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2011 Frontiers in Oncology Mar 2011 Frontiers in Neurology Frontiers in Physiology Mar 2010 Frontiers in Pharmacology Apr 2010 Frontiers in Plant Science Jun 2010 Frontiers in Microbiology Jul 2010 Frontiers in Endocrinology Sep 2010 Frontiers in Immunology Oct 2010 Nov 2010 Frontiers in Genetics Frontiers in Neuroscience 2008 Jan 2008 Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Psychiatry Jan “field” journals Journals timeline About Philosophy Growth

Scientific peer review: Technical merit & objective factors takes priority Equal Opportunity: beyond gold open access, fee waivers for authors from poorer countries & those without funding supported by Frontiers Research Foundation Researcher focused: All researchers have a right to constructive feedback Community based: Clear lines of accountability, constructive peer review Democratic tiering: Post-publication distillation & promotion Intelligent systems: Editors and authors have direct control and interaction during review & after publication Rapid Publication: Average of 85 days from submission to decision Philosophy About Philosophy Growth frontiers

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Frontiers tiering system: 1 st tier: original research 2 nd tier: Invited, “focused” Review Top 10% of all original research articles invited to 2 nd tier Promotion to 2 nd tier: based on measures of manuscript interest including unique hits & pdf downloads (& soon more alt-metrics) Post-publication promotion About Philosophy Growth Next generation academic publishing and research networking for scientists frontiers

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Scalable editorial & peer review system, Scalable journals Extensive alternative impact metrics, xml for text mining, Altmetric integration, more alternative metrics integration to come Social media integration with existing social networks Research Networking: Community-based, integrating article publication & author impact with events, organizations, researcher profiiles, blogs Reinforce & facilitate essential elements of peer review & production quality, but get the publisher out of the way, provide support, and give control back to working researchers Technology driven Next generation academic publishing and research networking for scientists About Philosophy Growth Peer review Equal opportunity Community Tiering IT-focused frontiers

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