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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 […]

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14 Apr 2014

Frontiers accounts and the Heartbleed security flaw

We would like to notify our community that Frontiers accounts have not been affected by the Heartbleed security flaw. Our servers do not rely on OpenSSL and are therefore not vulnerable to this security flaw; in addition, since the discovery of Heartbleed, we have conducted a series of checks and patches to even better optimise the security level of our production servers. Even though there is no reason to believe that Frontiers user credentials have been exposed to this security flaw, it is good practice to regularly change passwords. And so as always, those concerned about the protection of an account should change the password.

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11 Apr 2014

Rights of Human Subjects in Scientific Papers

The retracted Recursive Fury paper has created quite a blogger and twitter storm. A sensational storm indeed, with hints to conspiracy theories, claims of legal threats and perceived contradictions. It has been fury – one of the strongest human emotions – that has (perhaps understandably at first sight) guided the discussion around this retraction. Not surprisingly though, the truth is not as sensational and much simpler. The studied subjects were explicitly identified in the paper without their consent. It is well acknowledged and accepted that in order to protect a subject’s rights and avoid a potentially defamatory outcome, one must obtain the subject’s consent if they can be identified in a scientific paper. The mistake was detected after publication, and the authors and Frontiers worked hard together for several months to try to find a solution. In the end, those efforts were not successful. The identity of the subjects could not be protected and the paper had to be retracted. Frontiers then worked closely with the authors on a mutually agreed and measured retraction statement to avoid the retraction itself being misused. From the storm this has created, it would seem we did not succeed. For Frontiers, publishing the identities of human […]

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08 Apr 2014

Frontiers editor Arthur Ragauskas awarded two prestigious prizes

Arthur J. Ragauskas, Associate Editor of Frontiers in Energy Research, wins the TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award and the American Chemical Society’s Award for Affordable Green Chemistry The Technical Association of Paper and Pulp Industry (TAPPI) Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award is the highest honor that the association awards. It is given to those “who have made preeminent scientific and engineering achievements of proven applied benefit to the world’s pulp, paper, board, and forest product industries.” The award highlights Dr Ragauska’s role in “training many of the key scientists at work in the industry today while also conducting important research that has advanced our understanding of the science in areas such as his current focus on biofuels and bio-based materials.” The American Chemical Society’s Award for Affordable Green Chemistry is awarded in recognition of “outstanding scientific discoveries that lay the foundation for environmentally-friendly products or manufacturing processes at a cost comparable to or less than that of current technologies, or discoveries that deliver new applications with compelling cost/benefit profiles.” The award recognises Dr Ragauska’s “research studies directed at developing green sustainable chemistry to convert lignocellulosics to biofuels, biopower and bio-based chemicals and materials.” Dr. Arthur Ragauskas is a professor in the School of […]

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04 Apr 2014

Retraction of Recursive Fury: A Statement

(Lausanne, Switzerland) – There has been a series of media reports concerning the recent retraction of the paper Recursive Fury: Conspiracist ideation in the blogosphere in response to research on conspiracist ideation, originally published on 18 March 2013 in Frontiers in Psychology. Until now, our policy has been to handle this matter with discretion out of consideration for all those concerned. But given the extent of the media coverage – largely based on misunderstanding – Frontiers would now like to better clarify the context behind the retraction. As we published in our retraction statement, a small number of complaints were received during the weeks following publication. Some of those complaints were well argued and cogent and, as a responsible publisher, our policy is to take such issues seriously. Frontiers conducted a careful and objective investigation of these complaints. Frontiers did not “cave in to threats”; in fact, Frontiers received no threats. The many months between publication and retraction should highlight the thoroughness and seriousness of the entire process. As a result of its investigation, which was carried out in respect of academic, ethical and legal factors, Frontiers came to the conclusion that it could not continue to carry the paper, which […]

