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19 Jun 2023

The University of Nova Gorica forms publishing agreement with Frontiers  

The University of Nova Gorica has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.  This institutional agreement means that eligible University of Nova Gorica researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount.  The University of Nova Gorica supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage University of Nova Gorica researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.   Information for researchers   If you are a University of Nova Gorica researcher, please select “University of Nova Gorica” in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by University of Nova Gorica upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please […]

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19 Jun 2023

University Library of Wuppertal forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

University Library of Wuppertal has formed an institutional partnership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.  This institutional agreement means that eligible University of Wuppertal researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 5% partnership discount.  The University Library of Wuppertal supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage University of Wuppertal researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional partnerships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.   Information for researchers  If you are a University of Wuppertal researcher, please select University of Wuppertal in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by University Library of Wuppertal upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit University Library of Wuppertal’s open access page (https://www.bib.uni-wuppertal.de/de/forschen/open-access/) or contact […]

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16 Jun 2023

The Slovenian Forestry Institute forms publishing agreement with Frontiers  

The Slovenian Forestry Institute has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.  This institutional agreement means that eligible Slovenian Forestry Institute researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal with a simplified process in which the articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount.  The Slovenian Forestry Institute supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Slovenian Forestry Institute researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.   Information for researchers   If you are a Slovenian Forestry Institute researcher, please select “Slovenian Forestry Institute” in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Slovenian Forestry Institute upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit The Slovenian Forest Institute open access page or contact […]

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12 Jun 2023

The University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana forms publishing agreement with Frontiers  

The University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.  This institutional agreement means that eligible University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount.  The University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.   Information for researchers   If you are a University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana researcher, please select “University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana” in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit […]

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12 Jun 2023

Sangeeta Mangubhai – We need to break the glass ceilings

By Thimedi Hetti Photo credit: Emily Darling The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water is about aiming to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development. In honor of both SDG 14 and World Ocean Day this month, I spoke to Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai, principal consultant and research scientist at Talanoa Consulting. Sangeeta has a PhD in coral reef ecology with 25 years’ worth of experience working on environmental issues. Originally from Fiji, she has worked in Australia, East Africa, Indonesia, and the South Pacific on natural resource management, coastal fisheries, “blue foods”, payment for ecosystem services, value chains, gender, protected areas, environmental policy, disaster, and climate change. Sangeeta is a 2018 Pew Fellow working on mainstreaming gender and human rights-based approaches into coastal fisheries in Melanesia. What was it like growing up in Fiji? “We spent a lot of time in nature, enjoying the outdoors with family and friends. It’s fascinating to think back to a time without TV or social media, when life was much simpler in Fiji. We spent a lot of time swimming in the sea. As a special treat, my dad would take us out snorkeling. We […]

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08 Jun 2023

Science for all with compatible AI

Watch Mirjam Eckert, chief publishing officer at Frontiers, introduce the publisher and demystify its machine learning tool. With thanks to the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Photo credit: Frontiers Human compatible Artificial Intelligence (AI) could empower us all. But public trust in good science will be key.   At Frontiers, we apply AI to help build that trust. Our Artificial Intelligence Review Assistant (AIRA) verifies that scientific knowledge is accurately and honestly presented even before our people decide whether to review, endorse, or publish the research paper that contains it. AIRA reads every research manuscript we receive and makes up to 20 checks a second. These checks cover, among other things, language quality, the integrity of figures and images, plagiarism, and conflicts of interest. The results give editors and reviewers another perspective as they decide whether to put a research paper through our rigorous and transparent peer review. We face global, existential threats, from health emergencies to climate change. We can manage and reverse these threats, for healthy lives on a healthy planet – with political will, global collaboration, and scientific breakthrough at a scale not yet seen. On all those counts, success will depend on the widespread sharing of the latest […]

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06 Jun 2023

Frontiers announces membership of STM 

Gold open access publisher Frontiers has announced that it has become a member of the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers, better known as STM.   Credit: Frontiers Frontiers has been involved in various initiatives with STM over the years, and more actively last year as a member of the working group on research integrity. Frontiers has contributed to the group’s development of new paper mill detection tools, in collaboration with a number of other publishers  The move to full membership is a significant step in Frontiers’ ongoing relationship with STM. It will enable the publisher to make a more substantial contribution to the association’s work, including efforts to identify potentially fabricated or manipulated research, and academic publishing policies.  Stephan Kuster, head of public affairs at Frontiers, who will be the publisher’s main representative to STM said: “this new membership is a natural progression of the work we have already been doing with STM and we are looking forward to increasing our participation in a range of projects to support policy development in scholarly publishing.”  Fred Fenter, chief executive editor at Frontiers, said: “This is an important time for the development of academic publishing, and we look forward to […]

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02 Jun 2023

Coastal Carolina University forms publishing agreement with Frontiers

Coastal Carolina University has formed an institutional partnership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible Coastal Carolina University researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. The university library supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Coastal Carolina University researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional partnerships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.  Information for researchers  If you are a Coastal Carolina University researcher, please select Coastal Carolina University in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Coastal Carolina University upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit Coastal Carolina University’s open access page or contact John Felts, jfelts@coastal.edu.

