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16 Feb 2016

SciComm meet-up in San Francisco March 9

Part of the Frontiers Communication team will be in San Francisco on March 9, and together with swissnex San Francisco, we are hosting a Science Communication Meet-Up at Terroir, one of our favorite wine bars in the city. Whether you are a journalist who writes about the new discoveries or a scientist trying to let the media and other researchers know that you have just published a new exciting discovery, communicating science can be challenging. Let’s break down the boundaries and get to know each other so we can share information. WHO YOU’LL MEET: On March 9, you’ll meet Sandra Hausmann and myself (Michelle Ponto) from Frontiers, an academic publishing company based out Switzerland, and Benjamin Bollmann from swissnex. Sandra is Frontier’s Business Development Manager. She works out of our San Francisco Bureau and can fill you in on the latest innovations in academic publishing, what type of research Frontiers publishes and some of the interesting Research Topics we are excited about. These topics pool the research of scientists around the world and can cover big issues like Alzheimer’s, Zika virus research, climate change adaption, E.coli tracking, robotics and more.  She’s also your go-to person if you are looking for a researcher in your area to interview on a specific topic. […]

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09 Feb 2016

Most viewed Psychology articles in January 2016

Emotion Regulation through Movement: Unique Sets of Movement Characteristics are Associated with and Enhance Basic Emotions Tal Shafir*, Rachelle P. Tsachor and Kathleen B. Welch Gamification of Learning Deactivates the Default Mode Network Paul A.r Howard-Jones*, Tim Jay, Alice Mason and Harvey Jones Mindfulness Training in Primary Schools Decreases Negative Affect and Increases Meta-Cognition in Children Charlotte E. Vickery* and Dusana Dorjee Super Champions, Champions, and Almosts: Important Differences and Commonalities on the Rocky Road Dave Collins*, Aine Macnamara and Neil McCarthy Examining the Role of Mental Health and Clinical Issues within Talent Development Andy Hill*, Aine MacNamara, Dave Collins and Sheelagh Rodgers Does Mindfulness Enhance Critical Thinking? Evidence for the Mediating Effects of Executive Functioning in the Relationship between Mindfulness and Critical Thinking Chris Noone*, Brendan Bunting and Michael J. Hogan Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory: Quality and Quantity of Retention Over Time Aurora K. R. LePort, Shauna M. Stark, James L. McGaugh and Craig E. L. Stark* Positive Emotional Language in the Final Words Spoken Directly Before Execution Sarah Hirschmüller* and Boris Egloff Associations Between the Big Five Personality Traits and the Non-Medical Use of Prescription Drugs for Cognitive Enhancement Sebastian Sattler* and Reinhard Schunck Influence of Music on Anxiety Induced by Fear of Heights in Virtual Reality Sofia Seinfeld*, Ilias Bergstrom, […]

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08 Feb 2016

Most viewed Neurology articles in January 2016

Eye-Movement Training Results in Changes in qEEG and NIH Stroke Scale in Subjects Suffering from Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Control Trial  Frederick Robert Carrick*, Elena Oggero, Guido Pagnacco, Cameron H. G. Wright, Calixto Machado, Genco Estrada, Alejandro Pando, Juan C. Cossio and Carlos Beltrán Dissociation between Conceptual and Perceptual Implicit Memory: Evidence from Patients with Frontal and Occipital Lobe Lesions Liang Gong*, JiHua Wang, XuDong Yang, Lei Feng, Xiu Li, Cui Gu, MeiHong Wang, JiaYun Hu and Huaidong Cheng* DNA Demethylation Upregulated Nrf2 Expression in Alzheimer’s Disease Cellular Model Huimin Cao, Li Wang, Beibei Chen, Peng Zheng, Yi He, Yubin Ding, Yushuang Deng, Xi Lu, Xiuming Guo, Yuping Zhang, Yu Li and Gang Yu* Gray Matter Volume and Resting-State Functional Connectivity of the Motor Cortex-Cerebellum Network Reflect the Individual Variation in Masticatory Performance in Healthy Elderly People Chia-Shu Lin*, Shih-Yun Wu, Ching-Yi Wu and Hsien-Wei Ko Limited Effect of Dopaminergic Medication on Straight Walking and Turning in Early-to-Moderate Parkinson’s Disease during Single and Dual Tasking Morad Elshehabi*, Katrin S. Maier, Sandra E. Hasmann, Susanne Nussbaum, Heinz Herbst, Tanja Heger, Daniela Berg, Markus A. Hobert and Walter Maetzler* Antisaccadic Eye Movements Are Correlated with Corpus Callosum White Matter Mean Diffusivity, Stroop Performance, […]

