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2013 Progress Report
An incredible year of community-driven growth
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 2
I
n November 2014,
we will celebrate our
7th
birthday and
I’m thrilled by the many
achievements we have
reached together. As of
today, we have published
almost 20000 articles, are
growing at a rate of almost
100% per year and several
of our journals are
already at the top of their
subject categories. For
example, Frontiers in
Psychology, launched in
2010, has become the
largest psychology journal
worldwide. Frontiers
in Immunology, Frontiers
in Physiology and
Frontiers in Plant Science
are all the largest open-
access journals in their
respective categories.
Between 2013 and early
2014, we expanded our
open-access “Frontiers in”
journal series into 16 new
fields. Frontiers currently
spans 28 fields, 300
specialties with over
40000 leading scientists
and clinicians on the
editorial boards. We also
set a new record in yearly
publications, which now
stands at almost 7500
articles published in 2013,
making Frontiers
one of the 5 largest
open-access publishers
(out of approximately
3000).
The other remarkable
event in 2013 was our
partnership with Nature
Publishing Group, which
has further enhanced
Frontiers’ standing and
prestige in the academic
publishing world.
Combining NPG’s
established brand of
world-renowned prestige
and more than 130
years in publishing with
Frontiers’ transformative
solutions to publish,
share and boost impact,
opened up a wealth
of opportunities to lead
the change in how
science is published
and communicated.
Our mission has not
changed since our
founding days in 2007,
when we, as scientists,
decided to take publishing
into our own hands.
Frontiers stands for Open
Science and builds online
tools to publish, share and
boost the impact of your
research. We keep
working with you to build
a publishing platform
focused on academic
communities and your
needs. We keep taking
your feedback into account
to build a simpler, faster
and more efficient publishing
system, and a peer review
that is rigorous, but also
fair, constructive and
transparent. We build
online metrics to give
immediate feedback
on the impact of your
research. We work to make
your work more accessible
to researchers in other
disciplines and to the
more general audience.
We take open access to a
new level by feeding your
articles into the Frontiers
Research Network to
disseminate them to the
right people and boost
your reach and impact.
Frontiers is taking off
at unprecedented speed
and developing into one
of the most successful
endeavours in the
scholarly publishing
landscape. Thanks to all
of you who were part
of this incredible year of
community-driven growth.
It’s an honour to take this
journey with you.
Lausanne, April 2014
Kamila Markram
CEO of Frontiers
3	 2013 Progress Report | frontiers
2013 Frontiers milestones
“Frontiers represents
the future for science
communication”
Michael Merzenich
University of California, San Francisco
May June July August
ebook
published
active
users
field journal
launched
150th
100 000 20th
cover
NATURE
September October November December
scientific
editors
manuscript
submitted
launched in beta version
35 000 20 000th YOUNG
MINDS
REVIEW
FORUM
January February March April
article
published
100 daily
submissions
monthy
page views
with
PARTNERSHIP NEW
RECORD 6 million10 000th
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 4
Embracing
academic communities
At Frontiers, our approach
to publishing is community
driven. It involves first
understanding niche
communities within a
field, and then building
a Field Journal embracing
these communities’ needs.
We carefully subdivide
each field into numerous
Specialty Sections, thus
framing an entire subject area
through its communities.
In order to ensure
the highest standards
for our journals, we take
great care - and great
pride - in our editorial
boards and only appoint
the leading researchers
and clinicians from each
academic community.
Since research is
increasingly multi-
disciplinary, our
platform is designed to
facilitate synergies across
neighboring research areas
by allowing shared Specialty
Sections amongst fields. 7’389
5’023
2’416
1’178
408
12769
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
USA (36%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Germany (6%)
Others (11%)
Denmark (1%)
India (1%)
Israel (1%)
Belgium (1%)
Brazil (1%)
Sweden (1%)
Switzerland (2%)
China (2%)
Netherlands (2%)
Spain (2%)
Australia (3%)
Japan (3%)
Canada (3%)
Italy (4%)
France (4%)
EDITORS BY COUNTRIES
36’274
25’485
20’952
10’714
2’7131’501612
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
EDITORS
top 5%
of researchers
in the world
Editors among
40000high-profile editors
20000articles published
(as of April 2014)
300communities
140countries
28fields in Science,
Technology and Medicine
5	 2013 Progress Report | frontiers
Field Journals
are top players
In 2008, Frontiers
pioneered the Field
Journal concept in the
field of Neuroscience
and, within three years,
had branched out to
11 other areas across
medicine and science.
Today, our 12 original
Field Journals are among
the most established
in their subject areas,
both in terms of size and
citation levels. Frontiers
in Psychology, became
the world’s largest journal
in Psychology only
3 years after it was
launched in 2010.
Frontiers in Immunology,
Frontiers in Physiology
and Frontiers in Plant
Science are the largest
open-access journals
in their respective
categories.
In addition to these
12 established titles,
16 new Field Journals
were launched between
the end of 2012 and
the beginning of 2014,
now covering a total
of 28 fields across 300
specialty sections. Our
aim is to ensure that every
community in all areas
of natural, medical
and social sciences can
find an open-access home
at Frontiers.
It is with this vision
that we keep working on
new launches in 2014.
2008
2013
2014
coming
soon
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Frontiers in Psychology
Frontiers in Neurology
Frontiers in Physiology
Frontiers in Pharmacology
Frontiers in Plant Science
Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers in Immunology
Frontiers in Endocrinology
Frontiers in Genetics
Frontiers in Oncology
Frontiers in Pediatrics
Frontiers in Chemistry
Frontiers in Public Health
Frontiers in Bioengineering
and Biotechnology
Frontiers in Physics
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Frontiers in Energy Research
Frontiers in Cell
and Developmental Biology
Frontiers in Earth Science
Frontiers in Environmental Science
Frontiers in Marine Science
Frontiers in Materials
Frontiers in Nutrition
Frontiers in Medicine
Frontiers in Surgery
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Frontiers in Digital Humanities
… and more!