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27 Mar 2014

Frontiers in Plant Science Celebrates 1000 Published Articles

To celebrate the recent publication of 1000 articles in Frontiers in Plant Science, we took the opportunity to look back at the journal’s growth over the last three years and talk with Rich Jorgensen, Field Chief Editor (FCE), about some of his past highlights and future hopes for the journal. What was it like to be a part of Frontiers in Plant Science (FiPS) at the beginning? Like any new project, getting started was really question of vision and commitment. It wasn’t just about defining what sections should be in the journal; it was a lot of conversations and one-on-one sessions about why there should even be a new plant science journal. The original FCEs, Wolf Frommer and Uwe Sonnewald, did a spectacular job attracting top-notch people as Specialty Chief Editors who really believed that publishing could be better and that active researchers should be playing a key role in making it that way. Those Specialty Chief Editors (SCEs) did a fantastic job in putting together their boards of Associate Editors, who in turn recruited the many Review Editors that the unique Frontiers Interactive Review relies on so heavily. From there, it was the slow task of introducing ourselves to the rest of the research community. While gradual at first, growth really took […]

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27 Mar 2014

Frontiers editor Alberto Diaspro honored with the Emily M. Gray Award

Alberto Diaspro, a Chief Editor of Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, is awarded the important prize of the Biophysical Society. Alberto Diaspro, Director of the Department of Nanophysics at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), wins the Emily M. Gray Award 2014. The prestigious international prize is awarded annually by the Biophysical Society to scientists who particularly stand for their contributions to education in biophysics. Established in 1997, the Emily M. Gray Award is given for significant results obtained globally by researchers with regard to education activities in this field, that may include a distinguished record of excellence in classroom instruction, in mentoring research scientists at any level, in developing novel educational methods or materials, in promoting scientific outreach efforts to the public or to youth, in generating a track record of attracting new students to the field of biophysics, or in otherwise fostering an environment exceptionally conducive to education in biophysics. Alberto Diaspro – who is also Professor of Applied Physics at the Department of Physics of the University of Genova, Italy – has been honored with the Emily M. Gray Award “for dedicating his career to mentoring students and serving as the major force in organizing international biophysics workshops that showcase the talent of […]

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27 Mar 2014

Frontiers launches a new open-access journal: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Frontiers – a community driven open-access publisher and research networking platform – is pleased to announce the launch of a new open-access journal: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences is the latest addition to the “Frontiers in” journal series and will cover research involving biochemistry, bimolecular mathematics, biophysics, structural biology and more. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences will make use of the unique Frontiers platform for open-access publishing and research networking, which provides an equal opportunity to seek, share and create knowledge. “Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences offers a new way to publish compared to most traditional journals,” says Annalisa Pastore, Professor in Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration, King’s College London and Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. “The Frontiers unique Peer Review is collaborative and transparent and sets it apart from other journals. It will ensure that Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences will become an attractive and high-quality journal for authors to publish their work.” The mission of Frontiers is to place scholarly publishing back in the hands of working researchers and to promote an interactive, fair, and efficient review process of a range of article types. Articles are rigorously reviewed based on objective criteria in an average time of 84 days, published under the […]

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25 Mar 2014

Winners of the Frontiers in Physics Prize Draw at APS 2014

Announcement of the the winners of the Frontiers in Physics Prize Draw at the American Physical Society meeting in Denver, March 2014! The winners of the draw each won a waiver for submitting their next research article toFrontiers in Physics free of charge: J. D. Burton, University of Nebraska Ivar Martin, Argonne National Laboratory Andrew Konya, Kent State University Frontiers in Physics is a community driven, open-access journal for peer reviewed publications in all Physics areas and offers a myriad of advantages for authors. We welcome you to browse our archive of published articles, apply to join the editorial board or submit your paper. We currently publish articles in the following fields: Atmospheric Science Biomedical Physics Biophysics Computational Physics Condensed Matter Physics High-Energy and Astroparticle Physics Interdisciplinary Physics Mathematical Physics Membrane Physiology and Membrane Biophysics Optics and Photonics Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Space Physics Plasma Physics (coming soon)Thank you all for stopping by our booth in APS and congratulations to our winners!