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07 Feb 2016

Most viewed Oncology articles in January 2016

Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of the Estrogenic and Proliferative Properties of Vitamin E Compounds Farid Khallouki, Philippe de Medina, Stephanie Caze-Subra, Kerstin Bystricky, Patrick Balaguer, Marc Poirot* and Sandrine Silvente-Poirot Human Papilloma Virus Identification in Breast Cancer Patients with Previous Cervical Neoplasia James S. Lawson*, Wendy K. Glenn, Daria Salyakina, Rosemary Clay, Warick Delprado, Barathi Cheerala, Dinh D. Tran, Christopher C. Ngan, Shingo Miyauchi, Martha Karim, Annika Antonsson and Noel J. Whitaker Exposure to Carbon Ions Triggers Proinflammatory Signals and Changes in Homeostasis and Epidermal Tissue Organization to a Similar Extent as Photons Palma Simoniello, Julia Wiedemann, Joana Zink, Eva Thönnes, Maike Stange, Paul G. Layer, Maximilian Kovacs, Maurizio Podda, Marco Durante and Claudia Fournier* The rs11515 Polymorphism Is More Frequent and Associated With Aggressive Breast Tumors With Increased ANRIL and Decreased p16INK4a Expression Janice A. Royds, Anna P. Pilbrow, Antonio Ahn, Helen R. Morrin, Chris Framptom, I. Alasdair Russell, Christine S. Moravec, Wendy E. Sweet, W. H. Wilson Tang, Margaret J. Currie, Noelyn Anne A. Hung  and Tania L. Slatter* Phase Space Generation for Proton and Carbon Ion Beams for External Users’ Applications at the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center Thomas Tessonnier*, Tiago Marcelos, Andrea Mairani, Stephan Brons and Katia Parodi The Influence of C-Ions and X-rays on Human […]

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07 Feb 2016

Most viewed Immunology articles in January 2016

Dynamic Perturbations of the T-Cell Receptor Repertoire in Chronic HIV Infection and following Antiretroviral Therapy James M. Heather*, Katharine Best, Theres Oakes, Eleanor R. Gray, Jennifer K. Roe, Niclas Thomas, Nir Friedman, Mahdad Noursadeghi and Benny Chain Tolerogenic IDO+ Dendritic Cells Are Induced by PD-1-Expressing Mast Cells Cecilia Pessoa Rodrigues, Ana Carolina Franco Ferreira, Mariana Pereira Pinho, Cristiano Jacob de Moraes, Patrícia Cruz Bergami-Santos and Jose Alexandre Marzagao Barbuto* Redefining Myeloid Cell Subsets in Murine Spleen Ying-Ying Hey, Jonathan K. H. Tan and Helen C. O’Neill* Unique Eomes+ NK Cell Subsets Are Present in Uterus and Decidua During Early Pregnancy Elisa Montaldo, Paola Vacca*, Laura Chiossone, Daniele Croxatto, Fabrizio Loiacono, Stefania Martini, Simone Ferrero, Thierry Walzer, Lorenzo Moretta* and Maria Cristina Mingari Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase-2 Inhibition by CYLD Impairs Antibacterial Immune Responses in Macrophages Katharina Wex, Ursula Schmid, Sissy Just, Xu Wang, Rebecca Wurm, Michael Naumann, Dirk Schlüter* and Gopala Nishanth* Murine Butyrophilin-Like 1 and Btnl6 Form Heteromeric Complexes in Small Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Promote Proliferation of Local T Lymphocytes Cristina Lebrero-Fernández, Joakim H. Bergström, Thaher Pelaseyed and Anna Bas-Forsberg* Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Bone Marrow CD8+ T Cells from Different Bones Uncovers a Major Contribution of the Bone Marrow in the Vertebrae Sulima Geerman, Sarah […]

