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The World’s Oceans are in Crisis but the First UN Meeting on Oceans Brings Hope, article published by Nina Hall for Frontiers in Marine Science — By Nina Hall, Journal Development Manager Frontiers in Marine Science Three billion people rely on seafood as their primary source of protein; about 70% of the air that we breathe is produced by marine plants and 97% of the Earth’s water is contained in the oceans....

Research Topic cross listed in 15 Frontiers journals is open for submissions “With Obesity Becoming the New Normal, What Should We Do? By — Emilie Schrepfer As a mirror reflecting our evolution, human societies have changed in fundamental ways. From many aspects, our wellbeing and quality of life have been improved, but notwithstanding the eradication of previous severe diseases with high case-fatality ratio, new global pandemic threats have emerged. Thus, at the other end of the malnutrition scale, obesity has become one of the most important health problems plaguing both developed and developing countries....

The issue of reproducibility is becoming more prominent across all sciences, not least in life sciences. — By Brian Boyle, Journal Development Manager, Frontiers in Pharmacology The issue of reproducibility – the ability of an experiment or study to be duplicated either by the same researcher or by someone else working independently – and over adequacy of methodology and reliable reporting of results, is becoming more prominent across all sciences, not least in life sciences....

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science writer/Dr Baland Jalal, Harvard University and University of Cambridge Dr Baland Jalal has spent years exploring the terrifying phenomenon known as sleep paralysis to find that the sinister entity you see at the end of your bed varies from culture to culture. Writing with Frontiers, Jalal says this has major implications for how it is experienced. Sleep paralysis is something no one will want to experience....

The number of peer-reviewed papers has been growing at a rate of 20% a year, with over 600,000 estimated open-access papers published in 2014. To keep up with demand, Frontiers has developed technological innovations that provide enhanced services and enable dissemination. We have also striven to find ways to remove the obstacles to publication of sound research by developing a transparent fee structure that links service level to value created. On February 1, 2016, Frontiers introduced a new system for Article Processing Charges (APCs)....

We are delighted to announce that Yale University and Frontiers have formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing. UPDATE July 2022 – Yale’s agreement with Frontiers is currently on hold. Please contact lindsay.barnett@yale.edu with any funding questions or concerns. -PAUSED- Yale University supports its researchers in making their research more widely available. As part of this support, Yale University Library has entered an institutional agreement with Frontiers. Under the terms of this agreement, Yale-affiliated corresponding authors will benefit from a 15% membership discount on article processing charges (APCs) when publishing in any of Frontiers’ open access journals, irrespective of what fund covers the APC....

Pride month 2022’s theme is celebrating 50 years of Pride with a focus on acknowledging the many positive achievements of the LGBT+ movement. We are proud to showcase the top closed and open article collections on improving the health and wellbeing of LGBT+ individuals. Researchers explored topics spanning from transgender pain and queer aging to HIV prevention and sexual health in non-binary adolescents. Pride month 2022’s theme is celebrating 50 years of Pride with a focus on acknowledging the many positive achievements of the LGBTQIA+ movement....

Last updated on 01/10/2018 Being a researcher isn’t just about the research itself. It’s about helping your peers make their work the best it can be, about sharing ideas, sharing knowledge and reading what others before you have written. In the same way, a scientific journal isn’t just about the papers it publishes; it is about creating a community of experts by bringing together researchers and scholars to advance research in a field....

Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud including Hospital (HEP Vaud) has formed an institutional membership agreement for open access publishing with Frontiers. This institutional agreement means that eligible HEP Vaud researchers may publish in any Frontiers journal at no cost to them and with a simplified process. Articles may benefit from a 10% membership discount. The university library HEP Vaud supports its researchers in making their research more widely available....

With an Impact Factor of 3.678, Frontiers in Plant Science is the most-cited journal in its field Frontiers in Plant Science is the world’s most-cited Plant Sciences journal & ranks in the top Impact Factor and CiteScore percentiles Frontiers in Plant Sciences continues to rank among the world’s top plant science 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....

A broader research scope has been defined for one of Frontiers in Microbiology biggest sections. Microorganisms are the most versatile organisms on Earth, an essential player in sustaining our natural biosphere, but also a source of tremendous activity that can be harnessed for society at large. The scope of one of Frontiers in Microbiology‘s biggest sections – Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation, has been refocused into Microbiotechnology with the aim to:...

