Frontiers news
28 Mar 2024
We take a moment to reflect on the information, resources, and actions taken over the past several months towards promoting longer, more prosperous lives on a healthier planet.
Frontiers news
27 Mar 2024
Frontiers’ volunteers have always been at the forefront of community and societal responses. Mary Ayagwu shares her experience volunteering for a global event in support of women and girls to mark this year's International Women's Day.
Frontiers news
25 Mar 2024
Open access publisher Frontiers has entered into a national transformed agreement with Sweden’s academic consortium Bibsam that will allow unlimited publishing in all Frontiers' open access journals without charge to authors or to institutions.
Frontiers news
21 Mar 2024
Open access publisher Frontiers announces that Francesca Tettamanzi will lead the company’s commitment to the United Nations SDG Publishers Compact. Francesca will play a pivotal role in advancing Frontiers’ efforts in sustainability, environmental responsibility, and societal impact.
Frontiers news
08 Mar 2024
Dr Olusola (Shola) Oluwayemisi Ololade currently holds the position of associate professor and director for the Centre for Environmental Management at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She is a member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability and the Organisation of Women in Science in Developing Countries (OWSD). She acts as advisor for young scholars working in the realm of Sustainable Development. Her research focuses on corporate environmental management and sustainability; water, pollution, and rehabilitation; biodiversity and conservation management; and tools and approaches to sustainable water resource management. This month, we are celebrating International Women’s Day and World Water Day. I am tremendously lucky to have been able to speak to Dr Ololade. She led me through her journey in water resource management in the African context, calling attention to the need for increased educational measures on water. We explore topics like inequalities in access to water, water reuse, groundwater management, and adaptation to water extremes.
Frontiers news
05 Mar 2024
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
05 Mar 2024
Frontiers, a leading research publisher and open science platform, releases a statement in public support of the wording in federal legislation that would promote the widespread, free, and equitable sharing of the latest scientific knowledge.
Frontiers news
21 Feb 2024
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
16 Feb 2024
In January, Frontiers hosted a discussion forum for United States-based research funders to explore the challenges and opportunities funders face in supporting and incentivizing open science.
Frontiers news
16 Feb 2024
Thanks to the crowdsourcing dynamic of open science, we promptly acted upon the community feedback on the AI-generated figures in the article "Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway", published on 13 February 2024. Frontiers has now retracted and removed the article from the databases to protect the integrity of the scientific record.
Frontiers news
12 Feb 2024
Dr Gabby Ahmadia is vice president of Area-Based Conservation for the Oceans program at WWF-US, where she oversees science teams working together in priority regions around the globe, from the Pacific to Indian Ocean. We talk about the importance of strong international collaboration and addressing power dynamics to overcome the pervasive practice of parachute science, while also tackling issues of being a woman in science.
Frontiers news
26 Jan 2024
Glory Oguegbu is an award-winning climate change activist, working to bring solar power and renewable energy to communities in Nigeria without electricity. Glory is chief executive officer of the Renewable Energy Technology Training Institute (RETTI), founder and executive director of the Glow Initiative for Economic Empowerment, and currently an Obama Scholar at Columbia University. As we approach 2024 exploring the ways in which women’s initiatives are driving to sustain our nine planetary boundaries, and celebrating the UN International Day of Clean Energy, there was no one I’d have more pleasure in talking to, and learning from, than her.
Frontiers news
15 Jan 2024
We take a moment to reflect on the information, resources, and actions taken over the past several months towards promoting longer, more prosperous lives on a healthier planet.
Frontiers news
10 Jan 2024
Frontiers announces a strategic reorganization and team resizing to focus on researcher-centric, technology-empowered teams to provide a first class publishing experience and secure sustainable quality publishing at scale. This change marks the next chapter in our journey to make open access the default science publishing model.
Frontiers news
09 Jan 2024
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.
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