48 news posts in Academic publishing

Frontiers news

14 Jan 2026

Science unlocked: opening knowledge to accelerate global progress

A new docufilm hosted by CNBC explores Frontiers' missin to make science open and why it makes sense today more than ever to accelerate breakthroughs in health, climate resilience, and technology.

Frontiers news

29 Jul 2025

Frontiers' Research Integrity team uncovers peer review manipulation network

Frontiers Research Integrity Auditing team has uncovered a network of authors and editors who conducted peer review with undisclosed conflicts of interest and who have engaged in citation manipulation. The unethical actions of this network have been confirmed in 122 articles published in Frontiers, across 5 journals, and has led to their retraction.

Frontiers news

05 Mar 2024

Frontiers joins UNITED2ACT to combat paper mills in scholarly publishing

The proliferation of ‘paper mills’ poses a real threat to research publishing integrity, as these practices undermine the credibility of scientific research, leading to an erosion of trust among researchers and the wider public. Frontiers joins UNITED2ACT to address the issue of paper mills and combat fraudulent practices in academic publishing.

Frontiers news

21 Feb 2024

Bad bibliometrics don’t add up for research or why research publishing policy needs sound science

The integrity and reliability of bibliometric studies hold a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of scientific research, influencing policy-making processes, and guiding the allocation of funding resources.

Frontiers news

09 Jan 2024

Safeguarding peer review to ensure quality at scale

In the context of climate emergency, making scientific research open has never been more important. But for research to be trusted, it must be of the highest quality. Facing an industry-wide rise in fraudulent science, Frontiers has increased its focus on safeguarding quality.

Frontiers news

01 Jul 2020

Artificial Intelligence to help meet global demand for high-quality, objective peer-review in publishing

The integration of AIRA — Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant — into Frontiers’ digital peer-review platform enables faster, more efficient quality control and manuscript handling

Open science policy

19 Feb 2019

Frontiers’ feedback on the implementation guidance of Plan S

Frontiers’response to the call for public feedback on the Guidance on the Implementation of Plan S

Frontiers news

30 Jan 2019

Submit to Frontiers directly from Chronos and bioRxiv

Integration with two leading grantee and pre-publication platforms further simplifies the submission process for Frontiers’ authors.

Open science policy

14 Dec 2018

Plan S: a landmark en route to full and immediate Open Access

Recent developments in the transition to Open Access in Europe and beyond

Frontiers news

05 Nov 2018

Frontiers supplies full-text articles to Publications Router

Improved service for institutions to capture, store, curate and showcase articles published by their researchers in Frontiers journals

Open science policy

25 Oct 2018

Open Access is here to stay – and machines will enhance its future

Open Access is becoming the accepted standard for sharing research results. The next step is using machines to improve data analysis and publishing systems.

Open science policy

04 Sep 2018

Science without publication paywalls: cOAlition S for the realisation of full and immediate Open Access

A group of national funders, joined by the European Commission and the European Research Council, announce plans to make Open Access publishing mandatory for recipients of their agencies’ research funding.