Frontiers Newsletter — September 2016
Frontiers http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=5b4b94aac3c5333d73097b963ce9e73319123a422f405f82e7e6c1bd923459ccc216dc659dbfbd2a TOP NEWS - SEPTEMBER 2016 http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=5b4b94aac3c5333d5900c096dadbcefe0b8d60db6661eb42351f9d5803805f130d627ad7938c3b4a The inevitability of free papers Technologist, an initiative of the EuroTech Universities Alliance, explains how Frontiers and scientists are making headway in challenging the traditional publishing model for research papers. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=5b4b94aac3c5333d58d735153078ecbb807a193ed6c8e22a19ae8dad44d681c265f7881a5383eb37 http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=5b4b94aac3c5333d58d735153078ecbb807a193ed6c8e22a19ae8dad44d681c265f7881a5383eb37 http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=5b4b94aac3c5333d5900c096dadbcefe0b8d60db6661eb42351f9d5803805f130d627ad7938c3b4a Read more. http://click.engage.frontiersin.net/?qs=5b4b94aac3c5333dcba7142a0bf02b3dc1d51a22033c79bb2b8b768a4b4fa36be601b6e8141ceba6 Peer Review Survey Have you had an article rejected? 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