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Partnership with TRANSPOSE enables Frontiers’ open-access policies to reach a wider audience Partnership with TRANSPOSE enables Frontiers’ open-access policies to reach a wider audience Frontiers’ mission is to make science open. Thanks to our exciting new partnership with TRANSPOSE, we are a step closer to achieving this. TRANSPOSE is an unbiased database of journal policies on open peer review, co-reviewing, and preprinting. The database helps authors to make informed decisions on where to publish....

The backbone of the Frontiers community is our team of 53,000 editors who ensure that every author gets a timely, rigorous and transparent review of their submission to Frontiers. This year for the first time, we are granting travel awards to recognize the exceptional contributions of 30 of these editors. Worth a total of € 90,000, the award scheme will cover the travel, accommodation and registration fees, allowing each of them to attend a scientific meeting or workshop of their choice....

Open Science offers both competitive and collaborative advantages, and is vital to boost the impact of Horizon Europe. https://blog.frontiersin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/open-conference-2.jpg Open Science offers both competitive and collaborative advantages, and is vital to boost the impact of Horizon Europe ‘Why be Open?’ That was the key question raised at Science Business’ high-level political conference in Brussels last month. Keith Sequeira, a Senior Adviser to the European Commissioner for Research, believes the evidence for Open Science is clear....

Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti and Amal Amer lead Microbes and Innate Immunity, a new specialty in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology is pleased to announce the launch of its latest section, Microbes and Innate Immunity, led by Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Amal Amer of Ohio State University. Hailed as one of the world’s most highly-cited researchers, says her aim as Chief Editor is to provide a common platform for researchers working on diverse aspects of antimicrobial innate immunity....

New research maps energy, protein, fat, essential amino acids and micronutrients across the global food system to assess whether enough reaches everyone’s plate: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems New research maps energy, protein, fat, essential amino acids and micronutrients across the global food system to assess whether enough reaches everyone’s plate. — By Marissa Land The United Nation’s second Sustainable Development Goal targets the end of malnutrition in all forms by 2030....

By Carl Senior By encouraging the generation of a co-authored commentary both the reviewer and the author can work together in a collegial and constructive environment to expand personal networks and in turn support the continued development of science. The Frontier’s portfolio continues to expand and as it does our innovative review strategy is being recognised more and more as being at the very edge of cutting-edge innovation. Recently such innovation was recognised with the prestigious Gold Award from the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)....

The First Awards Ceremony for innovation in research social networks, ActúaLoop, will take place on 23 June in Madrid. ActuaLoop was set up by Loop, the research network powered by Frontiers, and the Center of Support for Technological Innovation (CAIT) of the Technical University of Madrid. Teams from the Technical University of Madrid were given the opportunity to develop ideas which utilized Loop’s APIs by creating innovative applications around the academic and publishing industry....

What does elephant seal migration sound like? A study by prominent marine researchers is the first to find out: Frontiers in Marine Science The first-ever transformation of animal tracking data into sound provides insights — and surprisingly, pleasure — By Emma Duncan What does animal migration sound like? Not the noises made by the animals themselves, but each individual’s movements put to music. White noise, discordant notes — or a coherent, harmonic symphony?...

Study in Frontiers in Psychology shows that mental practice of Wu Qin Xi is a suitable alternative therapeutic intervention to physical dynamic Qigong training New research shows that mental practice of Wu Qin Xi is a suitable alternative therapeutic intervention to physical dynamic Qigong training — By Marcus Banks In recent decades modern scientific techniques have fully documented the health benefits of the ancient meditation technique of Qigong. One example of physical Qigong is the technique Wu Qin Xi (five animals play), in which participants sequentially move through poses that represent the form of different animals, holding each pose for several minutes....

Shipwreck habors a rich spatially structured microbial community: Frontiers in Microbiology Shipwreck habors a rich spatially structured microbial community By Anna Sigurdsson, science writer Researchers find distinct differences in the composition of microbial communities on and around the 1960s Pappy Lane shipwreck in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, suggesting niche partitioning based on biotic and abiotic conditions. The study also identified a new strain of iron-oxidizing bacteria that may contribute to biocorrosion....

