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Professor Alicia El Haj leads new journal dedicated to technology in medicine Frontiers in Medical Technology makes advances in medical technology research freely available through an open-access online platform. Led by Professor Alicia El Haj one of the founding directors of the Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine at Keele University and is currently based at the healthcare technologies institute of the University of Birmingham, Frontiers in Medical Technology publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research in all major health technology disciplines — from pharmaceutical innovations to regulatory affairs....

It is with great pleasure that we announce our new Specialty Chief Editor for Fungi and their Interactions; Professor Gustavo Henrique Goldman It is with great pleasure that we announce our new Specialty Chief Editor for Fungi and their Interactions; Professor Gustavo Henrique Goldman, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Gustavo has strong academic and editorial experience and an extensive background in molecular genetics and molecular biology of filamentous fungi. He aims to bring the different fields of mycology together, creating a single platform where researchers can learn from one another, with the ultimate goal to publish information that improves our life....

Study shows girls who grow up exposed to traditionally more masculine interests and role models are more likely to have the aggressive desire to succeed at sport. — By Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour The ability to produce peak performance plays a decisive role in the success of athletes in competitive sport. A desire to be the best is one of the most important traits in a top athlete, but where does this desire come from – are we born with it or is it a learned characteristic?...

Proteomic Responses of Switchgrass and Prairie Cordgrass to Senescence Bimal Paudel, Aayudh Das, Michaellong Tran, Arvid Boe, Nathan Palmer, Gautam Sarath, Jose L. Gonzalez-Hernandez, Paul J. Rushton and Jai S. Rohila* High Quality Maize Centromere 10 Sequence Reveals Evidence of Frequent Recombination Events Thomas K. Wolfgruber, Megan M. Nakashima, Kevin L. Schneider, Anupma Sharma, Zidian Xie, Patrice S. Albert, Ronghui Xu, Paul Bilinski, R. Kelly Dawe, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, James A. Birchler and Gernot Presting*...

Research suggests that overweight children are more likely to underestimate their body size: Frontiers in Psychology Perception can be part of the problem when it comes to helping overweight children control their weight. — By Norwegian University of Science and Technology Estimating your own body size and weight can be difficult. It turns out that this is true not only for adults, but also for children. It is well known that severely underweight individuals – such as those with anorexia – have a tendency to overestimate their own size and think they are fat even if they aren’t....

Publishing industry veteran and a former chief executive officer of MDPI, Dr. Franck Vazquez, has been appointed to lead Frontiers’ strategic partnerships. Publishing industry veteran and a former chief executive officer of MDPI, Dr. Franck Vazquez, has been appointed to lead Frontiers’ strategic partnerships. Dr. Vazquez will spearhead the direction of Frontiers’ global partnership program, enabling growth into new communities, markets, and regions. He brings considerable experience of successful leadership and strategic business development to the role, as well as a resolute commitment to open science and open access publishing....

That’s 100 articles of cutting-edge science available – for free – for kids, teens, parents, teachers, and the young-at-heart. That’s 100 scientists who have stepped up to the challenge of communicating their research with young readers. That’s 100 Science Mentors who have guided their teams of Young Reviewers through the peer review process. That’s more than 100 kids and classrooms who have used their feedback to push those scientists to make their articles the best they can be....

Get the Frontiers’ Editorial Office picks of top research published in Frontiers in Human Microbiology Stay up-to-date with top research in human microbiology Are you up to speed on the top research being published in Frontiers in Microbiology? Featured Article Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance in Microbial Ecosystems through Horizontal Gene Transfer This Review provides an overview of the resistome (collection of all antibiotic resistance genes) of various environments and unravels to what extent these environments can act as a reservoir to spread antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) to pathogenic bacteria....

Meet Pip the pangolin – our new character to follow us in our scientific journey. With great pleasure, Frontiers for Young Minds presents their newest member: Pip, the pangolin! Pip is the result of a drawing competition, where we invited our scientific community to draw the animal character that they believe should follow us in our scientific adventures. The Young Reviewers of our kid-friendly science journal voted for their preferred drawing, and this drawing formed the basis for an illustrated version of the animal....

