Frontiers launched a new section to allow publishing of "Special Topics". Special Topics are centered on grand challenges, new developments and hot topics in a particular field. They are published as a collection of at least ten articles, which can be original research, review, hypothesis and theory, commentary, perspective, or methods articles. Please note that only original research articles can climb a tier.

Example of a Special Topic:
"Python in Neuroscience" in Frontiers in Neuroinformatics Researchers are invited to first submit a maximum one page abstract to the host editor by email.

Please include a provisional title, full author list, and format the subject of your email as followed: "["Special Topic title"] - Your Name".

After approval by the host editor, you will be invited to submit the full article.

For a full listing of Special Topics in 2010 please see the journal links on the right. Submit your article using the Frontiers online submission system. Choose the host editor to handle your article and mention the Special Topic in your cover letter.

Author guidelines and manuscript instructions Articles published in Special Topics receive a 25% discount on the publishing fee (minimum requirement of ten articles on a topic). This amounts to publishing fees of only, €900 for authors or, €720 if the corresponding author is a Frontiers editor. Like all research published with Frontiers, your article will be freely available on the Internet and submitted to PubMed Central for archiving. Propose your special topic to the editorial office specialtopics@frontiersin.org. We will be happy to help you with the organization. Please contact the Frontiers editorial office specialtopics@frontiersin.org