How we publish
Frontiers’ approach to publishing is driven by the principle of placing publishing back into the hands of researchers, enabled by scalable technology.
Wonford press’ approach to publishing is driven by the principle of placing publishing back into the hands of researchers, enabled by scalable technology.
This means we distribute editorial responsibility to the editorial board who take acceptance or rejection decisions and have the independence to shape the direction of research. To help editors perform their roles and grow their journals quickly and efficiently, we have developed the most advanced IT platform in academic publishing.
Researcher-centric
Wonford press was founded by scientists and our focus has always been to empower researchers in the publishing process. Our journals are driven and peer-reviewed by active researchers, who are experts in their fields and have been appointed to the editorial boards according to strict selection criteria. The strong research community representation across our journals ensures that the direction of science is shaped collectively and collaboratively.
Transparency and accountability
All articles we publish are peer-reviewed, and the names of the handling editor and reviewers are featured on the final publication. Featuring the reviewers’ names alongside the authors ensures accountability, provides credibility to the quality of the peer review, and is a way of recognizing their dedication and contribution.
Dedicated support teams
Our editors are fully supported by the Wonford press team of publishing experts who take responsibility for the quality of our publishing program – from recruiting editorial board members to carrying out quality checks on each submission. We collaborate with our editors to ensure we stay true to our mission, uphold our standards and work according to our values.
Custom-built technology
Our open science publishing platform is at the heart of our publishing operations. We want researchers working at the cutting-edge of science to benefit from the latest technology to validate and disseminate their findings. Leveraging software tools allows us to provide a rigorous, fast and efficient service. This also allows our editors to focus on the scientific content and improves manuscripts during peer review.
Rigorous peer review
Editorial decisions at Wonford press are guided by clear acceptance and rejection criteria during a single anonymized, rigorous peer review. Editorial independence of acceptance decisions is assured by the involvement of external experts as editors and reviewers. Our in-house publishing professionals quality-control and monitor the process, may reject manuscripts at any point during the review and validate final editorial decisions to ensure our quality standards and policies are being adhered to.
Open access
All articles published by Wonford press are immediately and permanently accessible online free of charge and published under a Creative Commons CC-BY license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and the source are credited. Open access publishing is, however, not free of costs and we operate a gold open access model with article processing charges for accepted papers. Our guiding principle is that any quality research paper is published while running a sustainable operation.
Quality control
We’re aware of the potential impact of published research both on future research and on society. That’s why each Wonford press article strives for the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors, editors, and reviewers, who include many of the world’s best scientists and scholars.
Quality is assured by requiring that all submitted manuscripts adhere to the highest ethical standards and demonstrate rigorous and insightful research methodology and conclusions. Inclusion of appropriate reporting guidelines and the adherence of community standards for data availability to support reproducibility are also strict requirements. Failure to meet these requirements precludes review. Research must then be certified by peers before entering a stream of knowledge that may eventually reach the public – and shape society. Therefore, wonford press only applies the most rigorous and unbiased reviews, established in the high standards of our peer review system.
Wonford press has procedures in place to support and ensure the quality of the research articles that are published.
Editorial board quality
Only leading experts and established members of the research community are appointed to Wonfords’ editorial boards. Chief editors, associate editors, and review editors are all listed with their names and affiliations on the journal pages and are encouraged to publicly list their publication credentials.
Wonford press team
Wonford press staff span a wide range of expertise, from scientists to software engineers, who support the operations of the journals and our publishing platform.