Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Implementation of universal welfare policies in the Global South: a case study of Indonesia’s free nutritious meal programJoyce Jacinta Rares · Michael Mamentu · Muhammad Ridha · Zainul AbidinFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1845044
PerspectivePublished 12 October 2026Failures and lessons learned from the medical school quota expansion policy under the Yoon Suk Yeol administrationYu Jin Kim · So Young Kim · Jong Hyock ParkFrontiers in Public Healthdoi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1971516
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026Demystifying the messianic posture of the ANC: electoral legitimation and the politics of liberation memory in post-apartheid South AfricaSphephelo ZubaneFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1967116
PerspectivePublished 9 October 2026Toward a digital sociology of artrepreneurship: understanding artistic entrepreneurship in the platform societyMaria Susan Mathew · Ajimon George · Emilda K. Joseph · Anoop Tom Thomas · Ajo Andrews · Soumya VargheseFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1961364
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Policy evaluation as a source of policy advice in Italy: a tale of two policy sectorsErica MelloniFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1903753
Policy and Practice ReviewsPublished 8 October 2026Beyond historical catch: developing a climate-adaptive fisheries allocation framework for transboundary fish stocks under international lawBerkant AkkuşFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1942966
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Research in the “Games Bubble”: leveraging outreach-embedded data collection at the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter GamesGobinathan Nair · Andrea Petróczi · Xie Li · Ge Yifan · Venera Abdulla · Nadiah AL-ShamaliFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1945134
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Algorithmic allure: a theoretical framework for dark AI patterns and the erosion of informed consent in AI-driven digital marketingKeltoum Bentameur · Zineb Hamadi · Riyad BouaiciFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1935069
Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026Overseas farmland investment for sustainable food systems: a systems analysis of long-term sustainability mechanisms of Chinese cross-border agribusinessLili Yu · Changxu Pang · Weinan Lu · Yameng Wang · Yangjun ZhouFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1964288
Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Divergent narratives: community perceptions of illegal bushmeat hunting dynamics in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystemMariam R. Michael · Richard A. Giliba · George G. Lohay · Katharine E. T. ThompsonFrontiers in Conservation Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcosc.2026.1901135
Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Beyond participation: procedural justice, relational legitimacy, and sustained engagement in evaluating the effectiveness of DDR programsFelix AkinboyewaFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1958741
PerspectivePublished 2 October 2026Creative entrepreneurship as a socially embedded form of work: a sociological ecology for the platform societyLinchu Rajan · Lekshmi Mohan · Joel George · Ajimon George · Anoop Tom Thomas · Maria Susan MathewFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1959266
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Policy narratives and digital compliance: comparative governance during COVID-19 in Indonesia, Japan, and ChinaJulian Aldrin Pasha · Evi Aryati ArbayFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1910732
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026From intersectional position to migrant standpoint: Ghanaian migrants’ knowledges of wellbeing, care, and constraint in Alberta, CanadaNoah Boakye-Yiadom · Isaac Nortey Darko · Bukola SalamiFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1914141
Original ResearchPublished 28 September 2026Can hasty referendums make good neighbors? The legitimacy of the Venezuela’s Guyana referendumNanuli Silagadze · Savitri JetooFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1813236
Original ResearchPublished 25 September 2026Powering sustainable development: foreign renewable energy market entry strategies in Indonesia-an institutional theory perspectiveAnantha Raj A. Arokiasamy · Thariishini Shree A/P Ezhilan · Khine Zar Zar Thet · Arnab Chakraborty · Jem Cloyd M. TanucanFrontiers in Sustainable Energy Policydoi 10.3389/fsuep.2026.1911959
Hypothesis and TheoryPublished 25 September 2026Governing the information ecosystem under authoritarian power: epistemic conditions of public reasoning in TürkiyeGamze Turgaylı ZenginFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1974057
