41 news posts in Institutional partnerships

Institutional partnerships

12 Aug 2025

TU Delft and Frontiers expand long-standing partnership with flat fee publishing agreement

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and leading open-access publisher Frontiers have expanded their collaboration with a flat fee open access publishing agreement for 2025. This marks the latest phase of a partnership that has been in place since 2014, reaffirming TU Delft’s commitment to open science, research accessibility, and sustainable academic publishing.

Institutional partnerships

06 Aug 2025

Open access in motion: insights from ALA 2025

From June 26–30, the city of Philadelphia hosted one of the largest gatherings in the global library calendar: the 2025 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. As advocates for open access and champions of equitable knowledge sharing, Frontiers was pleased to join thousands of professionals committed to the future of libraries, learning, and open science (OS).

Institutional partnerships

01 Jul 2025

University of Miami and Frontiers partner on a flat fee open access agreement

Frontiers and the University of Miami are pleased to announce a new flat fee open access publishing agreement. Through this partnership, affiliated researchers can publish in a selection of leading peer-reviewed journals without incurring article processing charges (APCs), which are fully covered by the University.

Institutional partnerships

28 May 2025

Frontiers and the University of Padua establish flat fee open access agreement for 2025

Frontiers announces a new open access publishing agreement with the University of Padua, supported by its Open Science Committee, ensuring that affiliated researchers can publish their work seamlessly in any of Frontiers’ journals without incurring individual article processing charges (APCs). This one-year agreement, with the possibility of renewal, reinforces the university’s commitment to fostering open science and global knowledge sharing.

Institutional partnerships

12 May 2025

Frontiers supports LIBER 2025 in Lausanne - welcoming library leaders to publisher’s home city

Lausanne-based open access publisher Frontiers is pleased to be the main sponsor of the 2025 LIBER Conference, taking place this summer in the open access publisher’s home city.

Institutional partnerships

07 Apr 2025

Frontiers at the forefront of research integrity: championing trust and transparency at Convegno delle Stelline 2025

At Italy’s premier conference on libraries and scholarly communication, Convegno delle Stelline, Frontiers took a leading role in shaping the national conversation on research integrity and open access. With institutions across the country increasingly seeking collaborative, systemic solutions, Frontiers hosted two workshops - one exploring the evolving ethics of research, and the other showcasing their new Insights Platform, a data-driven dashboard designed to support libraries and institutional decision-makers.

Institutional partnerships

13 Mar 2025

Cranfield University renews flat fee partnership with Frontiers for 2025

Frontiers is pleased to announce the renewal of its innovative flat fee partnership with Cranfield University for 2025. This collaboration, originally established in January 2024, empowers Cranfield researchers to publish their work in any of Frontiers’ journals without facing article processing charges (APCs), ensuring seamless dissemination of groundbreaking research.

Institutional partnerships

06 Mar 2025

University of Kansas and Frontiers renew flat fee open access agreement for 2025

The University of Kansas (KU) and award-winning open science platform Frontiers are pleased to announce the renewal of their open-access publishing partnership for an additional year. Initially established in 2024, this agreement maintains its terms to provide KU researchers with seamless, cost-free access to publish in all Frontiers journals.

Institutional partnerships

26 Feb 2025

Frontiers and ZB MED mark second year of national agreement to strengthen open access publishing in Germany

Frontiers is pleased to announce the continuation of its partnership with the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) into a second year. Building on the successful collaboration established in 2024, this agreement reinforces our shared commitment to advancing open science by providing researchers across Germany with seamless, cost-effective access to gold open access publishing.

Institutional partnerships

18 Feb 2025

Strengthening research integrity in Italy: a landmark commitment in Rome

The inaugural National Congress on Research Integrity, held in Rome on January 27-28, 2025, marked a defining moment for Italy’s research ethics landscape. Spearheaded by the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), the Congress provided an unparalleled platform for dialogue, collaboration, and commitment to fostering a robust culture of research integrity (RI).

Institutional partnerships

10 Feb 2025

Sikt renews National open access agreement with Frontiers for 2025

Frontiers has renewed its national open access agreement with Norway for 2025, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing open science. Originally signed in 2020, this agreement - facilitated by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt) - streamlines the publishing process for Norwegian researchers and strengthens the country’s leadership in open access publishing.

Institutional partnerships

04 Feb 2025

Manchester Metropolitan University partners with Frontiers for new flat fee publishing agreement

Frontiers is pleased to announce a new three-year flat fee agreement with Manchester Metropolitan University (Man Met) starting in 2025. This agreement allows Man Met to provide its researchers with unlimited publishing opportunities in all Frontiers journals, free from individual article processing charges (APCs).

Institutional partnerships

09 Jan 2025

Partnering for progress: how the University of Insubria is empowering the next generation of researchers

At just 25 years old, the University of Insubria - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria - has already established itself as a trailblazer in academia. With its strong focus on science, technology, and medicine (STM), as well as economics and social sciences, the university has made research excellence, sustainability, and innovation its guiding principles.

Institutional partnerships

20 Dec 2024

Frontiers institutional partnerships update – autumn 2024

The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders.

Institutional partnerships

27 Nov 2024

The evolving US publishing landscape in the era of open access

The 2024 Charleston Conference, with its theme ‘The Sky’s the Limit,’ provided an inspiring platform to explore pivotal themes shaping the future of academic publishing. This year’s focus on Library partnership ratings (LPRs), community-driven open access initiatives, and artificial intelligence felt particularly timely, with these topics underscoring the challenges and opportunities ahead as the publishing ecosystem adapts to new realities.