* compared to the journal listing of the
2012 Journal Citation Report for this
subject category. Publication volume
determined for 2013 with Scopus.
All journals are listed in PubMed and
archives relevant for each subject area.
All remaining 9 field journals launched
before 2013 are under evaluation
by Thomson Reuters for the release
of an Impact Factor. Stay tuned!
IMPACT FACTORS
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience: 5.2
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: 4.8
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience: 4.5
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology:
coming July 2014!
Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience: 2.5
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: 2.9
Frontiers in Microbiology: coming July 2014!
Frontiers in Neural Circuits: 3.3
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy: 4.1
Frontiers in Plant Science: coming July 2014!
Frontiers in Psychology: coming July 2014!
No. 1 	journal
in Psychology*
No. 1 	open-access journal
in Physiology*
No. 1 	open-access journal
in Plant Science*
No. 3 	open-access journal
in Microbiology*
No. 1 	open-access journal
in Immunology*
No. 2 	open-access journal
in Endocrinology*
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 6
• 	80% of authors think the Frontiers peer review is a significant improvement
over traditional peer review
• 	Over 90% of authors think the collaborative Frontiers peer review helped
them improve their paper
•	 Over 90% of authors would submit again
•	 95% of authors were happy with the level of support received by Frontiers
staff in publishing their paper
•	 Over 90% of authors and reviewers rated our interactive Review Forum as
good or excellent
•	 85% of reviewers think the level of detail of the Frontiers questionnaires
helped them focus on the most important aspects of the papers they
reviewed
Building impact
through
peer review
Improving peer review
has always been
a priority at Frontiers.
Our peer review is
engineered to be rigorous,
yet at the same time
collaborative, fair,
efficient and transparent.
These guiding principles
have been integrated into
the most sophisticated
online review platform, the
Frontiers Review Forum,
which facilitates
consensus by opening
a direct dialogue among
authors, reviewers
and editors.
Our peer review is
engineered to contribute
to the quality of
manuscripts, and the high
numbers of citations,
views and downloads
of Frontiers articles
are a strong evidence
of it. Frontiers journals
consistently outrank
some of the most
established journals
both in terms of citation
levels and volume.
In 2013, we carried out
substantial enhancements
to our Review Forum.
The 2.0 version of the
Review Forum is now
even more user-friendly,
intuitive and
task-oriented, and was
released as a beta
version in December.
Feedback from hundreds
of scientists has been
enthusiastic and we are
really excited to move
this development forward
in 2014!
“Instead of rejecting a paper a priori,
we want to help the scientific community
to improve a paper.
It’s scientists helping other scientists
to make things better - together”
Idan Segev
about the philosophy of peer review at Frontiers
“The new review forum
is exceptionally clear.
I particularly like the level
of detail of where the article
is in the review process”
Cheryl Metcalf
about version 2.0 of the Review Forum
Review
principles
COLLABORATIVE
FAIR
RIGOROUS
EFFICIENT
TRANSPARENT
1000views
in the first month
following publication
84 days
from submission
to acceptance
15 days
from acceptance
to publication
7	 2013 Progress Report | frontiers
“Scientific
studies
demonstrate that ​​
the number of connections
to high-profile contacts ​
on social networks
translates into better
career performance
for science innovators
”
P. A. Gloor et al.,
Int. J. Organ.Des. Eng. 3, 67–85; 2013
Building impact
through
networking technologies
The Frontiers Research
Network is a fast growing
community of more than
140 000 of the world’s
leading researchers from
all fields of academia.
Frontiers is the first to
fully integrate open-access
publishing with the latest
networking technology,
taking publishing to
the next level.
The mission of the network
is simple: increase
the reach of articles
and disseminate them
to the right people,
and ultimately, boost
the impact of our authors,
editors and academic users.
The benefits for authors
are compelling: since
its launch in 2012,
the Frontiers Research
Network has been
proven to increase the
visibility of researchers’
profiles by 70% and that
of their articles by 30%.
Combining networking
with open-access
publishing stays true
to our mission: make
research papers freely
available to the world
and increase their impact.
“Research networking
in Frontiers helps
disseminate your work”
Leon Cooper
Nobel Laureate in Physics
“The information revolution
demands a serious rethinking
of scientific publishing
and Frontiers is an excellent
answer to this demand”
Alex Hansen
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
140000active users
5000new monthly users
5000connected institutions
70%
increase
profile views
30%
increase
article views
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 8
Science for kids
Frontiers is now also
available for kids.
Our new journal
Frontiers for Young Minds
brings the excitement
of scientific discoveries
to kids - reviewed by kids!
Frontiers for Young Minds
is a real peer-reviewed
scientific journal,
in which young
scientists-to-be
(aged 8 - 15)
become involved in the
review process. It is the
first time in scholarly
publishing that a journal
connects bright kids in
a hands-on experience
with the world’s leading
researchers.
Launched at the Society
for Neuroscience meeting
in November 2013,
the journal stems from the
never-ending passion of
our long-time Chief Editor
Bob Knight for bringing
science to kids.
The response has been
truly overwhelming and
heart-warming and more
fields will follow in 2014
after the success of the
neuroscience “pilot”
project. Frontiers for Young
Minds has immediately
captured the imagination
of thousands of scientists,
parents, mentors, teachers
and - of course - kids!
kids.frontiersin.org
“The best
sci-publishing
launch
in decades”
Noah Gray
Editor, Nature Magazine
79mentoring scientists
21research areas
in Neuroscience
86kid reviewers
37articles published
9	 2013 Progress Report | frontiers
Partnering with
Nature Publishing Group
In February 2013,
Nature Publishing Group
and Frontiers formed
a strategic partnership,
to advance the global
Open Science movement.
