Collaboration
We work with the best – from our editors, authors,
and reviewers to our own team
Editors and authors
We work with top researchers from leading institutions across the globe
Frontiers’ editors and authors are affiliated with top institutions
Becoming part of Frontiers’ community means collaborating with the world’s leading researchers. Our journals are driven by active researchers, enabling them to drive progress and shape their fields.
In 2022
the Frontiers community grew to more than 1.4 million published authors and 243,000 editors across 164 countries
90,000 review, associate and chief editors joined our boards.
Research Topics
Our highly-cited, high impact article collections
Research Topics are our multidisciplinary collections of high-quality articles curated around a cutting-edge theme.
Defined, edited and led by renowned researchers, they unite the world's leading experts around the hottest topics – stimulating collaboration and accelerating science and discovery.
In 2022 we launched a further 9,567 Research Topics.
425,524,302 views for articles in Research Topics to date
85,188,841 downloads to date
Stimulating collaboration
2022 collection highlights
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Neurodegenerative diseases
19 articles | 566,000 views
Examining the effect of bioactive compounds, diet, and lifestyle factors on neurodegenerative disease phenotypes
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Viral diseases
37 articles | 519,000 views
Uncovering the countermeasures, molecular virology, and pathogenesis of emerging and re-emerging viruses
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Psychedelic therapy
22 articles | 383,000 views
Understanding how the social and relational effects of psychedelic use impact therapeutic outcomes
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Circadian rhythms
6 articles | 344,000 views
Demonstrating why time-of-day is an important factor in maximizing the health benefits of exercise and physical activity for disease prevention and treatment
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Vaccine safety
10 articles | 251,000 views
Novel approaches to balance vaccine efficacy and safety by addressing increased pro-inflammatory immune responses and their effects on other biological systems
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Antiviral plants
16 articles | 219,000 views
Evaluating the clinical application of plant products in the management of viral infection
Our people
Colleagues from 82 different nationalities contribute to our mission
In 2022, we recruited and onboarded 1,196 new people
Executives: 11
Technology: 669
Finance: 48
Legal: 7
Marketing and communications: 52
Operations: 1
People experience: 83
Planning: 4
Publishing: 1,259
Strategic projects and partnerships: 96
Our headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland, with 17 other country locations across Europe, North America, and Asia. By the end of 2022 we employed more than 2,200 talented people.
Our culture
A diverse, inclusive community of like-minded people
Values and culture: our golden thread
Our employees, known as 'Frontons', have something in common: their passion for science and its impact on the world.
Our mission and core values create a golden thread through our work. In 2022 we relaunched our Culture Code, to bring our values to life for Frontons and to define who we are, what we stand for and the behavior we value in our colleagues.
How we work
Each team member makes an important contribution – from the editorial office to product development, from our policy team to our HR professionals.
Since 2021, we have adopted a ‘remote first’ work philosophy, which means that our Frontons collaborate online and support our authors, editors, and reviewers from their homes. This provides a more flexible working environment for our employees and means we have been able to expand our recruitment across the globe.
“It’s so much more than a job - it’s a community of like-minded people fighting for healthy lives on a healthy planet, and having a little fun in the process.”
Hannah Kulmatycki
Journal Launch Specialist, Frontiers
Diversity, equity, and inclusion
As a global publisher, Frontiers supports and represents our diverse community of employees, authors, editors and reviewers. We create a culture in which everyone feels valued, supported, safe and respected.
We’re committed to ensuring everyone belongs – regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, nationality, cultural background, religious belief, gender/gender identity, sexuality, marital status, family situation, disability, or socioeconomic status.
Through meaningful and impactful actions – from our flexible working policies, to our recruitment processes – we foster diversity of thought, equitable practices, and inclusive behaviours to ensure everyone can thrive both professionally and personally.
With numerous social, economic, and political factors affecting the safety and wellbeing of our global communities, Frontiers commits to scaling up our DEI activities to show support and make a positive impact, both internally and in the wider world.
“We take our mission seriously. That’s why we provide our employees with opportunities to make a difference, and to contribute to healthy lives on a healthy planet. Frontons know that they can dedicate their time and expertise to make a direct impact to their own community.”
Francesca Tettamanzi
Learning and Development Lead, Frontiers
Giving back to the community
We’re proud of the annual volunteer efforts made by Frontons - contributing to healthy lives on a healthy planet in whichever way they can.
We encourage our people to participate in volunteering activities with charity partners, either individually or through organized group initiatives in our office locations. To make this possible, each Fronton receives three working days per year that they can dedicate to volunteer efforts.
Over the past year, Frontons spent 662 hours volunteering. All monetary donations were supported through Frontiers’ donation-matching program, as well as corporate donations to charitable causes in 2022.
Creating an inclusive culture
Creating an inclusive culture is the responsibility of all employees, not just leaders, so this year we launched our first employee resource groups (ERGs) to support and represent our diverse communities of Frontons. These groups are:
pride
gender equity
race, ethnicity and cultural heritage
disability and neurodiversity.
Representation is crucial, and with Frontons all over the world, it’s important to ensure everyone can come to work and be proudly authentic, no matter how they identify. These new employee-led groups are the latest steps we’re taking to ensure everyone’s voice is heard and aim to provide a sense of community, safe-spaces and support, but also engage, educate and empower.
Our name change policy
In 2022 we introduced a new policy making it easier for authors to retrospectively change either their name, pronouns, or both. The policy was created as part of our commitment to improving equity, diversity and inclusion in publishing and covers name changes made for any reason, including marital status, gender identity, or religion.