Is Frontiers a legitimate journal?

Frontiers Media SA is a publisher of peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journals currently active in science, technology, and medicine. It was founded in 2007 by Kamila and Henry Markram. Frontiers is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, with other offices in the United Kingdom, Spain, and China.

Is Frontier journal reliable?

Frontiers is the 3rd most-cited and 6th largest research publisher and open science platform. Our research journals are community-driven and peer-reviewed by editorial boards of more than 280,000 top researchers.

Is Frontiers a predatory journal 2023?

Frontiers has been listed on a misinformation website called predatoryreports.org. The website's ownership and purpose are deliberately unclear, and the information provided both in its blog and journal listings is incorrect.

Are all Frontiers articles peer-reviewed?

All Frontiers articles are peer-reviewed, receive a DOI, are citable, published in PDF and HTML format, and submitted for indexing in relevant digital archives. More useful information about submitting: Author guidelines.

Is Frontiers a scientific journal?

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Who is the target audience of Frontiers?

Frontiers' target audience – in terms of both authors and readers – includes ecologists, environmental scientists, and other professionals in allied disciplines, especially those with interests in applied, problem-oriented science.

Is Frontiers indexed in PubMed?

Frontiers articles are indexed in a number of major international digital archives and repositories, such as PubMed Central, DOAJ, Google Scholar, Chemical Abstracts Service.

What makes Frontiers different from other publishers?

Researcher-centric

Frontiers was founded by scientists and our focus has always been to empower researchers in the publishing process. Our journals are driven and peer-reviewed by active researchers, who are experts in their fields and have been appointed to the editorial boards according to strict selection criteria.

What is the ranking of Frontiers journal?

We're the 3rd most-cited publisher

Analysis of the world's 20 largest publishers by volume, ranked by average number of citations in 2022 received by articles published in 2019, 2020 and 2021 (Dimensions, 2023).

What is a predatory journal?

Predatory Journals take advantage of authors by asking them to publish for a fee without providing peer-review or editing services. Because predatory publishers do not follow the proper academic standards for publishing, they usually offer a quick turnaround on publishing a manuscript.

Which is better MDPI or Frontiers?

There are some differences though. For example, Frontiers publishes papers fast, but slower than MDPI, it has a higher reliance on the Chinese market than MDPI, it charges higher APCs than MDPI, and its journals are slightly better ranked than those of MDPI.

Is plos predatory?

PLOS One is not considered a predatory journal. It is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS).

What is the acceptance rate of Frontiers journals?

The definition of journal acceptance rate is the percentage of all articles submitted to Frontiers in Psychology that was accepted for publication. Based on the Journal Acceptance Rate Feedback System database, the latest acceptance rate of Frontiers in Psychology is 86.4%.

How do I know if a journal is legitimate?

How do you know if a research journal is reputable?

Genuine journals should have a named editor and editorial board, with full and traceable contact details, be peer-reviewed, and publish information on charges, procedures, copyright and licences openly on their website.

Are Frontiers journals for profit?

Frontiers is a for-profit publisher. It operates on an open-access publishing model and covers a wide range of academic disciplines.

Is Frontiers a paid journal?

Open access provides free and immediate online access to academic research for anyone in the world to read, distribute, and re-use. We receive payment in the form of article publishing charges (APCs) on articles that pass peer review and are accepted for publication by our external and independent editorial boards.

Why publish in Frontiers?

All articles submitted to Frontiers are subjected to review without selection bias. Our peer review system is designed to be unbiased, efficient and transparent. Real-time interaction between the author and the review editors speeds up the review process enabling research findings to be published timely.

What is the impact factor of the Frontiers journal in 2023?

The 2023-2024 Journal's Impact IF of Information Systems Frontiers is 5.261, which is just updated in 2024.

What is a good impact factor?

You can find a journal's impact factor by referring to the Journal Citations Report (JCR) or Scopus. 🍋 What is an average 'good' impact factor? In general, an impact factor of 10 or higher is considered remarkable, while 3 is good, and the average score is less than 1.

How long does Frontiers take to publish?

It takes roughly 1-2 weeks from the acceptance of your article for your Author's Proof to be created by our typesetting team. Once you have approved the Author's Proof, it takes a further 1-2 weeks for us to implement any corrections, finalize the production process, and publish your article.

Can PubMed be trusted?

PubMed is a free and publicly available resource provided by the US National Library of Medicine. It covers the biomedical literature and, as the free version of MEDLINE, is highly authoritative.

Does PubMed have predatory journals?

KEY POINTS. PubMed, MEDLINE and PubMed Central are all funded by the National Library of Medicine but are different databases. PubMed has been reported to include some articles published in predatory journals. MEDLINE and PubMed policies for the selection of journals for database inclusion are slightly different.

Is Frontiers a Scopus journal?

The scientific journal Frontiers in Education is included in the Scopus database.