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Community-Rooted Open-Access Publisher Frontiersin.Org Community-rooted open-access publisher frontiersin.org Open Access @FrontiersIn Frontiersin Table of contents About Frontiers ........................................................................................ 4 Our Innovations ......................................................................................6 Team Frontiers .........................................................................................8 Where does the money go? .................................................................9 Community Journals ...........................................................................11 Research Topics ................................................................................... 15 Collaborative Review ........................................................................... 21 Impact Metrics .......................................................................................27 Tiering ......................................................................................................33 Frontiers for Young Minds .................................................................37 Loop ..........................................................................................................43 CUMULATIVE GROWTH (as of September 2015) About Frontiers Published Articles 2015 36,321 Over 80% of 2014 27,754 citations in OA 2013 16,624 2012 9,220 Psychology journals 2011 4,199 are generated from Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Human 2010 1,782 Neuroscience 2009 603 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience rontiers is a community-rooted open Article Page Views is the #1 gold open-access access publisher that has attracted 220’000 2015 92’500’000 journal in the world researchers as authors and editors. F 2014 61’600’000 terms of volume and impact factor By taking publishing entirely online, we drive 2013 30’200’000 innovation and develop new technologies to make 2012 15’000’000 Frontiers in Psychology is the peer review more efficient and transparent, provide 2011 6’300’000 world’s largest journal impact metrics for articles and researchers, merge 2010 1’600’000 in its JCR category open access publishing with a research network 2009 200’000 platform to catalyze research dissemination Frontiers in Plant Science is and we popularize research to the public, including Article Downloads #1 among open-access children. Our mission is to increase the reach 2015 22’000’000 journals in plant and impact of research articles and their authors. 2014 15’100’000 science, both in volume and 2013 8’000’000 impact factor. Founded by scientists in 2007, Frontiers is today 2012 4’200’000 one of the 5 largest open access publishers and has 2011 1’100’000 received the ALPSP Gold Award for Innovation 2010 230’000 in Publishing in 2014. 2009 55’000 4 | 2015 Frontiers Our Innovations NUMBERS (as of September 2015) 54 417 62’000 137’000 Open access Specialties across Editors Authors journals academia Community Journals Tiering 4’000’000 1’000’000 We cover more than 400 specialties High impact research articles are 37’000 Article views Article downloads across academia, with more than crowdsourced then “climb the tier” Articles /month /month 60’000 world-renowned scientists and as “Focused Reviews” to reach a broader published scholars as editors. “Gold” open access audience. for all articles, under the CC-BY Creative Commons license. Young Minds A free scientific journal written for and Top 15 Editor Affiliations Research Topics reviewed by young people. 0 Editors 250 Editors 500 Editors Spotlight the most specialized communities and enable leading researchers to manage Loop National Institutes of Health the publication of article collections. The open network that maximizes the impact Harvard University of researchers and their discoveries, and The Max Planck Society University College London Collaborative Review the only research network that integrates Stanford University Rigorous, fair, constructive, transparent into institutional websites and publishing University of Michigan and efficient. All enabled by our sophisticated platforms. UCLA Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche “Review Forum” web software. University of California, Davis University of Florida Impact Metrics King’s College London Advanced analytics track the impact Any questions please contact us: INSERM University of Oxford of your research. [email protected] University of Minnesota University of Southern California 6 | 2015 Frontiers Where does the money go? Frontiers was designed to empower the another. In 2014 alone, 32% of our expenditures research community to shape the direction were put towards innovations that included of research content. In 2014, we supported technological advances to our Collaborative