Editor’s Choice articles from Frontiers in Psychology on improving leadership effectiveness in these difficult times. This is our first selection of Editor’s Choice articles from Frontiers in Psychology’s Organizational Psychology specialty section chosen by the Specialty Chief Editor, Professor Darren Treadway. These set of articles, published at the end of 2020, are among the most widely read in the section and offer insights into improving leadership effectiveness in these difficult times....

Research explores largest olive anthracnose epidemic recorded in decades and prompt more intensive research into this pathogen: Frontiers in Plant Science Heavy rainfall in 1996 and 1997 provided the ideal conditions for the largest olive anthracnose epidemic recorded in recent decades, but at the same time prompted more intensive research into this pathogen. – By University of Cordoba Anthracnose, also known as canker, is a disease caused by the fungus species Colletotrichum acutatum....

The new Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology section provides a unique platform to drive the microbiome field forward. The new Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology section publishes research addressing human health and diseases mediated by host-associated microbiota. The role of the microbiome and its implications for human health have only recently begun to be understood. Microbiota communities — which include bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes living in association with a host organism — have been shown to impact not only obesity, but also common and devastating diseases such as cancer....

Openness, but not neuroticism, associated with more issues in managing food allergy: Frontiers in Psychology Openness, but not neuroticism, associated with more issues in managing food allergy. — University of Otago Researchers have broken new ground in the area of food allergies, with a study published in Frontiers in Psychology showing that personality traits impact people living with a food allergy. The interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Otago’s Department of Psychology (Dr Tamlin Conner) and the Department of Food Science (Dr Rana Peniamina, Dr Miranda Mirosa, and Professor Phil Bremer) wanted to investigate the challenges that adults with food allergies face managing their condition in daily life, and whether certain personality traits made these challenges even greater....

With an Impact Factor of 4.134, Frontiers in Physiology is the 2nd most cited Physiology journal in the world With an Impact Factor of 4.134, Frontiers in Physiology is the 2nd most cited Physiology journal in the world This year, 84 journals are listed in the category of Physiology in the 2016 edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), of which 7 are open-access (OA). The Impact Factor (IF) is measured each year and reported in the JCR by Clarivate Analytics (formerly known as Thomson Reuters), along with citations and other metrics of journal impact....

Frontiers, along with 11 other Open Science stakeholders, will be providing strategic advice to the European Commission on the future of scholarly publishing and communication. The European Commission has announced a new expert group on the Future of Scholarly Publishing and Scholarly Communication, which they set up to support their Research and Innovation policy development around Open Science. Frontiers has been selected as one of 12 members to provide strategic advice to the Commission, including 6 individuals representing public interest and 6 six representatives of institutions with activities related to scholarly publishing....

New study explains the mechanisms, symptoms, and diagnosis of the new coronavirus: Frontiers in Public Health –by Mischa Dykstra, Frontiers Science Writer COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, has infected over 4 million people in 212 countries, of whom at least 272,000 have died. The ongoing economic and social impact of the pandemic is staggering, but despite a daily flood of news on the disease, few laypeople know that paradoxically, COVID-19 mostly kills through an overreaction of the immune system, whose function is precisely to fight infections....

First study to show gene expression changes in divers with ‘the bends’ show role of genes for inflammation and immunity: Frontiers in Physiology By Conn Hastings, science writer Despite knowing about decompression sickness – or ‘the bends’ – for more than a century, researchers are still mystified about how this condition occurs. A new study published by the open access journal Frontiers is the first to explore the genetic changes that occur in humans with the bends....

Spontaneous recovery of effects of contrast adaptation without awareness Gaoxing Mei, Xue Dong, Bo Dong and Min Bao* Quantum structure of negation and conjunction in human thought Diederik Aerts, Sandro Sozzo* and Tomas Veloz The experience of premature birth for fathers: the application of the Clinical Interview for Parents of High-Risk Infants (CLIP) to an Italian sample Carla Candelori, Carmen Trumello, Alessandra Babore* Miri Keren and Roberta Romanelli Manipulating target size influences perceptions of success when learning a dart-throwing skill but does not impact retention Nicole T....