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- Overall, we rate Frontiers in Ethology 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: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Journal
Traffic/Popularity: Minimal Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
History
Frontiers in Ethology is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that covers ethology. According to its About page, “Ethology is the naturalistic study of behavior from an evolutionary perspective and includes research studies on all animals, including humans, and even aspects of plant behavior and communication.”
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Funded by / Ownership
Frontiers in Ethology 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 Ethology is an open-access journal that publishes information and research related to ethology. The journal primarily publishes research like this: Male chicks play more than females – sex differences in chicken play ontogeny
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 Ethology is a credible scientific journal, as we have not found any controversy or significant retractions. However, 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 Ethology 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 06/22/2024)
Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ethology
Last Updated on June 22, 2024 by Media Bias Fact Check
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