Open science and peer review
28 Apr 2020
Frontiers partners with Clarivate on new Reviewer Recognition Service
New service provides greater recognition for reviewers and their contributions to scholarly publishing.
92 news posts in Open science and peer review
Open science and peer review
18 Feb 2020
Forschungszentrum Jülich and Frontiers develop world’s largest pure open access framework agreement
Forschungszentrum Jülich and open access publisher Frontiers signed on 17 February 2020 a Memorandum of Understanding for a pilot National Open Access Publishing Framework for Germany.
Open science and peer review
04 Feb 2020
Coral Reef Research Collection wins $100,000 International Science Prize
A team of scientific editors has been awarded US $100,000 by Swiss open-access publisher Frontiers in recognition of an outstanding special issue research collection on coral reef science and conservation.
Open science and peer review
26 Nov 2019
UK universities reach new national open access deal
Researchers from 180 UK universities can now benefit from a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing
Open science and peer review
21 Nov 2019
Frontiers partners with journal policy database TRANSPOSE
Partnership with TRANSPOSE enables Frontiers’ open-access policies to reach a wider audience
Open science and peer review
20 Nov 2019
Frontiers joins the National Academy of Sciences’ list for author transparency
Publishers and funders on the NAS list commit to transparent publishing practices
Open science and peer review
29 Aug 2018
Open Access: the time is now, the place is Europe!
Dr Kamila Markram joined the stage with Robert Jan Smits from the European Commission and leading academics at the 2018 EuroScience Open Forum.
Open science and peer review
11 Jul 2018
Scientific Excellence at Scale: Open Access journals have a clear citation advantage over subscription journals
Frontiers is the 4th most cited publisher amongst the 20 largest publishers, ranked by average citations over a three-year period (2015-2017). The same analysis also reveals a citation advantage of Open Access journals over subscription journals in the last three years.
Open science and peer review
01 Jun 2018
Sweden commits to Open Science with new Open Access publishing deal
The national agreement allows researchers in Sweden to publish in Frontiers’ journals through a simplified process with discounted fees.
Open science and peer review
06 Mar 2018
Frontiers Data Services Workshop 2018: Open Research Data to Support Sustainable Health Initiatives
Frontiers will host its second Data Services Workshop on 24 April 2018, in collaboration with the EU Horizon 2020 projects OpenMinTed and OpenUp and SwissCor
Open science and peer review
20 Dec 2017
New Open Access publishing deal for Austrian researchers
Landmark Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement signed between Frontiers, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) & University of Vienna
Open science and peer review
08 Dec 2017
Gender bias in science – new data on a man’s world
Eradicating gender bias in science requires evidence-based action – which in turn requires open data on the inner workings of science.
Open science and peer review
08 Dec 2017
Frontiers APCs: Structure and Rationale 2
In the past ten years since the founding of Frontiers, Article Processing Charges (APCs) have become widely accepted as the most transparent and sustainable mechanism of supporting Open Access publishing at high quality. As the sole source of revenue, Frontiers APCs are invested to hire expert teams, provide cutting-edge technology and high-quality services to support our community journals. Frontiers now employs 370 people across 6 countries and continues to release a new version of our Open Science Platform every two weeks, allowing us to ensure quality control and scientific excellence at scale. Experience has taught us that one APC does not fit all communities and we introduced differentiated APCs for our open-access journals two years ago. Specifically, we replaced a flat-fee structure across all Frontiers journals with a differentiated APC structure that takes into account the maturity level of a journal and differences in the level of research funding available in various disciplines. APCs went up for some journals and down for others. This allowed us to bring our formula of building widely read and highly cited impactful journals to a diverse range of academic communities, and it allowed us to subsidise many smaller and newly launched journals, ranging from […]
Open science and peer review
05 Dec 2017
Frontiers Open Science Platform enables scientific excellence at scale
Our state-of the-art Open Science Platform is a key strategy to review, publish, evaluate and disseminate research efficiently and at high quality.
Open science and peer review
14 Nov 2017
Frontiers at Web Summit 2017: Openness key for trust in science
Speaking in a panel discussion, Frontiers CEO Kamila Markram emphasized the key role of open science in enhancing public trust in scientific expertise