342 news posts in Open science

Young Minds

05 Oct 2023

Frontiers for Young Minds: New partnership launches French-language version of kids’ scientific journal

Frontiers for Young Minds, an award-winning, non-profit, open-access scientific journal for kids, in partnership with Jeunes Francophones et la Science, has launched a French version as part of a wider strategy to bring accessible, high-quality science to global audiences. The expansion provides free access to scientific articles for 300 million French speakers around the world. Photo credit: Frontiers Frontiers for Young Minds publishes articles written by renowned researchers and peer-reviewed by children between the ages of 8-15. The young reviewers work alongside the scientists, providing feedback to make sure the articles are engaging and understandable for their peers before publication. The unique review process empowers the young reviewers with a better understanding of the scientific process and provides them with critical thinking skills. Jeunes Francophones et la Science (JEFS) is a not-for-profit organization that is passionate about communicating quality science to young, French-speaking learners. As part of the partnership, JEFS will translate existing articles into French, support French-speaking researchers in writing original scientific articles for young learners, and introduce the journal’s innovative kid-led peer review process to a network of French-speaking science mentors and schools. The first group of translated articles focus on microbiology and include: An Incredible Invisible World: […]

Research Topics

04 Oct 2023

Frontiers’ most popular mental health Research Topics

On World Mental Health Day 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mental health a fundamental human right that should be accessible to everyone, regardless of location or background. In support of WHO’s mission, we have compiled a list of leading article collections advancing mental health research. Collecting over a million views, scientists investigated emotional, psychological, and social well-being subjects, including: Post-COVID-19 habit changes 70 articles | 149,000 views Analyzing COVID-19’s impact on mental health, lifestyle, beliefs, and social behavior Insights from Frontiers for Young Minds 7 articles | 315,000 views Explaining different ways to help those with mental illness Mental health awareness 34 articles | 145,000 views Developing strategies for promoting mental health across all disciplines Mental health in higher education 35 articles | 145,000 views Exploring solutions to promote students’ mental well-being Mental health literacy 19 articles | 64,000 views Learning how to achieve and maintain positive mental health while reducing stigma Cross-cultural perspectives 15 articles | 54,000 views Examining positive and negative mental health concepts across different cultures Mental health of healthcare workers 23 articles | 52,000 views Focusing on the mental health of different healthcare professionals Coping with change 29 articles | 47,000 views Investigating the […]

eBooks

04 Oct 2023

Frontiers ebook releases: October 2023

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including: exploration of psychology and mathematics education work on emerging technologies for musculoskeletal disease new perspectives on ovarian aging and reproduction and contributions to climate change research All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Psychology and Mathematics Education Edited by Gila Hanna; Laura Macchi; Karin Binder; Laura Martignon; Katharina LoiblPDFClimate Change and Society Edited by Fátima Alves; Luísa SchmidtPDFMovement and Connectivity of Large Pelagic Sharks Edited by David Wells; J. Marcus Drymon; Clive N. Trueman; Yannis Peter Papastamatiou; Johann Mourier; Mark MeekanPDFOvarian Aging and Reproduction Edited by Wenpei Xiang; Jing Li; Huai L. Feng; Yingying QinPDFMultilateral Interactions In The Rhizosphere Edited by Soumitra Paul Chowdhury; Adam Schikora; László Kredics; Fred O Asiegbu; Beatriz LagunasPDFAdvancing the Understanding of Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Variants and COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy: Essential Clinical and Molecular Insights and Breakthroughs Edited by Alagarraju MUTHUKUMAR; Madhusudhanan Narasimhan; Ruben LuoPDFBioinformatics Analysis of Omics Data for Biomarker Identification in Clinical Research, Volume II Edited by Lixin Cheng; Hongwei Wang; Shibiao […]

Research Topics

14 Sep 2023

10 article collections to get into the back-to-school mindset

With the summer coming to an end, the back-to-school season always brings a distinct energy as teachers and students look forward to the next academic year. As we settle back into the classrooms and lecture theatres, take a look at the top 10 Research Topics that discuss the future of education and those shaping it. Collecting over 964,000 views, scientists investigated educational subjects, including: Neuroscience and educational psychology 15 articles | 252,000 views Exploring how neuroscience can contribute to personalized learning and education Motivational development in education 20 articles | 130,000 views Enhancing academic performance in any educational context by exploring motivational development Deep learning in education 55 articles | 124,000 views Investigating the use of AI-related techniques in educational behaviors and settings Education in a post-pandemic world 13 articles | 95,000 views Examining assessment practices in virtual and hybrid teaching environments Reading and writing skills 40 articles | 88,000 views Exploring reading and writing in the post-pandemic world, including cognitive, emotional, social, creative, and digital aspects New approaches for student well-being 17 articles | 67,000 views Focusing on positive education as a driving force for inclusion and well-being in educational settings Gender equality in higher education 10 articles | […]