Frontiers news

06 Feb 2016

Most viewed Plant Science articles in January 2016

Endosomal Interactions during Root Hair Growth Daniel von Wangenheim, Amparo Rosero, George Komis, Olga Samajova, Miroslav Ovecka, Boris Voigt and Jozef Samaj* De novo Transcriptome Sequencing and Development of Abscission Zone-Specific Microarray as a New Molecular Tool for Analysis of Tomato Organ Abscission Srivignesh Sundaresan, Sonia Philosoph-Hadas, Joseph Riov, Raja Mugasimangalam, Nagesh A. Kuravadi, Betina Kochanek, Shoshana Salim, Mark L. Tucker and Shimon Meir* Comparative Morphophysiological Analyses and Molecular Profiling Reveal Pi-Efficient Strategies of a Traditional Rice Genotype Poonam Mehra, Bipin K. Pandey and Jitender Giri* Physiological and Metabolic Changes of Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) in Response to Drought, Heat, and Combined Stresses Rui Jin, Yanping Wang, Ruijie Liu, Junbo Gou and Zhulong Chan* Genome-wide small RNA analysis of soybean reveals auxin-responsive microRNAs that are differentially expressed in response to salt stress in root apex Zhengxi Sun, Youning Wang, Fupeng Mou, Yinping Tian, Liang Chen, Senlei Zhang, Qiong Jiang and Xia Li* Enhanced Salt Tolerance Conferred by the Complete 2.3 kb cDNA of the Rice Vacuolar Na+/H+ Antiporter Gene Compared to 1.9 kb Coding Region with 5′ UTR in Transgenic Lines of Rice U. S. M. Amin, Sudip Biswas, Sabrina M. Elias, Samsad Razzaque, Taslima Haque, Richard Malo and Zeba I. Seraj* Developmental Nuclear Localization and […]

Frontiers news

06 Feb 2016

Most viewed Genetics articles in January 2016

Decoding Cellular Dynamics in Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling Using a New Pathway-Based Integration Approach for Proteomics and Transcriptomics Data Astrid Wachter* and Tim Beissbarth An Expanded Analysis of Pharmacogenetics Determinants of Efavirenz Response that Includes 3′-UTR Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms among Black South African HIV/AIDS Patients Marelize Swart, Jonathan Evans, Michelle Skelton, sandra castel, Lubbe Weisner, Peter John Smith and Collet Dandara* Using centromere mediated genome elimination to elucidate the functional redundancy of candidate telomere binding proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Karel Riha* and Nick Fulcher Stress-induced accumulation of DcAOX1 and DcAOX2a transcripts coincides with critical time point for structural biomass prediction in carrot primary cultures (Daucus carota L.) Maria Doroteia Campos, Amaia Nogales, Hélia Guerra Cardoso*, Sarma Rajeev Kumar, Tânia Nobre, Ramalingam Sathishkumar and Birgit Arnholdt-Schmitt* Milk bottom-up proteomics: method optimisation. Delphine Vincent*, Vilnis Ezernieks, Aaron Elkins, Nga Nguyen, Peter J. Moate, Benjamin G. Cocks and Simone Rochfort A Quantitative Assessment of Factors Affecting the Technological Development and Adoption of Companion Diagnostics Dee Luo, James A Smith, Nick A Meadows, Katie Manescu, Kim Bure, Benjamin Davies, Rob Horne, David L DiGiusto and David A Brindley* Advanced In vivo Use of CRISPR/Cas9 and Anti-Sense DNA Inhibition for Gene Manipulation in the Brain Brandon J. Walters, Amber B. Azam, Colleen J. […]