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer/Jingmai O’Connor Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, discusses a recent ‘bizarre’ ancient digestive discovery and the issue of diversity in paleontology. In a recently published study to Frontiers in Earth Science, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Field Museum in the US published findings on the discovery of quartz crystals in the stomach of a fossilized bird that lived alongside the dinosaurs....

With an Impact Factor of 4.151, Frontiers in Genetics is the 4th most-cited open-access journal in its field Frontiers in Genetics is the world’s 4th most-cited open-access journal in its field and ranks in the top Impact Factor and CiteScore percentiles Frontiers in Genetics continues to rank among the world’s top genetics journals in terms of influence and quality, as shown by our analysis of the 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR-2017; 2018, Clarivate Analytics), 2017 CiteScore edition (2018, Scopus, Elsevier) and other impact metrics....

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The Julius Kühn Institute, a federal research institute in Germany, and the open science publisher Frontiers announce their institutional partnership agreement. The Institute informs and advises the federal government on all issues related to cultivated plants and plant protection. It has always supported its researchers in making their studies widely available to the research community and the public at large. Now, the agreement allows researchers from 17 Julius Kühn institutions to publish in any Frontiers’ journal at no direct cost to them while enjoying a simplified process....

The National Oceanography Centre has joined the Frontiers – JISC national open access deal. We are delighted to announce that the National Oceanography Centre has joined the national open access deal agreed between Jisc Collections and Frontiers. This landmark deal provides a simplified and streamlined route to open access publishing for researchers in the UK, who publish 7% of the world’s research. The National Oceanography Centre supports its researchers in making their research widely available....

By Conn Hastings, science writer While scientists have known that PTSD and migraine often co-occur, no one had studied this link before now. A new study by the open access publisher Frontiers on identical twins investigates the genetic basis for both migraine and PTSD. It reveals epigenetic changes that are shared by PTSD and migraine, suggesting that similar environmental risk factors are at play in both conditions. The findings could help researchers to develop new treatments....

Örebro University (Örebro universitet) supports their authors in publishing open access. As part of this support, eligible authors from Örebro University will benefit from a 10% discount under the terms of the Sweden Open Access Publishing Framework Agreement. Eligible authors are corresponding authors affiliated with Örebro University. Please see the open access page for more information. To submit your article under this institutional agreement, it is recommended you submit with an email domain affiliated to your institution....

Frontiers eBooks published in August 2017. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. Below is a list of Frontiers eBooks published in August 2017. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. Science: Neuroscience of Human Attachment, Hosted by Anna Buchheim, Carol George, Harald Gündel and Roberto Viviani Smelly Fumes: Volatile-Mediated Communication between Bacteria and Other Organisms, Hosted by Laure Weisskopf, Choong-Min Ryu, Jos M. Raaijmakers and Paolina Garbeva...

Media coverage of research published in Frontiers The largest human cognitive performance dataset reveals insights into the effects of lifestyle factors and aging. Lumosity, the leading brain training company, announced a new web-based, big data methodology for conducting human cognitive performance research. The Human Cognition Project, Lumosity’s research platform, contains the world’s largest and continuously growing dataset of human cognitive performance, which currently includes more than 40 million people who have been tracked for up to 6 years....

With an Impact Factor of 3.831, Frontiers in Pharmacology is the 2nd most-cited open-access journal in its field Frontiers in Pharmacology is the world’s 2nd most-cited open-access journal in its field and ranks in the top Impact Factor and CiteScore percentiles Frontiers in Pharmacology continues to rank among the world’s top pharmacology journals in terms of influence and quality, as shown by our analysis of the 2017 Journal Citation Reports (JCR-2017; 2018, Clarivate Analytics), 2017 CiteScore edition (2018, Scopus, Elsevier) and other impact metrics....

Researchers find that emotive images alter people’s behavior, while emotive words do not – By Conn Hastings Can your behavior be influenced by subtle, barely visible signals, such as an emotionally charged image briefly flashed on a TV screen or roadside billboard? It may sound like hysteria about covert advertising — but according to new research published in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, the answer is yes. Piotr Winkielman, of the University of California, San Diego, has been studying the effect for quite a while....