Nature Publishing Group
recognized Frontiers’
transformative solutions
to open-access publishing,
peer review and impact
metrics. Combining
these strengths with
Nature’s world-renowned
reputation of excellence
and long history in
academic publishing
opened up many new
opportunities to advance
our combined mission
to serve scholars better
and to lead the change in
the landscape of science
communication.
The partnership brings
new opportunities to
increase the visibility
of our articles, create
cross links between
the two publishers and
strengthen the public
outreach of Frontiers
overall.
“NPG and Frontiers’ passion is
to meet the evolving needs
of scientists to advance science.
Together we can really change
the way science is communicated”
Kamila Markram
CEO, Frontiers
“We can achieve more
together, and more quickly,
than either publisher
could working alone”
Steven Inchcoombe
Managing Director, Nature Publishing Group
“It is the first time that Nature has entered
a partnership with another organization,
because we had never found another
organization that shares Nature’s vision,
passion, aspiration to help scientists
be more successful”
Annette Thomas
CEO, Macmillan Publishers
For example: the 2013,
4th
of July issue of Nature
magazine had a specially-
dedicated cover that
opened up to display
a Frontiers full-page
infographic. This was a
first in the 130-year-long
history of Nature!
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 10
International
media
coverage
Frontiers is publishing
cutting-edge research
with strong societal
relevance from leading
scientists. Our articles
are regularly featured
in world-leading
newspapers, TV
and radio programs.
This includes regular
media coverage from
the BBC, CNN, NBC,
The Guardian, Der Spiegel,
Scientific American,
New Scientist, Popular
Science and many more.
We work to boost the
impact of your research
at all levels.
“Flowering plant
origins pushed
back 100 million
years”
Frontiers in Plant Science
1 October 2013
“Fast-paced
evolution
in the Andes”
Frontiers in Genetics
7 November 2013
“Psychopaths
might have
an impaired
empathy circuit”
Frontiers in Behavorial
Neuroscience
19 December 2013
“Yoga and
the mind: can
yoga reduce
symptoms of
major psychiatric
disorders?”
Frontiers in Psychiatry
28 January 2013
“Wolves, like
dogs, can learn
from humans”
Frontiers in Psychology
12 September 2013
25million
views and downloads
35000tweets
36000followers on Facebook
500international news stories
in 2013
11	 2013 Progress Report | frontiers
Research Topics:
dig deeper with
niche communities
Much of modern science
is highly specialized and
interdisciplinary by nature,
and our goal at Frontiers
is to make sure that the
impact of every article
and author is maximized
even in this fragmented
and fast-moving context.
Research Topics are
collections of articles around
a cutting-edge research
area organized by leading
scientists and physicians.
Frontiers’ Research Topics
provide a platform to unite
the world’s experts around
a topic, stimulate dialogue
and collaboration, publish
cutting-edge research,
accelerate science and
demonstrate leadership
in a field.
With almost 1 000
Topics initiated in 2013,
Frontiers Research
Topics are an integral
part of publishing
highly specialized
and interdisciplinary
research and will continue
to play a central role
in showcasing
and promoting niche
communities.
“An excellent
platform to
combine different
expertise
from different
areas”
Markus Geisler
University of Freiburg
“What’s special about Frontiers
is that it is really designed
for scientists to have
a publishing medium for them”
Alex Thomson
University College London
110000research topic contributors
4700research topic editors
1000research topics
opened in 2013
research topics
available as free ebooks
over
200
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 12
Your team
at Frontiers
The success of Frontiers
is based on the
commitment of
academic communities,
and on the stellar team
that, behind the scenes,
helps promote the
academic status of all
our authors, editors,
reviewers and scientific
users. With headquarters
in Lausanne, Switzerland
and staff in London and
Madrid, the Frontiers
team now counts over
140 bright and relentlessly
dedicated colleagues,
across 40 nationalities and
experience in essentially
every area of academia.
Haven’t had a chance
to meet us all yet?
Here we are.
140staff - and growing!
40nationalities
3locations
lots ofdedication!
2014 here we come!
The growth of Frontiers
in 2013 has transformed
our organization into one
of the largest and most
reputable players in
open-access publishing.
However, we will never
forget the grass-roots
origins of Frontiers,
nor the conviction that
scientific publication
identifies and strengthens
communities. Building
and promoting
communities, making
sure that your articles
are read and your impact
is boosted, is where
our focus will remain
in 2014.
Improving our software
to review, publish and
disseminate articles
efficiently, broadening
our public outreach,
showcasing
the work published
through
our journals –
right down to each
individual article
and Research
Topic – this is the
Frontiers mission.
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Meet our
Chief Editors
Aaron Vinik
Anthony Gean
Comuzzie
Carmen Sandi
Diana Conte
Camerino
Adrian Meule
Antoine Bechara
Cecilia Giulivi
Dieter W Heermann
Agust
Gudmundsson
Antoine Toubert
Charles Dinarello
Domenico Salvatore
Aki Kawasaki
Antonello Simone
Lorenzini
Christian F
Klingenberg
Dominique J Dubois
Akio Adachi
Antonino Belfiore
Christian Hansel
Donat P. Häder
Alberto Albanesee
Antonio Francesco
Corno
Christian Koerner
Douglas Mark
Ruden
Alberto Diaspro
Antonio Trincone
Christian Kurts
Dov Greenbaum
Aldana Maximino
Anwar Huq
Christian Sell
Eddy J Davelaar
Alessandro Lugli
Ariane Bazan
Christian Wilhelm
Bodo Bachem
Effie Wang
Petersdorf
Alex David Rogers
Ariel Anbar
Christine Anne
Biron
Egidio D‘Angelo
Alex F. Chen
Arturo J Cardounel
Christopher Mario
Inglese
Eilon Vaadia
Alex Hansen
Atsushi Asakura
Claire Perks
Einar M Sigurdsson
Alex M Thomson
Autar Krishen
Mattoo
Claudia Kemper
Eliot Ohlstein
Fernando M B
Marques
Florian Röhrbein Franco Biondi
Francois M. A.
