Evidence Natalia Marczewska Evidence Natalia Marczewska

Open access articles attract more citations

In 2001, Steve Lawrence published a hugely influential study which showed that OA conference papers in computer science were cited more than twice as often as papers that were not accessible online. But Lawrence’s paper is twenty years old and his study was limited to one kind of paper in a single discipline. Today, we know far more than in 2001. So the Policy Labs team ran a small-scale study to find out what scholars have found out.’

Richard Walker, Frontiers Policy Labs

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Evidence Natalia Marczewska Evidence Natalia Marczewska

COVID-19: Seroprevalence data and policymaking

Frontiers Evidence Snapshots presents a unique data resource summarizing the results of seroprevalence studies in a broad range of countries and populations.

  • 301 studies

  • 600 separate population samples

  • 69 countries

  • Data for special populations (healthcare workers, elderly people, children, etc.)

  • New studies added periodically

  • Expert commentary from Dr. Milo Puhan, Swiss School of Public Health

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Evidence Diana Barreto Evidence Diana Barreto

Climate change strong evidence needs strong action

Frontiers Evidence Snapshots surveys 350 recent papers, reporting ongoing climate change in the atmosphere, the oceans, the Arctic and Antarctic - and the effects of these changes on sea levels and on so-called extreme events (tropical storms, droughts and floods etc.)

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Evidence Natalia Marczewska Evidence Natalia Marczewska

COVID-19: vaccine efficacy and safety

How effective are the vaccines we rely on to vaccinate the world’s population? How do they work for the elderly, children, and pregnant women? How well do they protect against infection, severe disease and death? We summarize some of the most important findings

  • 67 studies

  • 5.6 million participants

  • Data for all major vaccines currently available

  • Links to original articles

  • Regular updates

  • Expert commentary from Luc Debruyne

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