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