2020 Progress Report

2020 will be remembered not only for the tremendous hardship of the Covid-19 pandemic, but also as a year of great progress, resilience, and human spirit.

Covid-19 is a challenge like nothing the scientific research community has ever faced before. Society turned to scientists for answers and they excelled at delivering solutions – racing to provide insights into a global health emergency and developing treatments and vaccines at a speed never seen before in human history.

The mission under which all of us at Frontiers unite is to make science open so we can live healthy lives on a healthy planet. However, this mission is not yet accomplished and is even more relevant today than ever before. Making science open will better prepare us for future pandemics. It will also accelerate urgently needed solutions to the greatest challenge of our time – climate change.

Supporting the scientific response to Covid-19

Coronavirus Knowledge Hub

To support the fight against Covid-19, we launched the Coronavirus Knowledge Hub in March 2020, bringing research communities together and offering trusted information and analysis on the pandemic. This includes the latest research articles, expert interviews, and funding resources.

Covid-19 Academic Survey

To give scientists a voice, we ran an academic survey with our authors, editors, and reviewers in May and June 2020. More than 25,000 researchers from 152 countries participated, sharing insights into how the pandemic is impacting their work and the wider implications for science.