Frontiers at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) in Leiden Frontiers’ participation in the 10th edition of EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), the largest scientific conference in Europe, brought to light the need for political decision-making to be deeper rooted in science through establishing stronger engagement between public sector, policymakers, and scientists. As a Gold sponsor and the Delegates’ Party host, Frontiers was delighted to support the Forum and its participants from 87 different countries advocating #ESOF22 theme of “Crossing Borders, Engaged Science, Resilient Societies”....

Logging in the timber-rich forests of northern Congo is a major driver of the region’s economic development — and its ecological impoverishment; Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Logging in the timber-rich forests of northern Congo is a major driver of the region’s economic development — and its ecological impoverishment — by Wildlife Conservation Society A new study says that the tropical forests of Western Equatorial Africa (WEA) – which include significant stands of Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) – are increasingly coming under pressure from logging, poaching, and associated disturbances....

Bacteria found in milk and beef may trigger the development of rheumatoid arthritis in people who are genetically at risk, finds a study in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Saleh Naser and his team of UCF College of Medicine researchers have discovered a link between rheumatoid arthritis and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, known as MAP, a bacteria found in about half the cows in the United States. — By University of Central Florida...

Dr. Vidya Athreya is an ecologist who works for the Wildlife Conservation Society in India and focuses mainly on human-wildlife interaction. We discussed how India’s patriarchal society has influenced her career, as well as the trials and tribulations of being a mother and a scientist. Author: Emma Phipps, Journal Specialist Could you explain your current role? “I am a conservation scientist which means that I am interested in achieving positive conservation outcomes using knowledge....

By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer / Dr Alice M Clement, Flinders University What did the brain of the early tetrapodomorphs, the first fish to develop limbs and walk on land, look like? Preserved brains are very rare in fossils, and even when preserved they were typically shrunken and deformed before becoming fossilized. For this reason, researchers mostly rely on casts of the cranial vault of fossils to study the early evolution of the brain....

The total number of peer-reviewed research articles published each year increases by approximately 4% [Scopus]. In 2014, nearly 400,000 published research articles were Gold open-access papers. This results in approximately 20% of all research articles — and the number is growing at an astonishing rate of 20% per year (Lewis, 2013). If the rate continues, open-access papers will exceed subscription papers in just a few years from now. This, and similar observations, have led some commentators to predict that traditional subscription journals will soon be a thing of the past (Lewis, 2012)....

Gender differences in how teachers perceive playful children can have damaging effects on playful boys: Frontiers in Psychology Study confirms gender differences in how teachers perceive playfulness — and provides insights into the potentially damaging effects of discouraging playful behavior in the classroom — By Anna Sigurdsson, science writer New research shows that playful boys are viewed as rebellious and disruptive by their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade teachers whereas playful girls are not....

Frontiers eBooks published in January 2018. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. Below is a list of Frontiers eBooks published in January 2018. All Frontiers eBooks are free to download, share and distribute. Science: Modeling the Plankton–Enhancing the Integration of Biological Knowledge and Mechanistic Understanding, Hosted by Christian Lindemann, Dag L. Aksnes, Kevin J. Flynn and Susanne Menden-Deuer Brain-Mind-Body Practice and Health, Hosted by Gao-Xia Wei, Gangyan Si and Yi-Yuan Tang...

Frontiers’ publishing partnerships manager, Robyn Mugridge, discusses 2020 and welcoming society journals to our publishing family. — By Robyn Mugridge, Publishing Partnerships Manager The academic publishing industry is going through a period of rapid transition. It seems like every week we hear about a new announcement around Plan S, a response to transformative agreements, or a new deal. Traditional journals in particular face a body of new challenges as 2020 unfolds....

Recording the electrostatic energy of honeybee hives: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience By Nora Belblidia, science writer Researchers are listening in on honeybee hives, hoping to decipher their complex communication patterns and what they might signal about broader ecosystem health. Because bees are usually among the first species to be affected by pollutants, they act as a prototypical “canary in the coal mine.” By recording the electrostatic energy they emit, scientists can find out whether insecticides, for example, have harmed the colony, then assess whether environmental threats may pose a larger risk....