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02 Jun 2023

Hutton forms publishing agreement with Frontiers – JISC national open access deal  

We would like to announce that The James Hutton Institute has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research.    This institutional agreement means that eligible Hutton researchers may publish open access in any Frontiers journal and will receive a 10% reduction in their article processing charge.  This agreement will further support the institute’s researchers to meet funders’ requirements to publish open access. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider Open Science strategy of the Institute, as well as the scientific research community and the public at large.    For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional memberships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.   Information for researchers   If you are a researcher at The James Hutton Institute, please select The James Hutton Institute in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Before confirming your eligibility for an APC discount, Library staff will require the details of your departmental budget code, which shall be internally recharged to cover the publishing […]

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26 May 2023

Linnaeus University forms publishing agreement with Frontiers 

Linnaeus University has formed an institutional partnership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers.   This institutional agreement means that eligible Linnaeus University researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% partnership discount.  The university library at Linnaeus University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. This agreement will further encourage Linnaeus University researchers to publish open access, increasing the volume of research openly available. While this reduces costs for the researcher, it also benefits the wider research community and the public at large.     For more information on Frontiers’ institutional agreements please visit our institutional partnerships page or contact institutions@frontiersin.org to discuss the possibilities for your own organization.  Information for researchers If you are a Linnaeus University researcher, please select Linnaeus University in the payment information section (“Frontiers institutional members”) when submitting your article. Frontiers will verify your eligibility with the library and, if confirmed, the APC will be paid by Linnaeus University upon acceptance.    For information on whether your article is eligible under this agreement, or if you require any further details, please visit Linnaeus University’s open access page or contact researchsupport@lnu.se

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26 May 2023

Slovenian CTK Consortium signs national deal with Frontiers

Frontiers announces a landmark national agreement with Slovenia, via the CTK Consortium.  Credit: Frontiers Slovenian universities represented in the CTK Consortium formed a publishing agreement with Frontiers. Partner institutions benefit from APC discounts and a simplified publishing process in Frontiers’ journals. Signed in March 2023, the deal will be in effect until March 2026.  Ronald Buitenhus, head of institutional partnerships at Frontiers, said: “This agreement celebrates Slovenian universities’ commitment to open science. We look forward to empowering the research community in Slovenia and driving the impact of science in society.”  Slovenia will join other international consortia, including the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, and Norway, who have signed open access framework agreements with Frontiers.  Benefits of joining the partnership  Frontiers streamlines processes for researchers and their institutions with tailored, flexible, and financially sustainable publishing models. We offer an innovative workflow alongside a dashboard, providing new insights and transparency.   Member institutions benefit from competitive article processing charges (APCs), centralized, flexible invoicing, a range of payment options and a dedicated account manager supporting library staff. Researchers have access to collaborative peer-review, article and author impact metrics and enhanced dissemination tools such as Loop. Frontiers offers continuous registration with no annual fee. Partners can contribute to the development of our […]

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25 May 2023

Reflections on the 2023 Camp ER&L

Frontiers attended the 2023 Camp ER&L, a landmark yearly meeting dedicated to collaboration in e-resources that has been running for 18 years. Camp ER&L (Electronic Resources and Libraries) is an annual gathering where librarians and scholars meet to collaborate on the future of digital tools in scholarly publishing, with the mission of improving the management of electronic resources in libraries. Following two years of successful virtual events, Camp ER&L returned to an in-person setting in Austin, Texas, this spring. Representatives from the Frontiers institutional partnerships team who attended the event included global sales manager Thomas Romano, US regional sales lead Alea Giordano, and account specialist Brady Allen. Insightful feedback  The conference provided excellent networking opportunities. Our team met with old friends and connected with many new faces at the Frontiers’ booth. It was very enriching to hear a wide range of visitors’ views on open access and to gain insight into their expectations for scientific publishers. Thomas Romano, global sales manager of institutional partnerships at Frontiers said: “Thank you to our visitors in the exhibition hall. Frontiers welcomes the opportunity to share its mission and hear feedback from the community. We look forward to meeting again soon at the SSP […]

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23 May 2023

Researchers at the center of Frontiers’ new partnership with ResearchGate 

Open access publisher Frontiers and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, have entered a partnership agreement to support researchers in accessing and sharing high quality scholarly articles.  Photo credit: Frontiers, ResearchGate The syndication partnership will see content from several Frontiers journals added to ResearchGate, including articles from:  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience  Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine  Frontiers in Energy Research  Frontiers in Medicine  Frontiers in Neural Circuits  Frontiers in Neuroinformatics  Frontiers in Oncology  Frontiers in Pediatrics  Frontiers in Surgery  Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience  These journals are representative of the open access content available in Frontiers’ larger journal portfolio. In turn, authors will benefit from their version of record (VoR) articles automatically added to ResearchGate, the creation of a dedicated article page, and newly published articles displayed on the Frontiers journal homepage. Authors will also have access to data and insights on the impact of their work. The increased availability of this research ensures that authors’ work has the widest possible reach among relevant audiences from the more than 25 million users of ResearchGate.  Frontiers has a long-standing practice and commitment to placing the researcher at the center of everything it does. This researcher-centric mindset, combined with the publisher’s mission to make […]

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17 May 2023

Science on tap: Frontiers co-sponsors Pint of Science Switzerland festival  

The Pint of Science festival returns to Switzerland this year 22-24 May 2023 co-sponsored by open access publisher Frontiers. Pint of Science Switzerland is part of the larger global Pint of Science event, which aims to make science more accessible by sharing recent scientific developments with the public in a casual atmosphere. The nine host cities in Switzerland are Basel, Bern, Brig, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Sion, St Gallen, and Zurich.  Photo credit: Pint of Science Switzerland The annual three-day festival will take place in more than 20 hospitality venues across the Swiss host cities. Each location allows scientists to connect with the local community through a unique line-up of talks, demonstrations, and live experiments. The event’s interactive nature gives attendees the opportunity to directly engage with the host and speakers as they learn more about the latest scientific discoveries. With more than 140 speakers, topics covered span from astronomy and chemistry to neuroscience and zoology.  Frontiers has co-sponsored the Pint of Science Switzerland festival for several years. As a multinational company with locations in 17 countries, Switzerland is home for Frontiers with its headquarters located in Lausanne. Frontiers is passionate about supporting community-oriented initiatives, especially those with a focus on […]