eBooks

14 Sep 2023

Frontiers ebook releases: September 2023

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including: work on planning for agriculture and sustainable food systems insights into the consequences of sleep deprivation findings on neurological disorders post COVID-19 research on longevity and healthy aging All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Treatment Over the Lifespan in Bipolar Disorder Edited by Andreas Reif; Dina Popovic; Janusz K RybakowskiPDFContemporary Challenges in Immunologic Testing in Clinical and Research Laboratories Edited by Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade; Edward K.L. Chan; Pablo Engel; Michael Kirschfink; Stefan ViethsPDFConsequences of Sleep Deprivation Edited by Ritchie Edward Brown; Andrea RomigiPDFPatterns, Functions, and Processes of Alpine Grassland Ecosystems under Global Change Edited by Jian Sun; Gao-Lin Wu; Junran Jimmy Li; Shiliang Liu; Nigussie Haregeweyn; Huakun ZhouPDFPublic Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing Edited by Prof. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg; Abhishek Ghosh; Michal Grivna; Bijaya Kumar PadhiPDFLongevity and Healthy Aging Edited by Tzvi Dwolatzky; Gil AtzmonPDFOpioids in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: From Cellular Mechanisms to Public Health Policy Edited by Wendy Margaret Walwyn; Tim Hales; Kathryn Anne […]

Open science policy

09 Aug 2023

Open access research publisher Frontiers welcomes a bipartisan bill to expand access to artificial intelligence research in the US

The bipartisan CREATE AI Act aims to overcome the access divide and see the benefits and risks of artificial intelligence properly weighed for all Americans. Photo credit: Frontiers In July 2023, US Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the CREATE AI Act (the Creating Resources for Every American To Experiment with Artificial Intelligence Act). U.S. Representatives Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Don Beyer (D-Va.), and Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives. Frontiers welcomes the move. It shows foresight, creativity, and the chance to properly weigh the risks and benefits of AI for all. The bill proposes new national infrastructure for the US that gives researchers, academics, startups, and students from diverse backgrounds much-needed access to the computing power, resources, data, and tools needed to develop safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The principle of open access to these resources – and the ambition to expand research on this cutting-edge technology to the best and brightest minds in the US – chimes loudly with our mission as an Open Science research publisher. At Frontiers, we want to see all science open – so that we can […]

eBooks

04 Aug 2023

Frontiers ebook releases: August 2023

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including work on effort-based decision making, insights into clinical nutrition, findings on how plants adapt to stress, and research on bio-inspired computing. All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. The Ocean, Volume 2Edited by Hervé Claustre; Carolyn Scheurle; Laura Lorenzoni; Sanae Chiba; Emily KingPDFBio-Inspired Computation and Its ApplicationsEdited by Tinggui Chen; Zhihua Cui; Gongfa Li; Xiao-Zhi Gao; Honghai LiuPDFExploration of Dietary Correlates of Conspiratorial ThinkingEdited by Reza Rastmanesh; Guoyan Wang; Neil DagnallPDFCombining Chemo/radio Therapy and Immunotherapy for Cancers—Perfect Mix of Old and New Edited by Jian Zhang; Linlang Guo; Clare Y Slaney; Feng-Ming (Spring) KongPDFCo-use of medicines in surgeryEdited by Songwen Tan; Weiguo Li; Chuanpin ChenPDFPublic Health, Governance, Green Environment and EconomyEdited by Suleman Sarwar; Dalia Streimikiene; Rida Waheed; Abdul RaufPDFInsights in Clinical NutritionEdited by Maurizio MuscaritoliPDFComparative Animal ConsciousnessEdited by Louis Neal Irwin; Lars Chittka; Nicky S Clayton; Eva Jablonka; Jon Mallatt; Todd E FeinbergPDFNeuropeptide GPCRs in Neuroendocrinology, Volume IIEdited by Hubert Vaudry; Liliane Schoofs; Olivier Civelli; Masayasu KojimaPDFProfessional and […]

Research Topics

03 Aug 2023

Building the city of the future: Here are some article collections on sustainable cities