Marechal
Frank Miedema
Giuseppe Esposito Giuseppe Giaccone Greg W Rouse Gregory Gruener
Hubert Vaudry Hyung-Ho Park Ian Marriott Idan Segev
Jens Kossmann Ji-Dong Gu Jie-Sheng Chen
Jimmy Thomas
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Larry AbbottKendall A Smith
Kenneth Philip
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Martin C Michel Martin G Klotz Martin Kussmann Mary B Kennedy
Nick Van De Giesen Nicolaus Von Wirén Nicole Webster Nicos A Petasis
Peter H Seeburg Peter J Reiser Peter Witzgall
Philip Anthony
Parilla
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Robert Kenneth
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Jean-Luc Teillaud Jeff M P Holly Jeffrey Atkinson Jeffrey I Frank Jeffrey R Stevens Jeffrey Scott Barrett
Jeffrey T.
Fairbrother
Jose Biller Joseph M. Jez
Joshua L
Heazlewood
Jumana Y Al-Aama Junhong Chen Justo P Castaño
Kanwaljeet J. S.
Anand
Karol Osipowicz Kay Hamacher
Marcia Gail Ory Maria J Donoghue
Maria
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Mario L Diaz Mark P Burns Mark Ross Markus Geisler Mårten Risling Martin Beniston
Thomas E Hanson Thomas L Rothstein Thomas S. Hofer Timothy Ian Eglinton
Timothy James
Kinsella
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Richard D Emes Richard Ferber
Richard Gerardus
Franciscus Visser
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Patrick Meire Paul D Losty Paul M L Janssen Paul S Meltzer Pellegrino Musto Pengcheng Fu Per Jesper SjöströmPatricia CoylePaolo Pinton
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Nassima Ait-Daoud
Tiouririne
Natasha Kirkham Neelima Roy Sinha Nicholas M Barnes Nicholas Schork Nicholas X Fang
Alexander
Kokhanovsky
Axel A Brakhage
Claus Vögele
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Laura Ballerini
Mary Beth Mudgett
Nils Yngve Lycke
Philippe De Witte
Stephen V. Liu
Vishal Madaan
Alisdair Fernie
Axel Cleeremans
Connie J Evashwick
Elizabeth A. Kellogg
Lawrence Wechsler
Mary Cianfrocca
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Philippe G Schyns
Steve Suib
Wendy A Peer
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Barry D Jordan
Costas A Varotsos
Ellis L Reinherz
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Masaru Katoh
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Philippe Lory
Steven Carl Huber
Wendy Noble
Ambar Chakravarty
Beatrice De Gelder
Craig Michael
Walsh
Emilio Elizalde
Lisa Y Stein
Matthew W Fields
Oreste Acuto
Pierre De Meyts
Steven H Zeisel
William Cho
Andreas P M Weber
Bernhard Hommel
Crystal Mackall
Eric ‘Pieter
Achterberg
Lorenza S Colzato
Matthias Hess
Osama O Zaidat
Pierre J Magistretti
Steven L. Forman
William J Brown
Andreas Teske
Bernhard Moser
Cunming Duan
Eric Meffre
Lorenzo Pavesi
Maurizio Del Poeta
P.K. Ramachandran
Nair
Prosun
Bhattacharya
Susan Swain
William James
Hickey
Andrew S Day
Bimal Krishna Banik
Daiqin Li
Eric Vivier
Louis R Caplan
Michael E Symonds
Pamela J Hornby
Rafael Yuste
Susumu Ikehara
Wolf Hervé Fridman
Angel Borja
Blanka Rogina
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Luis Gimeno
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Bailey
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Angelique Bordey
Bradley M. Tebo
Danilo Emilio De
Rossi
Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Luiz Pessoa
Michael J Schneck
Paolo Bernardi
Raimond L Winslow
Takao K. Hensch
Xavier Noel
Anil K Seth
Bretislav Friedrich
David B Allison
Ewald Moser
Maciej Andrzej
Zwieniecki
Michael L Moritz
Paolo Boffetta
Raina Robeva
Tanguy Seiwert
Yisong Wang
Anne B Chang
Brian
Leyland-Jones
David Samuel
Ginley
Fabrice Clément
Manuel Carreiras
Michael Strupp
Paolo Montuschi
Ralf Jockers
Théophile Godfraind
Yousef Abu Kwaik
Anne Elizabeth
Simon
Bruce J West
David William
Galbraith
Farhad Islami
Marc Strous
Michael Weller
Paolo Pietro Bianchi
Ranulfo Romo
Thierry Le Chevalier
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Anne Zajicek
Camilo R Gomez
Derek LeRoith
Farhad Ravandi
Gary Iwamoto Gemma Casadesus Geoffrey A Head George E Billman George J Christ Gerald A Meininger Gerard Apodaca Giacomo Indiveri
Gianluca
Castelnuovo
Gil Bernard Garnier Giovanna Suzzi Giovanni AddoloratoGareth J Sanger
Hans Van
Rostenberghe
Harald Von
Boehmer
Harold W Goforth Hauke R Heekeren Heather Cunliffe Hemant K Tiwari Hendrik Poorter Herman Waldmann Hermann Wagner Hiroaki KitanoGuang-Ling Song
Guilherme J M
Rosa
Mihaly Hajos
Roger Deal Roger Stupp Ronald M Bukowski Rudolf von Steiger Russell A Poldrack Rustam Aminov S R Pandi-Perumal Salvatore Salomone Sam P De Visser Samuel A Cushman Scott A HuettelRuben Coronel
Jan De Boer Jan G Bjaalie Jason W OsborneIsabelle Peretz J Alberto Neder J. W. F. Valle Jack C Roberts Jacob N. Chung Jacques Dumais Jaime Kapitulnik James Lloyd
James Mark
Coticchia
Jonathan P Zehr Jordi Figuerola Jorge AsconapeJoav Merrick Jochen C Meier Joel C Bornstein John R Battista John Steven Torday John T Fisher John Wade Jon H Kaas Jonathan H Tobias
Niels Birbaumer
Philippe C. Baveye
Stephen Silberstein
Vaughan G
Macefield
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Kuljiš
How-Ran Guo
Javier DeFelipe
Jos WM Van Der
Meer
Marcel Zentner
frontiers | 2013 Progress Report	 16
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Frontiers 2013 Progress Report highlights community growth

  • 1. 1 2013 Progress Report | frontiers 2013 Progress Report An incredible year of community-driven growth
  • 2. frontiers | 2013 Progress Report 2 I n November 2014, we will celebrate our 7th birthday and I’m thrilled by the many achievements we have reached together. As of today, we have published almost 20000 articles, are growing at a rate of almost 100% per year and several of our journals are already at the top of their subject categories. For example, Frontiers in Psychology, launched in 2010, has become the largest psychology journal worldwide. Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Physiology and Frontiers in Plant Science are all the largest open- access journals in their respective categories. Between 2013 and early 2014, we expanded our open-access “Frontiers in” journal series into 16 new fields. Frontiers currently spans 28 fields, 300 specialties with over 40000 leading scientists and clinicians on the editorial boards. We also set a new record in yearly publications, which now stands at almost 7500 articles published in 2013, making Frontiers one of the 5 largest open-access publishers (out of approximately 3000). The other remarkable event in 2013 was our partnership with Nature Publishing Group, which has further enhanced Frontiers’ standing and prestige in the academic publishing world. Combining NPG’s established brand of world-renowned prestige and more than 130 years in publishing with Frontiers’ transformative solutions to publish, share and boost impact, opened up a wealth of opportunities to lead the change in how science is published and communicated. Our mission has not changed since our founding days in 2007, when we, as scientists, decided to take publishing into our own hands. Frontiers stands for Open Science and builds online tools to publish, share and boost the impact of your research. We keep working with you to build a publishing platform focused on academic communities and your needs. We keep taking your feedback into account to build a simpler, faster and more efficient publishing system, and a peer review that is rigorous, but also fair, constructive and transparent. We build online metrics to give immediate feedback on the impact of your research. We work to make your work more accessible to researchers in other disciplines and to the more general audience. We take open access to a new level by feeding your articles into the Frontiers Research Network to disseminate them to the right people and boost your reach and impact. Frontiers is taking off at unprecedented speed and developing into one of the most successful endeavours in the scholarly publishing landscape. Thanks to all of you who were part of this incredible year of community-driven growth. It’s an honour to take this journey with you. Lausanne, April 2014 Kamila Markram CEO of Frontiers
  • 3. 3 2013 Progress Report | frontiers 2013 Frontiers milestones “Frontiers represents the future for science communication” Michael Merzenich University of California, San Francisco May June July August ebook published active users field journal launched 150th 100 000 20th cover NATURE September October November December scientific editors manuscript submitted launched in beta version 35 000 20 000th YOUNG MINDS REVIEW FORUM January February March April article published 100 daily submissions monthy page views with PARTNERSHIP NEW RECORD 6 million10 000th
  • 4. frontiers | 2013 Progress Report 4 Embracing academic communities At Frontiers, our approach to publishing is community driven. It involves first understanding niche communities within a field, and then building a Field Journal embracing these communities’ needs. We carefully subdivide each field into numerous Specialty Sections, thus framing an entire subject area through its communities. In order to ensure the highest standards for our journals, we take great care - and great pride - in our editorial boards and only appoint the leading researchers and clinicians from each academic community. Since research is increasingly multi- disciplinary, our platform is designed to facilitate synergies across neighboring research areas by allowing shared Specialty Sections amongst fields. 7’389 5’023 2’416 1’178 408 12769 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ARTICLES PUBLISHED USA (36%) United Kingdom (7%) Germany (6%) Others (11%) Denmark (1%) India (1%) Israel (1%) Belgium (1%) Brazil (1%) Sweden (1%) Switzerland (2%) China (2%) Netherlands (2%) Spain (2%) Australia (3%) Japan (3%) Canada (3%) Italy (4%) France (4%) EDITORS BY COUNTRIES 36’274 25’485 20’952 10’714 2’7131’501612 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 EDITORS top 5% of researchers in the world Editors among 40000high-profile editors 20000articles published (as of April 2014) 300communities 140countries 28fields in Science, Technology and Medicine
  • 5. 5 2013 Progress Report | frontiers Field Journals are top players In 2008, Frontiers pioneered the Field Journal concept in the field of Neuroscience and, within three years, had branched out to 11 other areas across medicine and science. Today, our 12 original Field Journals are among the most established in their subject areas, both in terms of size and citation levels. Frontiers in Psychology, became the world’s largest journal in Psychology only 3 years after it was launched in 2010. Frontiers in Immunology, Frontiers in Physiology and Frontiers in Plant Science are the largest open-access journals in their respective categories. In addition to these 12 established titles, 16 new Field Journals were launched between the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2014, now covering a total of 28 fields across 300 specialty sections. Our aim is to ensure that every community in all areas of natural, medical and social sciences can find an open-access home at Frontiers. It is with this vision that we keep working on new launches in 2014. 2008 2013 2014 coming soon Frontiers in Neuroscience Frontiers in Psychiatry Frontiers in Psychology Frontiers in Neurology Frontiers in Physiology Frontiers in Pharmacology Frontiers in Plant Science Frontiers in Microbiology Frontiers in Immunology Frontiers in Endocrinology Frontiers in Genetics Frontiers in Oncology Frontiers in Pediatrics Frontiers in Chemistry Frontiers in Public Health Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Frontiers in Physics Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Frontiers in Energy Research Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology Frontiers in Earth Science Frontiers in Environmental Science Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers in Materials Frontiers in Nutrition Frontiers in Medicine Frontiers in Surgery Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences Frontiers in Robotics and AI Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Frontiers in Digital Humanities … and more! * compared to the journal listing of the 2012 Journal Citation Report for this subject category. Publication volume determined for 2013 with Scopus. All journals are listed in PubMed and archives relevant for each subject area. All remaining 9 field journals launched before 2013 are under evaluation by Thomson Reuters for the release of an Impact Factor. Stay tuned! IMPACT FACTORS Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience: 5.2 Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience: 4.8 Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience: 4.5 Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology: coming July 2014! Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience: 2.5 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: 2.9 Frontiers in Microbiology: coming July 2014! Frontiers in Neural Circuits: 3.3 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy: 4.1 Frontiers in Plant Science: coming July 2014! Frontiers in Psychology: coming July 2014! No. 1 journal in Psychology* No. 1 open-access journal in Physiology* No. 1 open-access journal in Plant Science* No. 3 open-access journal in Microbiology* No. 1 open-access journal in Immunology* No. 2 open-access journal in Endocrinology*
