INTRODUCING FRONTIERS
Richard Walker13 January, 2011
Frontiers• Launched as Frontiers in
Neuroscience (2007)• Large Open Access Publisher
– Science– Medicine– Technology– Society– Culture
• Tiered publishing system– Specialist Journals– Field Journals– Two higher level tiers in development
• The Frontiers Community– 400.000 views/month– >12.000 registered readers
Novel evaluation and review
• Review– Accuracy-based– Independent review– Interactive review– Publication usually within 3 months of submission
• Evaluation– Post-publication by whole community– Used in tiering system
Frontiers interest in SISOB
• Maximizing impact of Frontiers papers• Key role of Frontiers Community (social
network)• What aspects of community maximize
impact?
Frontiers and SISOB
• Contribute to SISOB theoretical framework– Understanding role of social networks in determining impact
• Contribute data– Data on authors, reviewers, readers of Frontiers papers
• Requirements for technology and indicators– Definition of technology and indicators to identify and
analyze relevant social networks• Development of conceptual model (WP2)• Case study on author-reviewer networks (WP8)
Contributions to SISOB WPs
• Coordination– WP2: Conceptual Model– WP9: Peer Review
• Contributions– WP3: Identification and analysis of data
resources– WP4: Measurements and social indicators– WP6: Software platform and tools