to persons working with parasitic plants. Diego Rubiales’s award was in commemoration of a career of extraordinary contributions to the community of parasitic plant researchers.  

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01 Jul 2016

Frontiers 2nd Editors’ Summit: Science for sustainability

“Rapid and open dissemination of articles is necessary for the global change needed in the world’s urgent sustainability crisis. Frontiers empowers scientists in the publishing process to accelerate research communication and dissemination;” explained Kamila Markram, co-founder and CEO of Frontiers, in her opening speech at our 2nd annual Editors’ Summit. On the weekend of June 18-19, over 40 Frontiers Editors from around the world gathered at Champéry, Switzerland, to discuss their work over the past year and look into the future of academic publishing, dissemination of knowledge and the role researchers play in helping to solve the global problems the world is facing today. The theme of this year’s Summit was global sustainability. The EU announced that all research must be made freely available by 2020, and the group learned how open access will save billions of dollars of funding money, create waves of disruption, and lead to positive change including economic growth and wider, interdisciplinary scientific solutions to the global crisis. However, it was the cost of traditional publishers’ rejection cascade that stirred up emotions when the group discussed how much time and money is wasted in just one year due to needless rejections of perfectly correct research articles – and […]

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01 Jul 2016

Most viewed Microbiology articles in June 2016

Can the Bacterial Community of a High Arctic Glacier Surface Escape Viral Control? Sara M. E. Rassner, Alexandre M. Anesio, Susan E. Girdwood, Katherina Hell, Jarishma K. Gokul, David E. Whitworth and Arwyn Edwards* An Integrated Multi-Omics Approach Reveals the Effects of Supplementing Grass or Grass Hay with Vitamin E on the Rumen Microbiome and Its Function Alejandro Belanche*, Alison H. Kingston-Smith and Charles J. Newbold Use of Potential Probiotic Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Biofilms for the Control of Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Biofilms Formation Natacha C. Gómez*, Juan M. P. Ramiro, Beatriz X. V. Quecan and Bernadette D. G. de Melo Franco Size Matters: Assessing Optimum Soil Sample Size for Fungal and Bacterial Community Structure Analyses Using High Throughput Sequencing of rRNA Gene Amplicons C. Ryan Penton*, Vadakattu V. S. R. Gupta, Julian Yu and James M. Tiedje The Architecture of Iron Microbial Mats Reflects the Adaptation of Chemolithotrophic Iron Oxidation in Freshwater and Marine Environments Clara S. Chan*, Sean M. McAllister, Anna H. Leavitt, Brian T. Glazer, Sean T. Krepski and David Emerson Streptomyces antioxidans sp. nov., a Novel Mangrove Soil Actinobacterium with Antioxidative and Neuroprotective Potentials Hooi-Leng Ser, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Uma D. Palanisamy, Sri N. Abd Malek, […]

Frontiers news

29 Jun 2016

IDeM wins first-ever Actúaloop awards

“Your research does not finish with your publication;” explained Alvaro Alonso from the team who created IDeM, the winner of the Actúaloop awards held on 23 June in Madrid. The awards celebrated the talent of six inspiring teams who created new applications to help researchers improve their work using the research network Loop‘s APIs. The teams all came from the Technical University of Madrid, who worked for nine months on the projects. The six finalists were: IDeM, Journal Advisor, ARES, Smart Protocols, LoopApp and Frontiers translate. The top three winners were: First prize – IDeM Second prize – Journal Advisor Third prize – ARES Each team gave a presentation of their project ahead of the awards. The IDeM team explained that researchers use many tools in their research from presentations to multimedia. Through IDeM, Loop users could add videos and slides, as well as have live web conferencing with other researchers. Journal Advisor helps researchers pick which journal to submit their work to, and ARES gives researchers easier access to equipment for their work. Frontiers Translate, a community translation app, received a special award as the team was only in their first year of university. Kamila Markram, the co-founder and CEO of […]

Frontiers news

20 Jun 2016

Frontiers forms publishing agreement with The University of Edinburgh

We are delighted to inform you that The University of Edinburgh holds a central invoicing agreement with Frontiers. The University of Edinburgh covers Article Publishing Fees for corresponding authors affiliated with the University who wish to publish in any Frontiers journal. Eligible authors include: COAF authors (Arthritis Research UK, Bloodwise, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and Wellcome Trust) Research Councils UK (UKRI) funded authors For information on whether you qualify for funding, please visit  Open Access at The University of Edinburgh, or contact The Scholarly Communications Team at openaccess@ed.ac.uk