Cities are where many of us spend the majority of their time: to work, play, and live. To explore how this might be done sustainably in the future, we are highlighting the top Research Topics on sustainable cities. Join us by reading up on the incredible findings and solutions made by researchers from across the globe. With more than 720,000 collective views, scientists explored topics and advanced fields, including work on trends in urban agriculture, sustainable urban development, urban play, and well-being in urban environments. Research Topics: Legacies of land use in cities 10 articles | 132,000 views Understanding the cultural, political and ethical dimensions of urban nature Trends in urban agriculture 10 articles | 131,000 views Using innovative systems to discover which urban agricultural practices are productive, ecologically sustainable, and economically profitable Transformative urban greening 9 articles | 45,000 views Aiming to take stock of and advance the current state-of-the-art in green space governance in a global perspective Uncovering the hidden footprint of cities 13 articles | 95,000 views Providing an overview of current research on urban microbiomes of city green spaces and other elements of the built and natural environments Implications for the planning and management of healthy […]

Young Minds

10 Jul 2023

Ex-World Bank chief economist Dr Asli Demirgüç-Kunt joins Frontiers for Young Minds as specialty chief editor

Image: Asli Demirgüç-Kunt Frontiers for Young Minds welcomes Dr Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, former chief economist of the Europe and central Asia region at the World Bank, as specialty chief editor for their newly re-launched section on mathematics and economics. With over 30 years of experience at the World Bank, Dr Demirgüç-Kunt will bring a new understanding of economics to kids all over the world. Laura Henderson, Head of Public Outreach at Frontiers for Young Minds said: “I’m excited to welcome Dr Demirgüç-Kunt and add a new focus into our journal. Economics is vital to the understanding of everything from our day-to-day purchases to our global power dynamics, building from the underlying theories of mathematics to real-world applications. It’s crucial for making sense of our world systems and for improving our future. We are proud that she has chosen to work with us to make this new section scope a huge success.” Dr Demirgüç-Kunt said: “I am excited and honored to join Frontiers for Young Minds. It is a great opportunity to spark interest in the next generation of young economists and motivate them to make the world a better and fairer place for all.” Frontiers for Young Minds is an award-winning, […]

Research Topics

07 Jul 2023

Going to the beach? Here are some research topics on the world's oceans

As we seek to escape the heat of summer at the beach, we are highlighting the top Research Topics on the world’s oceans. Join us by reading up on the incredible findings and solutions made by researchers from across the globe. With more than 1.2 million collective views, scientists explored topics and advanced fields, including work towards sustainable oceans – one of the sustainable development goals, strategies for the conservation of marine megafauna, research on how the oceans may provide food for humans, and insights into how oceans change. Research Topics: Conserving marine megafauna 35 articles | 104,000 views Highlighting the multiple applications of tracking towards the prioritization of conservation goals Ocean-based negative emission technologies 9 articles | 278,000 views Aiming to initiate and catalyze a new branch in marine research that will help guide post-Paris climate policy and will therefore be vital for the Earth’s future Microplastics in the marine environment 24 articles | 176,000 views Gathering knowledge regarding impacts of microplastics in marine environments including robust sampling designs and methods, modelling techniques, mass-balance models to risk assessment predictions and solutions in a circular economy approach Marine biosphere research to benefit society 30 articles | 168,000 views Understanding of […]

eBooks

04 Jul 2023

Frontiers ebook releases: July 2023

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including work on smart food for sustainable food systems, insights into computational sociolinguistics, findings on the collapse of avian biodiversity in the Anthropocene, and research on the future of energy efficiency. All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Management and Public Health Response, Volume IIEdited by Eugenie Ruth Lumbers; Thomas Rawson; Marco Iosa; Fabrizio Ricci; Zisis Kozlakidis; Longxiang Su; Catherine Ropert; Jonathan Kantor; Constantinos Tsioutis; Susan Christina Welburn; Burc Barin; Jiufeng SunPDFFrom raw MEG/EEG to publication: how to perform MEG/EEG group analysis with free academic softwareEdited by Vladimir Litvak; Arnaud Delorme; Francois Tadel; Alexandre Gramfort; Robert Oostenveld; Srikantan S NagarajanPDFThe Cultural Psychology of the COVID-19 PandemicEdited by Yulia Chentsova Dutton; Glenn Adams; Markus Kemmelmeier; Lucian Gideon ConwayPDFComputational SociolinguisticsEdited by Jack Grieve; Dirk Hovy; David Jurgens; Tyler S Kendall; Dong Nguyen; James N. Stanford; Meghan SumnerPDFCOVID-19: The Neurorehabilitation PerspectiveEdited by Thomas Platz; Giorgio Sandrini; David Charles Good; Nam-Jong PaikPDFMolecular Biomarkers for the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and […]

