Frontiers Newsletter — September 2016

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Peer Review Survey

Have you had an article rejected? How many hours of revision did you do before it was accepted? These are questions we are asking researchers around the world in our latest survey. We'll make the results publicly available upon analysis, with the hope to improve the current understanding of peer-review.

Take the 5 minute survey.

Mathematics of Computation and Data Science launched

Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics is proud to announce the launch of its newest section - "Mathematics of Computation and Data Science" led by Specialty Chief Editor, Prof Charles Chui, of Stanford University and Hong Kong Baptist University.

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FEATURED RESEARCH TOPICS

To survive climate change, plants must adapt - and fast

Unlike animals that can migrate to new locations, plants must adapt their biological functions - or perish. Chelsea Specht, from the University of California at Berkeley, explains how a Research Topic sheds some light on this issue.

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Treating babies in the womb for deadly diseases

Ending pregnancy or exposing mother and baby to extensive treatments that may not work are the difficult choices families face with when diagnosed with serious fetal diseases. Tippi MacKenzie talks about her Research Topic that focused on this problem.

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Access the latest research by downloading a Frontiers eBook

Did you know all Frontiers eBooks are free to download? We have over 900 eBooks covering topics which are important to today's scientists and the world. Read all the Frontiers' eBooks published in August.

Download our latest eBooks here.

EMPOWERING & SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES

New mentorship program for PhD students

Frontiers has launched a mentorship program for PhD students. It will give them the opportunity to curate an article volume around a specific theme within Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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New Loop feature boosts peer-review recognition

Peer review takes dedication and hard work. At Frontiers we have always listed the names of reviewers and editors on published articles. Now we have a new page on Loop that enhances peer review recognition even further by listing the articles you edited/reviewed and played a role in advancing.

See your editorial contributions on Loop.

Help improve peer review

Frontiers is working with OpenAIRE, a Horizon 2020 project on research and innovation, and we invite you to participate in an anonymous survey on attitudes to Open Peer Review.

The survey takes around 15-20 minutes to complete and will remain open until Friday 7th October.

Take the survey .

NEW PODCASTS AND VIDEOS



People Behind the Science Podcast: Interview with Dr. Christopher Cederroth

Video: Achieving quality at scale with Frontiers Peer Review

Frontiers Podcast: Why Peer Review Recognition is important

RESEARCH IN THE NEWS



Spate of whale entanglements could inform regulations

Childhood Insecurity Can Impair Adult Emotional Regulation

Childhood insecurity can impair adult emotions


Foraging for food, wolves take more risks than dogs

SCIENCE HEROES

Don't fear GM crops, they could help solve the sustainability crisis

Modified starch is used by the paper and food industry, and is predicted to be worth $2.89 billion by 2020 in Europe alone. James LLoyd, Assistant Specialty Chief Editor for Plant Biotechnology, has been working on making starch more eco-friendly by manipulating plant genes.

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How can we get into the zone?

The idea of "the zone" has been associated with elite athletes, such as Olympians, but what about ordinary people - can we get in the zone? That is what Kath Woodward, Frontiers Specialty Chief Editor for Gender, Sex and Sexuality Studies, and her team are trying to find out.

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Just ten weeks of exercise can protect heart

Research shows that ten-weeks of exercise is nearly 100% effective at protecting the heart from potentially lethal changes in heart rhythms. This is just part of Professor George Billman's, Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Physiology, ventricular fibrillation research.

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YOUNG MINDS

Frontiers for Young Minds coming to the Bay Area Science Festival

How does the brain allow us to mentally wonder off to another time and place? Six student peer reviewers from Frontiers for Young Minds will review scientist presentations and research papers addressing these questions live at the Bay Area Science Festival.

Learn more.