Peer the community with $1 million in honoraria Review platform, enhanced impact metrics for and awards in acknowledgement of their articles and authors and Loop, the open network dedication to this mission. that aims to drive readership for your articles and increase your discoverability and impact. Frontiers innovates faster than any other Our headquarters are located in the Innovation Park of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. publisher to provide cutting-edge publishing The bottom line is that our dedication to and networking solutions. When Frontiers community empowerment and innovation has started in 2007, we made the bold decision to driven Frontiers journals into the leading position build all our services in-house, integrated into in Gold Open Access Publishing in terms of one global platform – a first in the publishing both high impact and high article volumes.* industry. Almost 2/3 of our employees are Team Frontiers: * based on a comparison of Gold Open Access journals listed the expertise of 200 strong IT experts, pioneering one innovation after in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2014. FRONTIERS: ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE 2014 Honoraria & Awards 5% Publishing Operations Frontiers has the best team in publishing development offices in Madrid and India, plus 34% and the most talented software engineers to presence in London, San Francisco and Albany. General & Administration 8% advance the cause of open science. We benefit from a strong pool of local talent; in 2014 we Together we are providing the support and US$ million received over 1000 applications, from among building the tools and platforms that our Discounts & Waivers 10% Publishing Operations 6.8 which 8% of the very best were hired. We authors, editors and reviewers count on to IT and Innovation 6.5 have over 200 employees from 38 countries get their jobs done efficiently, and that will Growth - New Journals 2.1 Growth - New Journals 11% Discounts & Waivers 1.9 based largely at our headquarters at the contribute to promoting the research and General & Administration 1.7 Innovation Park of the Swiss Federal Institute careers of scientists and clinicians from every Honoraria & Awards 1.0 of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, with IT country in the world. IT and Innovation 32% Total Expenditure 20.0 8 | 2015 Frontiers 2015 Frontiers | 9 2015 Frontiers | 11 In our publishing model, active researchers Frontiers’ staff of PhDs and Postdocs, across Frontiers publishing model: take all editorial decisions regarding all academic disciplines, support the day-to- manuscripts and act as Chief, Associate and day running of the Community Journals and Review Editors on the editorial boards. In ensure that the review process is conducted empowering communities order to ensure the highest standards for our in line with Frontiers’ Collaborative Review journals, we take great care in appointing only principles. leading researchers and clinicians from each academic community to the editorial boards. With over 37’000 papers published to date and They are enabled by our online Digital Editorial 16 journals listed in the 2014 Journal Citation Office where they can manage their journals Report, several of our journals are already and community, can follow the progress of the the largest journals in their respective fields review and interact directly with authors in and receive the highest citation rates amongst our online Review Forum. open access journals. Frontiers in ur mission is to put publishing back • Psychiatry • Psychology IF* into the hands of researchers. 2.6 NO. 1 JOURNAL OBeing a community-rooted open IN PSYCHOLOGY * access publisher means that our journals • Neurology are run by more than 60’000 researchers • Physiology IF* Frontiers in 3.5 Frontiers in from over 5’000 institutions world-wide. NO. 1 OPEN ACCESS • Marine Science * • Built Environment JOURNAL IN PHYSIOLOGY Frontiers in • Materials • Mechanical • Pharmacology IF* • Nutrition 3.8 • Chemistry Engineering • Medicine • Public Health * • Applied Mathematics * Impact factors from the 2014 Web of Science Journal Citation Report. IF • Bioengineering • Surgery • Plant Science 3.9 and Statistics NO. 1 OPEN ACCESS and Biotechnology • Molecular Biosciences JOURNAL IN PLANT SCIENCE * • Physics • Robotics and AI COMING SOON: • Microbiology IF* • Energy Research • Astronomy • Management 4.0 NO. 2 OPEN ACCESS • Cell and and Space Sciences • Sociology Frontiers in JOURNAL IN MICROBIOLOGY * Developmental Biology • Cardiovascular • Communication Medicine • Human IF* • Immunology • Earth Science • Library Frontiers in Neuroscience 3.0 • Environmental • Veterinary Science and Information Science * • Endocrinology Frontiers in • Neuroscience IF LARGEST OPEN ACCESS Frontiers in Science • ICT 3.7
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