  • 6. frontiers | 2013 Progress Report 6 • 80% of authors think the Frontiers peer review is a significant improvement over traditional peer review • Over 90% of authors think the collaborative Frontiers peer review helped them improve their paper • Over 90% of authors would submit again • 95% of authors were happy with the level of support received by Frontiers staff in publishing their paper • Over 90% of authors and reviewers rated our interactive Review Forum as good or excellent • 85% of reviewers think the level of detail of the Frontiers questionnaires helped them focus on the most important aspects of the papers they reviewed Building impact through peer review Improving peer review has always been a priority at Frontiers. Our peer review is engineered to be rigorous, yet at the same time collaborative, fair, efficient and transparent. These guiding principles have been integrated into the most sophisticated online review platform, the Frontiers Review Forum, which facilitates consensus by opening a direct dialogue among authors, reviewers and editors. Our peer review is engineered to contribute to the quality of manuscripts, and the high numbers of citations, views and downloads of Frontiers articles are a strong evidence of it. Frontiers journals consistently outrank some of the most established journals both in terms of citation levels and volume. In 2013, we carried out substantial enhancements to our Review Forum. The 2.0 version of the Review Forum is now even more user-friendly, intuitive and task-oriented, and was released as a beta version in December. Feedback from hundreds of scientists has been enthusiastic and we are really excited to move this development forward in 2014! “Instead of rejecting a paper a priori, we want to help the scientific community to improve a paper. It’s scientists helping other scientists to make things better - together” Idan Segev about the philosophy of peer review at Frontiers “The new review forum is exceptionally clear. I particularly like the level of detail of where the article is in the review process” Cheryl Metcalf about version 2.0 of the Review Forum Review principles COLLABORATIVE FAIR RIGOROUS EFFICIENT TRANSPARENT 1000views in the first month following publication 84 days from submission to acceptance 15 days from acceptance to publication
  • 7. 7 2013 Progress Report | frontiers “Scientific studies demonstrate that ​​ the number of connections to high-profile contacts ​ on social networks translates into better career performance for science innovators ” P. A. Gloor et al., Int. J. Organ.Des. Eng. 3, 67–85; 2013 Building impact through networking technologies The Frontiers Research Network is a fast growing community of more than 140 000 of the world’s leading researchers from all fields of academia. Frontiers is the first to fully integrate open-access publishing with the latest networking technology, taking publishing to the next level. The mission of the network is simple: increase the reach of articles and disseminate them to the right people, and ultimately, boost the impact of our authors, editors and academic users. The benefits for authors are compelling: since its launch in 2012, the Frontiers Research Network has been proven to increase the visibility of researchers’ profiles by 70% and that of their articles by 30%. Combining networking with open-access publishing stays true to our mission: make research papers freely available to the world and increase their impact. “Research networking in Frontiers helps disseminate your work” Leon Cooper Nobel Laureate in Physics “The information revolution demands a serious rethinking of scientific publishing and Frontiers is an excellent answer to this demand” Alex Hansen Norwegian University of Science and Technology 140000active users 5000new monthly users 5000connected institutions 70% increase profile views 30% increase article views
  • 8. frontiers | 2013 Progress Report 8 Science for kids Frontiers is now also available for kids. Our new journal Frontiers for Young Minds brings the excitement of scientific discoveries to kids - reviewed by kids! Frontiers for Young Minds is a real peer-reviewed scientific journal, in which young scientists-to-be (aged 8 - 15) become involved in the review process. It is the first time in scholarly publishing that a journal connects bright kids in a hands-on experience with the world’s leading researchers. Launched at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in November 2013, the journal stems from the never-ending passion of our long-time Chief Editor Bob Knight for bringing science to kids. The response has been truly overwhelming and heart-warming and more fields will follow in 2014 after the success of the neuroscience “pilot” project. Frontiers for Young Minds has immediately captured the imagination of thousands of scientists, parents, mentors, teachers and - of course - kids! kids.frontiersin.org “The best sci-publishing launch in decades” Noah Gray Editor, Nature Magazine 79mentoring scientists 21research areas in Neuroscience 86kid reviewers 37articles published
  • 9. 9 2013 Progress Report | frontiers Partnering with Nature Publishing Group In February 2013, Nature Publishing Group and Frontiers formed a strategic partnership, to advance the global Open Science movement. Nature Publishing Group recognized Frontiers’ transformative solutions to open-access publishing, peer review and impact metrics. Combining these strengths with Nature’s world-renowned reputation of excellence and long history in academic publishing opened up many new opportunities to advance our combined mission to serve scholars better and to lead the change in the landscape of science communication. The partnership brings new opportunities to increase the visibility of our articles, create cross links between the two publishers and strengthen the public outreach of Frontiers overall. “NPG and Frontiers’ passion is to meet the evolving needs of scientists to advance science. Together we can really change the way science is communicated” Kamila Markram CEO, Frontiers “We can achieve more together, and more quickly, than either publisher could working alone” Steven Inchcoombe Managing Director, Nature Publishing Group “It is the first time that Nature has entered a partnership with another organization, because we had never found another organization that shares Nature’s vision, passion, aspiration to help scientists be more successful” Annette Thomas CEO, Macmillan Publishers For example: the 2013, 4th of July issue of Nature magazine had a specially- dedicated cover that opened up to display a Frontiers full-page infographic. This was a first in the 130-year-long history of Nature!