Frontiers news

05 Feb 2016

Most viewed Neuroscience articles in January 2016

Alteration of Political Belief by Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Caroline Chawke* and Ryota Kanai Neural Basis of the Time Window for Subjective Motor-Auditory Integration Koichi Toida, Kanako Ueno and Sotaro Shimada* It’s Sad but I Like It: The Neural Dissociation Between Musical Emotions and Liking in Experts and Laypersons Elvira Brattico*, Brigitte Bogert, Vinoo Alluri, Mari Tervaniemi, Tuomas Eerola and Thomas Jacobsen White Matter Microstructure is Associated with Auditory and Tactile Processing in Children with and without Sensory Processing Disorder Yi-Shin Chang, Mathilde Gratiot, Julia P. Owen, Anne Brandes-Aitken, Shivani S. Desai, Susanna S. Hill, Anne B. Arnett, Julia Harris, Elysa J. Marco* and Pratik Mukherjee Associative Learning Through Acquired Salience Mario Treviño* Thalamic Circuit Mechanisms Link Sensory Processing in Sleep and Attention Zhe Chen, Ralf D. Wimmer, Matthew A. Wilson and Michael M. Halassa* Neurologic Music Therapy Training for Mobility and Stability Rehabilitation with Parkinson’s Disease – A Pilot Study Anna A. Bukowska*, Piotr Krężałek, Elżbieta Mirek, Przemysław Bujas and Anna Marchewka Reaching is Better When You Get What You Want: Realtime Feedback of Intended Reaching Trajectory Despite an Unstable Environment Justin Horowitz, Tejas Madhavan, Christine Massie and James Patton* Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patient iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons Have Reduced Expression of Proteins Important in Neuronal Development Heidi R. Fuller, […]

Frontiers news

04 Feb 2016

Most viewed Physiology articles in January 2016

Task Failure During Exercise to Exhaustion in Normoxia and Hypoxia is Due to Reduced Muscle Activation Caused by Central Mechanisms While Muscle Metaboreflex Does Not Limit Performance Rafael Torres-Peralta, David Morales-Alamo, Miriam Gonzalez-Izal, José Losa-Reyna, Ismael Pérez-Suárez, Mikel Izquierdo and Jose A. L. Calbet* Hot and Hypoxic Environments Inhibit Simulated Soccer Performance and Exacerbate Performance Decrements When Combined Jeffrey W. F. Aldous, Bryna C. R. Chrismas, Ibrahim Akubat, Ben Dascombe, Grant Abt and Lee Taylor* Skeletal Muscle Inflammation Following Repeated Bouts of Lengthening Contractions in Humans Michael R. Deyhle*, Amanda M. Gier, Kaitlyn C. Evens, Dennis L. Eggett, W. Bradley Nelson, Allen C. Parcell and Robert D. Hyldahl Correlates of Heart Rate Measures with Incidental Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Overweight Female Workers Laís Tonello, Felipe F. Reichert, Iransé Oliveira-Silva, Sebastián Del Rosso, Anthony S. Leicht and Daniel A. Boullosa* Change of Direction Ability Performance in Cerebral Palsy Football Players According to Functional Profiles Raul Reina*, Jose M. Sarabia, Javier Yanci, Maria P. García-Vaquero and Maria Campayo-Piernas The “Abdominal Circulatory Pump”: An Auxiliary Heart during Exercise? Barbara Uva, Andrea Aliverti, Dario Bovio and Bengt Kayser* Monitoring Local Regional Hemodynamic Signal Changes during Motor Execution and Motor Imagery Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Naoki Iso, Takefumi Moriuchi, Akira Sagari, Eiji […]

