Threat Investigation

www.frontiersin.org

Trusted High Traffic Tranco #920

www.frontiersin.org operates primarily as a content publishing platform, focusing on open access scientific journals. Frontiers is a leading research publisher and open science platform that provides peer-reviewed articles across hundreds of academic disciplines. It is one of the largest and most-cited publishers in the world, focusing on making scientific research freely available. It is operated by Frontiers Media S.A..

academic publishingopen accessscientific researchpeer review
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Security Considerations

While www.frontiersin.org is an established platform, these capabilities require extra vigilance.

Document Hosting

www.frontiersin.org hosts documents and pages shared via links. Because the domain is trusted, links pass through email spam filters easily. Attackers exploit this to host fake invoices, login pages, or malware download prompts.

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GET /api/v1/classify?domain=www.frontiersin.org
{
  "domain": "frontiersin.org",
  "confidence": "high",
  "category": {
    "purpose": "content_publishing",
    "specialization": "Open Access Scientific Journals"
  },
  "identity": {
    "headline": "Major open-access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific journals",
    "summary": "Frontiers is a leading research publisher and open science platform that provides peer-reviewed articles across hundreds of academic disciplines. It is one of the largest and most-cited publishers in the world, focusing on making scientific research freely available.",
    "operator": "Frontiers Media S.A.",
    "parent_entity": null,
    "topics": [
      "academic publishing",
      "open access",
      "scientific research",
      "peer review",
      "STEM"
    ]
  },
  "functions": {
    "is_ugc_platform": false,
    "is_file_host": false,
    "is_url_shortener": false,
    "is_public_idp": false,
    "is_crypto_platform": false,
    "allows_user_subdomains": false,
    "is_form_builder": false,
    "is_document_host": true
  },
  "facts": {
    "registered_date": "2006-02-11T00:00:00Z",
    "rank": 920,
    "hosting_provider": "MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation"
  }
}

Hosting

MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation

Registered

Feb 11, 2006

Last Updated

Jan 9, 2026

Domain data sourced from WHOIS, Tranco rankings, and URLert's classification engine.