  • 10. frontiers | 2013 Progress Report 10 International media coverage Frontiers is publishing cutting-edge research with strong societal relevance from leading scientists. Our articles are regularly featured in world-leading newspapers, TV and radio programs. This includes regular media coverage from the BBC, CNN, NBC, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Scientific American, New Scientist, Popular Science and many more. We work to boost the impact of your research at all levels. “Flowering plant origins pushed back 100 million years” Frontiers in Plant Science 1 October 2013 “Fast-paced evolution in the Andes” Frontiers in Genetics 7 November 2013 “Psychopaths might have an impaired empathy circuit” Frontiers in Behavorial Neuroscience 19 December 2013 “Yoga and the mind: can yoga reduce symptoms of major psychiatric disorders?” Frontiers in Psychiatry 28 January 2013 “Wolves, like dogs, can learn from humans” Frontiers in Psychology 12 September 2013 25million views and downloads 35000tweets 36000followers on Facebook 500international news stories in 2013
  • 11. 11 2013 Progress Report | frontiers Research Topics: dig deeper with niche communities Much of modern science is highly specialized and interdisciplinary by nature, and our goal at Frontiers is to make sure that the impact of every article and author is maximized even in this fragmented and fast-moving context. Research Topics are collections of articles around a cutting-edge research area organized by leading scientists and physicians. Frontiers’ Research Topics provide a platform to unite the world’s experts around a topic, stimulate dialogue and collaboration, publish cutting-edge research, accelerate science and demonstrate leadership in a field. With almost 1 000 Topics initiated in 2013, Frontiers Research Topics are an integral part of publishing highly specialized and interdisciplinary research and will continue to play a central role in showcasing and promoting niche communities. “An excellent platform to combine different expertise from different areas” Markus Geisler University of Freiburg “What’s special about Frontiers is that it is really designed for scientists to have a publishing medium for them” Alex Thomson University College London 110000research topic contributors 4700research topic editors 1000research topics opened in 2013 research topics available as free ebooks over 200
  • 12. frontiers | 2013 Progress Report 12 Your team at Frontiers The success of Frontiers is based on the commitment of academic communities, and on the stellar team that, behind the scenes, helps promote the academic status of all our authors, editors, reviewers and scientific users. With headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland and staff in London and Madrid, the Frontiers team now counts over 140 bright and relentlessly dedicated colleagues, across 40 nationalities and experience in essentially every area of academia. Haven’t had a chance to meet us all yet? Here we are. 140staff - and growing! 40nationalities 3locations lots ofdedication!
  • 13. 2014 here we come! The growth of Frontiers in 2013 has transformed our organization into one of the largest and most reputable players in open-access publishing. However, we will never forget the grass-roots origins of Frontiers, nor the conviction that scientific publication identifies and strengthens communities. Building and promoting communities, making sure that your articles are read and your impact is boosted, is where our focus will remain in 2014. Improving our software to review, publish and disseminate articles efficiently, broadening our public outreach, showcasing the work published through our journals – right down to each individual article and Research Topic – this is the Frontiers mission. www.frontiersin.org Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) Innovation Park Lausanne, Switzerland PhotocourtesyofAlainHerzog/EPFL
  • 14. Meet our Chief Editors Aaron Vinik Anthony Gean Comuzzie Carmen Sandi Diana Conte Camerino Adrian Meule Antoine Bechara Cecilia Giulivi Dieter W Heermann Agust Gudmundsson Antoine Toubert Charles Dinarello Domenico Salvatore Aki Kawasaki Antonello Simone Lorenzini Christian F Klingenberg Dominique J Dubois Akio Adachi Antonino Belfiore Christian Hansel Donat P. Häder Alberto Albanesee Antonio Francesco Corno Christian Koerner Douglas Mark Ruden Alberto Diaspro Antonio Trincone Christian Kurts Dov Greenbaum Aldana Maximino Anwar Huq Christian Sell Eddy J Davelaar Alessandro Lugli Ariane Bazan Christian Wilhelm Bodo Bachem Effie Wang Petersdorf Alex David Rogers Ariel Anbar Christine Anne Biron Egidio D‘Angelo Alex F. Chen Arturo J Cardounel Christopher Mario Inglese Eilon Vaadia Alex Hansen Atsushi Asakura Claire Perks Einar M Sigurdsson Alex M Thomson Autar Krishen Mattoo Claudia Kemper Eliot Ohlstein Fernando M B Marques Florian Röhrbein Franco Biondi Francois M. A. Marechal Frank Miedema Giuseppe Esposito Giuseppe Giaccone Greg W Rouse