10 January 2024
From the Frontiers blog: https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2024/01/10/the-next-chapter-for-frontiers-to-the-open-access-tipping-point
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Reorganization for a first-class publishing service securing quality at scale
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A proposed reduction of 600 roles across 23 countries
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Optimizing our management framework to react rapidly to market shifts
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New solutions to drive the open access transition to the tipping point
Frontiers announces a strategic reorganization and team resizing to focus on researcher-centric, technology-empowered teams to provide a first class publishing experience and secure sustainable quality publishing at scale. This change marks the next chapter in our journey to make open access the default science publishing model.
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By the end of the pandemic, the publishing market saw a downturn. This reinforced the importance for resilience and agility amidst market shifts.
These insights prompted a major reorganization in Frontiers throughout 2023 to form multi-expert teams empowered with AI technology to provide the full spectrum of publishing services tailored to our more than 2,000 academic communities. We also optimized our operational model and management framework to easily adapt to changes in the market.
In the current market conditions, we are increasing efficiency further by proposing to significantly resize our workforce of about 2,000 employees across 23 countries to about 1,400 employees. Together with the management and operational changes made in 2023, this makes Frontiers a leaner and more agile organization, with enhanced financial resilience amidst market shifts.