Frontiers news

03 Feb 2016

Most viewed Microbiology articles in January 2016

Expanding the World of Marine Bacterial and Archaeal Clades Pelin Yilmaz*, Pablo Yarza, Josephine Z. Rapp and Frank O. Glöckner Recombination Does Not Hinder Formation or Detection of Ecological Species of Synechococcus Inhabiting a Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat Melanie C. Melendrez*, Eric D. Becraft, Jason M. Wood, Millie T. Olsen, Donald A. Bryant, John F. Heidelberg, Douglas B. Rusch, Frederick M. Cohan and David M. Ward A Lipid-Accumulating Alga Maintains Growth in Outdoor, Alkaliphilic Raceway Pond with Mixed Microbial Communities Tisza A. S. Bell, Bharath Prithiviraj, Brad D. Wahlen, Matthew W. Fields and Brent M. Peyton* Microbial Metabolism Shifts Towards an Adverse Profile with Supplementary Iron in the TIM-2 In vitro model of the Human Colon Guus A. M. Kortman*, Bas E. Dutilh, Annet J. H. Maathuis, Udo F. Engelke, Jos Boekhorst, Kevin P. Keegan, Fiona G. G. Nielsen, Jason Betley, Jacqueline C. Weir, Zoya Kingsbury, Leo A .J. Kluijtmans, Dorine W. Swinkels*, Koen Venema and Harold Tjalsma High Diversity of Anaerobic Alkane-Degrading Microbial Communities in Marine Seep Sediments Based on (1-methylalkyl)succinate Synthase Genes Marion H. Stagars, S. Emil Ruff, Rudolf Amann and Katrin Knittel* Out of Thin Air: Microbial Utilization of Atmospheric Gaseous Organics in the Surface Ocean Jesus M. Arrieta*, Carlos M. Duarte, M. Montserrat Sala and Jordi […]

Frontiers news

31 Jan 2016

Frontiers APCs: Structure and Rationale

The number of peer-reviewed papers has been growing at a rate of 20% a year, with over 600,000 estimated open-access papers published in 2014. To keep up with demand, Frontiers has developed technological innovations that provide enhanced services and enable dissemination. We have also striven to find ways to remove the obstacles to  publication of sound research by developing a transparent fee structure that links service level to value created. On February 1, 2016, Frontiers introduced a new system for Article Processing Charges (APCs). The new system replaces the flat fee for each of the different article types across all Frontiers journals with a structure where APCs depend on how well the journal is established in the community. Importantly, the structure also takes into account differences in the level of research funding available in various disciplines.  Frontiers APC Structure APCs for Type A articles (Original Research, Review, Classification, Clinical Trial, Hypothesis & Theory, Mechanisms of Disease Reviews, Methods, Protocols and Technology Report) published in well-established journals, several of which achieve amongst the highest citation rates within their academic disciplines, and in disciplines where open-access publishing has strong financial support, have been adjusted accordingly from $1,900 to $2,490. For just under half our journals APCs for Type A […]

Frontiers news

19 Jan 2016

Genitourinary Surgery, a new Specialty section in journal Frontiers in Surgery

Genitourinary Surgery is a new specialty section available through the community-run open-access journal Frontiers in Surgery . The new section Genitourinary Surgery is led by Specialty Chief Editor Prof Felix KH Chun from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. This section focuses on all aspects of the surgical treatment of the genitourinary tracts, encompassing treatment of malignancies, stone diseases, benign prostate hyperplasia as well as reconstructive and functional surgery. Special attention is given to novel minimally invasive surgical techniques as well as technical improvements including radiologic/radio-therapeutic techniques and focal therapy approaches. Part of the “Frontiers in” journal series, Frontiers in Surgery 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 85 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 Genitourinary Surgery Specialty Section is composed of the following Associate Editors: Patrick J. Bastian, Marien Hospital Düsseldorf, Germany Andreas Becker, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany Maximilian Burger, University of Regensburg, Germany Ferdinand X Frauscher, Private Clinic for Prostatic […]

Frontiers news

18 Jan 2016

Frontiers in Medicine welcomes Prof Michel Goldman as Field Chief Editor

Interdisciplinarity, collaboration and translational approach: these are the three key principles inspiring Professor Michel Goldman in his new role as Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Medicine. “As we enter the new era of precision medicine, it is essential to disseminate as efficiently as possible the advances that catalyze the translation of scientific breakthroughs into patient care. I am very excited to join Frontiers in Medicine to make this journal a key part of this endeavor” – Prof Goldman Michel Goldman, MD, PhD is Professor of Immunology and Pharmacotherapy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. In his career as clinician scientist, he was always particularly passionate about the translational aspects of medical research. This led him to become in 2009 the first Executive Director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), a partnership between the European Commission and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries aiming at building networks of industrial and academic experts to boost pharmaceutical innovation in Europe. Prof Goldman is now leading the Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Healthcare (I3h) in Brussels, whose mission is to foster research, education and outreach networks for the benefit of patients and other healthcare stakeholders. “I accepted with enthusiasm the invitation to become […]