Gregory Gruener Hubert Vaudry Hyung-Ho Park Ian Marriott Idan Segev Jens Kossmann Ji-Dong Gu Jie-Sheng Chen Jimmy Thomas Efird Larry AbbottKendall A Smith Kenneth Philip Kodama Kobi Peleg Martin C Michel Martin G Klotz Martin Kussmann Mary B Kennedy Nick Van De Giesen Nicolaus Von Wirén Nicole Webster Nicos A Petasis Peter H Seeburg Peter J Reiser Peter Witzgall Philip Anthony Parilla Umberto Veronesi Ursula Gundert-Remy Valerie Knopik Valerio Acocella Simon Gilroy Simon Redfern Stefan Borgwardt Stephen J Pandol Robert Kenneth Semple Robert Reisz Robert W Williams Rodney L Honeycutt Giuseppe Battaglia Huangxian Ju Jean-Baptiste Poline Jean-Claude Georges Bunzli Jean-Luc Teillaud Jeff M P Holly Jeffrey Atkinson Jeffrey I Frank Jeffrey R Stevens Jeffrey Scott Barrett Jeffrey T. Fairbrother Jose Biller Joseph M. Jez Joshua L Heazlewood Jumana Y Al-Aama Junhong Chen Justo P Castaño Kanwaljeet J. S. Anand Karol Osipowicz Kay Hamacher Marcia Gail Ory Maria J Donoghue Maria V Sanchez-Vives Mario L Diaz Mark P Burns Mark Ross Markus Geisler Mårten Risling Martin Beniston Thomas E Hanson Thomas L Rothstein Thomas S. Hofer Timothy Ian Eglinton Timothy James Kinsella Timothy K Horiuchi Ugo Bardi Ulrich M ZangerThimios Mitsiadis Sean L Hill Sean Ruland Serge Cosnier Sheng S. Zhang Shlomo Melmed Shripad T Revankar Shruti Sharma Sidney A SimonScott E Kasner Ricardo González Richard A Jorgensen Richard D Emes Richard Ferber Richard Gerardus Franciscus Visser Ripu D Jindal Robert J Harvey Robert J Zatorre Robert John Unwin Patrick Meire Paul D Losty Paul M L Janssen Paul S Meltzer Pellegrino Musto Pengcheng Fu Per Jesper SjöströmPatricia CoylePaolo Pinton Miklas Scholz Ming D Li Misha Tsodyks Nassima Ait-Daoud Tiouririne Natasha Kirkham Neelima Roy Sinha Nicholas M Barnes Nicholas Schork Nicholas X Fang
  • 15. Alexander Kokhanovsky Axel A Brakhage Claus Vögele Elise Kohn Laura Ballerini Mary Beth Mudgett Nils Yngve Lycke Philippe De Witte Stephen V. Liu Vishal Madaan Alisdair Fernie Axel Cleeremans Connie J Evashwick Elizabeth A. Kellogg Lawrence Wechsler Mary Cianfrocca Nuno Sousa Philippe G Schyns Steve Suib Wendy A Peer Alois C Knoll Barry D Jordan Costas A Varotsos Ellis L Reinherz Lera Boroditsky Masaru Katoh Olivier Feron Philippe Lory Steven Carl Huber Wendy Noble Ambar Chakravarty Beatrice De Gelder Craig Michael Walsh Emilio Elizalde Lisa Y Stein Matthew W Fields Oreste Acuto Pierre De Meyts Steven H Zeisel William Cho Andreas P M Weber Bernhard Hommel Crystal Mackall Eric ‘Pieter Achterberg Lorenza S Colzato Matthias Hess Osama O Zaidat Pierre J Magistretti Steven L. Forman William J Brown Andreas Teske Bernhard Moser Cunming Duan Eric Meffre Lorenzo Pavesi Maurizio Del Poeta P.K. Ramachandran Nair Prosun Bhattacharya Susan Swain William James Hickey Andrew S Day Bimal Krishna Banik Daiqin Li Eric Vivier Louis R Caplan Michael E Symonds Pamela J Hornby Rafael Yuste Susumu Ikehara Wolf Hervé Fridman Angel Borja Blanka Rogina Daniel Oro Eugene R Schnitzler Luis Gimeno Michael Heinrich Paola Patrignani Rahn Kennedy Bailey Sylvia Anton Wulf Rössler Angelique Bordey Bradley M. Tebo Danilo Emilio De Rossi Evgeny Y. Tsymbal Luiz Pessoa Michael J Schneck Paolo Bernardi Raimond L Winslow Takao K. Hensch Xavier Noel Anil K Seth Bretislav Friedrich David B Allison Ewald Moser Maciej Andrzej Zwieniecki Michael L Moritz Paolo Boffetta Raina Robeva Tanguy Seiwert Yisong Wang Anne B Chang Brian Leyland-Jones David Samuel Ginley Fabrice Clément Manuel Carreiras Michael Strupp Paolo Montuschi Ralf Jockers Théophile Godfraind Yousef Abu Kwaik Anne Elizabeth Simon Bruce J West David William Galbraith Farhad Islami Marc Strous Michael Weller Paolo Pietro Bianchi Ranulfo Romo Thierry Le Chevalier Yue Hugh Guan Anne Zajicek Camilo R Gomez Derek LeRoith Farhad Ravandi Gary Iwamoto Gemma Casadesus Geoffrey A Head George E Billman George J Christ Gerald A Meininger Gerard Apodaca Giacomo Indiveri Gianluca Castelnuovo Gil Bernard Garnier Giovanna Suzzi Giovanni AddoloratoGareth J Sanger Hans Van Rostenberghe Harald Von Boehmer Harold W Goforth Hauke R Heekeren Heather Cunliffe Hemant K Tiwari Hendrik Poorter Herman Waldmann Hermann Wagner Hiroaki KitanoGuang-Ling Song Guilherme J M Rosa Mihaly Hajos Roger Deal Roger Stupp Ronald M Bukowski Rudolf von Steiger Russell A Poldrack Rustam Aminov S R Pandi-Perumal Salvatore Salomone Sam P De Visser Samuel A Cushman Scott A HuettelRuben Coronel Jan De Boer Jan G Bjaalie Jason W OsborneIsabelle Peretz J Alberto Neder J. W. F. Valle Jack C Roberts Jacob N. Chung Jacques Dumais Jaime Kapitulnik James Lloyd James Mark Coticchia Jonathan P Zehr Jordi Figuerola Jorge AsconapeJoav Merrick Jochen C Meier Joel C Bornstein John R Battista John Steven Torday John T Fisher John Wade Jon H Kaas Jonathan H Tobias Niels Birbaumer Philippe C. Baveye Stephen Silberstein Vaughan G Macefield Rodrigo Orlando Kuljiš How-Ran Guo Javier DeFelipe Jos WM Van Der Meer Marcel Zentner
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