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The series and its publisher have often been criticized for [[predatory open access|predatory practices]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Schneider |first=Leonid |title=Is Frontiers a potential predatory publisher?|url=https://forbetterscience.com/2015/10/28/is-frontiers-a-potential-predatory-publisher/|website=For Better Science|date=28 October 2015|access-date=2017-03-14}}</ref> having appeared on [[Beall's list]] before it was taken down.<ref>{{cite web|last=Basken |first=Paul |title=Why Beall's List Died — and What It Left Unresolved About Open Access|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Beall-s-List-Died-/241171|website=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]|date=12 September 2017|access-date=2017-03-14}}</ref> The inclusion of Frontiers journals on Beall's list was met with backlash amongst some researchers.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bloudoff-Indelicato|first1=Mollie|title=Backlash after Frontiers journals added to list of questionable publishers|journal=Nature|date=23 October 2015|volume=526|issue=7575|pages=613–613|doi=10.1038/526613f}}</ref> Some researchers analyze predatory publishing by taking dataset with and without Frontiers journals.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Savina|first1=Tatiana|last2=Sterligov|first2=Ivan|title=Prevalence of Potentially Predatory Publishing in Scopus on the Country Level|url=http://elar.urfu.ru/bitstream/10995/43143/1/UrFU_conference_November_2016_Sterligov.pdf|publisher=Ural Federal University|accessdate=15 March 2018|date=24 November 2016}}</ref>
The open peer review nature of the series allows for studies of [[gender bias]] in peer review. A 2017 study published in ''[[eLife]]'' showed that "women are underrepresented in the peer-review process", and that "editors of both genders operate with substantial same-gender preference".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Helmer|first1=Markus|last2=Schottdorf|first2=Manuel|last3=Neef|first3=Andreas|last4=Battaglia|first4=Demian|title=Gender bias in scholarly peer review|journal=
==List of journals==
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*''Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering''
*''Frontiers in Medicine''
*''Frontiers in Microbiology'' (founded in 2010 and considered a mega journal in its own right<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Patrick D. |last1=Schloss |first2=Mark |last2=Johnston |first3=Arturo |last3=Casadevall |title=Support science by publishing in scientific society journals |journal=
*''Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences''
*''Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience''
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|last1=Gross|first1=Alan G.|last2=Buehl|first2=Jonathan|title=Science and the Internet: Communicating Knowledge in a Digital Age|date=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781351864022|url=https://books.google.
==External links==
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