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Frontiers news

16 Feb 2024

Frontiers statement concerning the article "Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway", published on 13 February 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

16 Feb 2024

US funders meet to discuss cultural change in open science

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

12 Feb 2024

Gabby Ahmadia - Cutting the strings to parachute science

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.

Institutional partnerships

01 Feb 2024

Frontiers institutional partnerships update – winter 2024

The latest news on our collaborations with research institutions, libraries, consortia, and funders.

Publishing partnerships

31 Jan 2024

Frontiers celebrates new open access publishing agreement with the Odessa Centre

Gold open access publisher Frontiers will publish the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, under a new agreement signed with the Odessa Centre. The agreement marks Frontiers’ first publishing partnership in the field.

Frontiers news

26 Jan 2024

Glory Oguegbu - The power of the female

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.

Publishing partnerships

24 Jan 2024

Q&A with Linda H Kim, emerging investigator in Dystonia

The journal Dystonia is part of Frontiers’ publishing partnerships community since April 2021. We hear from Linda H Kim, a postdoctoral fellow who received the Mahlon DeLong Young Investigator award in support of early career investigators pursuing ambitious and creative research in dystonia.

Frontiers news

15 Jan 2024

Frontiers community engagement update – winter 2023

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

The next chapter for Frontiers: to the open access tipping point

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

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.

Publishing partnerships

22 Dec 2023

International Journal of Public Health: Smoking is still a risk for generation Z

A Slovakian study into generational attitudes to smoking has shown that generation Z is still attracted to cigarettes, even though data indicates the habit is waning in popularity among that age group.

Frontiers news

21 Dec 2023

2023 in review: a message from our CEO

Frontiers CEO Kamila Markram reflects on some of our key insights and developments – as we remain committed to our mission and leading the full transition to open access.

Frontiers news

19 Dec 2023

Empowering women for a better future: A look into 2024

To live in an equitable world, disruption of the norm is necessary. As we close 2023, after a year of inspiring pieces from women all over the world, and as we reflect on the paths forged by these women and what they mean in the context of their exemplary fields, it is especially important to remember why we do it.

Frontiers news

18 Dec 2023

To protect academic freedom, we must first define it

In September, the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) published a draft report on academic freedom in the European Union. Frontiers welcomed the recommendations put forward. Recently, an amended version of the report has been adopted.

Frontiers news

14 Dec 2023

The Transformed Agreement: German library consortium and Frontiers announce world’s largest fully open access agreement

Frontiers and the German National Library of Medicine (ZB MED) have announced the launch of the first transformed framework agreement - a national, fully open access flat-fee deal - for Germany. This landmark agreement is an innovative initiative designed to champion open access to scientific research, and to provide long term budget security for institutions.