Frontiers in Communication – Bias and Credibility

Frontiers in Communication - Pro Science - Non-Biased - Credible - Trustworthy

Factual Reporting: Mostly Factual - Mostly Credible and Reliable


PRO-SCIENCE

These sources consist of legitimate science or are evidence-based through credible scientific sourcing.  Legitimate science follows the scientific method, is unbiased, and does not use emotional words.  These sources also respect the consensus of experts in the given scientific field and strive to publish peer-reviewed science. Some sources in this category may have a slight political bias but adhere to scientific principles. See all Pro-Science sources.

  • Overall, we rate Frontiers in Communication as a Pro-Science journal based on peer review and a clean fact-check record. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to Frontier Media’s retractions of studies either pre or post-publication.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: PRO-SCIENCE
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Frontiers in Communication is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that covers communication. According to its about page, “A cross-disciplinary journal that advances our understanding of the global communication revolution and its relevance across social, economic and cultural spheres.”

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Funded by / Ownership

Frontiers in Communication is owned by Frontiers Media SA, which is a for-profit corporation. Funding comes from digital sales of content and author fees for publication.

Analysis / Bias

Frontiers in Communication is an open-access journal that publishes information and research related to communication. The journal primarily publishes research like this Insights into the time course of evidentiality processing in Turkish heritage speakers using a self-paced reading task.



Frontiers Media has been criticized for being a predatory open-access publisher. In short, Predatory Open Access publishing is an exploitative open-access publishing business model that involves charging publication fees to authors without providing the editorial and publishing services associated with legitimate journals.

However, Frontiers in Communication is a credible scientific journal, as we have not found any controversy or significant retractions. Although, Frontiers Media has retracted some studies in other publications that were found to be of poor methodology and not thoroughly peer-reviewed.

Failed Fact Checks

  • None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate Frontiers in Communication as a Pro-Science journal based on peer review and a clean fact-check record. We also rate them Mostly Factual due to Frontier Media’s retractions of studies either pre or post-publication. (D. Van Zandt 09/23/2023)

Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cognition

Last Updated on September 23, 2023 by Media Bias Fact Check


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