Our peer review
Only the best science can solve the world’s biggest challenges. That’s why every article we publish goes through our rigorous quality checks and peer review.
Collaborative
review process
Our state-of-the-art collaborative peer review forum allows authors and reviewers to connect online in real time so they can work together to improve the manuscript. In 2020, our average time from submission to decision was 90 days, with 89% of authors rating the review process as good or excellent.
90 days
Average time from submission to decision
32 days
Average publication time for accepted articles
89% of authors, 93% of reviewers and 89% of editors rated our collaborative review process as good or excellent
Submissions, acceptances, rejections
The Frontiers collaborative review objectively certifies quality, validity and rigor of research. It is performed by an external editorial board of researchers, assisted by our peer review team and powered by our custom-built open science platform, featuring our artificial intelligence review assistant (AIRA). The review mandate does not focus on potential impact, nor are artificial acceptance or rejection rates imposed. Within this framework, the rejection rate for 2020 was on average 37% across all Frontiers journals, and up to 53% in some fields.