Open science and peer review

22 Jun 2023

Predatoryreports.org: An open letter from Frontiers’ chief executive editor

To our community, In March of this year, we alerted you to the emergence of predatoryreports[.]org. This website and its authors, whose motives are unknown, deliberately seek to undermine our organization, our community, and the open access movement by disseminating false information about Frontiers. At the risk of feeding the egos of the anonymous and irresponsible people behind predatoryreports.org with this second public acknowledgement, I report here on how we are seeking to address this issue. As responsibly asserted by the Committee of Publication Ethics in April, ‘authors and institutions should treat lists of predatory (or fake) journals with the same degree of scrutiny as they do with the journals themselves. Lists that are not transparent about criteria used should not be relied on.’ Researchers and institutions have valid questions about the quality, impact, and motives of their publishers. Predatoryreports[.]org attempts to undermine any constructive discussion by sloppily promulgating “the p-word”; unfortunately, this unethical behavior is being noticed, creating concern and bewilderment. The p-word is a blanket derogatory term that is so easy to use that it blocks scientific, critical, and common-sense thought processes. Some employ it liberally to create a smokescreen, in the hope that no one will feel […]

Research Topics

07 Jun 2023

Pride Month 2023: Article collections celebrating the LGBTQ+ community

Each June it’s pride month, a celebration of the LGBTQ community and their many achievements. To join in on the celebrations, we have put together Research Topics. Read about the amazing research done by scientists from across the globe. With more than 820,000 collective views, researchers explored topics such as barriers to workplace equality, co-parenting fathers, perspectives on cancer issues affecting LGBTQ communities, and anti-transgender prejudice. Read our closed article collections: Barriers to workplace equality 12 articles | 221,000 views Gaining a better understanding of workplace inequality affecting people from a range of social groups and categories, including members of the LGBTQ+ community Cancer Disparities in Diverse Populations 18 articles | 67,000 views Presenting current perspectives on cancer issues affecting the minority, including LGBTQ, communities by convening both community and academic investigators, clinicians, and stake holders from the translational, clinical and public heath communities Transgender healthcare 14 articles | 199,000 views Adding value to our current knowledge about the developmental origins and the influence of hormonal interventions on the mental and physical health trajectories of people with gender dysphoria Co-parenting fathers 10 articles | 21,000 views Exploring co-parenting in alternative family structures, particularly gay father co-parents LGBTQ parents 15 articles […]

eBooks

05 Jun 2023

Frontiers ebook releases: June 2023

Download the top ebook releases from this month, including work on new wolf conservation and conflict management, new insights into potential biomarkers in neurovascular disorders, findings on neonatal health in low- and middle-income countries, and research on classroom assessment practices and teacher decision-making. All ebooks are free to download, share and distribute. Shape the future of your field — and publish your own ebook — by editing a special collection around your research area. Learn more about Research Topics or submit your suggestion. What do we know about COVID-19 implications for cardiovascular disease?Edited by Hendrik Tevaearai Stahel; Masanori Aikawa; Shuyang Zhang; Mingxing Xie; Shuping GePDFAn Alien place on Earth: The Red Sea as a model for Future OceansEdited by Christian Robert Voolstra; Rúben Martins CostaPDFCorporate Behavior and Sustainable DevelopmentEdited by Rui Xue; Haiyue Liu; Yuli Shan; Shiyang Hu; Xiaoyu WangPDFMobile and Wearable Systems for Health MonitoringEdited by Mohamed Elgendi; Richard Ribon Fletcher; Derek Abbott; Dingchang Zheng; Panicos Kyriacou; Carlo MenonPDFARDS in COVID-19 – Insights for TreatmentEdited by Koichi Ikuta; Michael Karin; Yoshio KoyanagiPDFGenome Wide Association Studies and Genomic Selection for Crop improvement in the Era of Big DataEdited by Nunzio D’Agostino; Alison Bentley; Charles ChenPDFClinicopathological Factors and Staging in Gastrointestinal CancersEdited […]

Open science and peer review

15 May 2023

Why is it Important to Talk about Diversity and Inclusion in Science and Research?

We asked Dr. Alfredo Carpineti, chair and founder of the organization “Pride in STEM”, a UK-based charity organization run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists & engineers from around the world, to share his insight on the matter. The language we use when we talk about research and the work done in science is often impersonal. As if science is something that naturally happens, independently of the choices of humans. In reality, it is our choices that guide research efforts, and I think it’s important not to shy away from them. When we recognize science as a matter of choices, we bring to light what science really is: a tool for humanity. Maybe one of its greatest tools, but a tool, nevertheless. Another consequence of understanding science for what it is, it’s the realization that the choices that guide scientific investigation are influenced by people’s own ideas and biases. And so, it is important to understand and challenge the biases we possess. Understanding how we think is as equally important as understanding how the cosmos works. With that in mind, Pride in STEM, the charity I have founded and run, challenges some of those biases – in particular, those that […]