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 23 September 2026Governing Open Large Language Models in public administrative decision-making: a framework for accountability, justification, and institutional controlIván Miguel García López · José Martín Molina Espinosa · María Soledad Ramírez Montoya · Nicia Guillén YparreaFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1885341
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 23 September 2026Power, legitimacy and digital narratives: a comparative analysis of contemporary military coups and peace-building challenges in Sudan, Mali and Burkina FasoMpanga Paul · Brian John Chaggu · Michael ManjaleFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1871282
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026Transboundary ecosystem governance and climate resilience in Southern Africa: integrating peacebuilding approaches in shared river basin managementDaniel ChiguduFrontiers in Waterdoi 10.3389/frwa.2026.1836005
Original ResearchPublished 23 September 2026“Wife, widow, or warrior?”: Media representation of women politicians in Southern AfricaTigere Paidamoyo MuringaFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1838215
Original ResearchPublished 21 September 2026Vernacular governmentality: the last mile, temporal certainty, and risk-sensitive integration of informal shared taxis in metropolitan LimaSamantha Sotelo-Llancari · Javier Hildebrando Espinoza Escobar · Aníbal Gauna · Viviana La Rosa Salvador · Fabio Saldivar CelisFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1929167
CorrectionPublished 21 September 2026Correction: Discursive polarization in the construction of contested statehood: positive self and negative other in the Kosovo–Serbia conflictKrenare Cerkini · Thora TenbrinkFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1977908
Frontiers in Science Lead ArticlePublished 17 September 2026Aging rate indicators and the search for anti-aging drugsSteven N. Austad · Matt Kaeberlein · Richard A. MillerFrontiers in Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsci.2026.1821393
Brief Research ReportPublished 15 September 2026Transforming mindsets through participatory democracy: citizens' councils and assemblies for climate policy acceptanceTeresa Weber · Tamara EhsFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1830246
Original ResearchPublished 14 September 2026The emergence of climate migration research as an academic fieldMaria Horvat Kohutova · Peter Scholten · Luisa CortesiFrontiers in Climatedoi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1825882
ReviewPublished 27 August 2026From traditional to sustainable business models: an organizational transformation driven by ESGElen Cristina Bravos Giupponi · Camila Fabrício Poltronieri · Ana Luiza de Oliveira Maia · Otávio José de OliveiraFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1871060
Original ResearchPublished 26 August 2026Participatory gentrification: how participatory design mechanisms legitimize neighborhood change in Chinese urban regenerationRuiqi PengFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1786743
Original ResearchPublished 17 August 2026Tackling climate protests: navigating contestation between democratic legitimacy and effective decarbonization in citiesTrond Vedeld · Hege HofstadFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1876132
Original ResearchPublished 14 August 2026Blockchain for traceability in political lobbying: empirical insights from stakeholder surveys on transparency problems and solutionsJoao C. FerreiraFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1870518
Original ResearchPublished 5 August 2026Auditing governance concentration beyond token allocation: a live-governance study of 52 token protocolsZach ZukowskiFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1853465
Original ArticlePublished 28 July 2026Legitimacy, embedding, and learning framework: lessons from individual placement and support for analyzing sustainment and scale-up of complex psychosocial interventionsJaakko HarkkoInternational Journal of Public Healthdoi 10.3389/ijph.2026.1609505
PerspectivePublished 24 July 2026A multi-level conceptual system dynamics architecture for examining sustainability and resilience in coupled earth–space systemsAnnahita Nezami · Frank White · David Peterson · Greg Barr · Stanley Rosen · Ian A. Crawford · Kevin Russell · Elisa R. FerreFrontiers in Space Technologiesdoi 10.3389/frspt.2026.1876220
Original ResearchPublished 22 July 2026Programmable governance and institutional design in decentralized autonomous organizations: a comparative study of RARI DAO, Arbitrum DAO, and Optimism DAOAnna RiabokonFrontiers in Blockchaindoi 10.3389/fbloc.2026.1890169
ReviewPublished 9 July 2026Navigating a new era in cardiovascular disease epidemiology: big data, artificial intelligence and the imperative of disability inclusionTheophilus I. EmetoFrontiers in Epidemiologydoi 10.3389/fepid.2026.1871078
Original ResearchPublished 29 June 2026“Seems like the conspiracy theorists are at it again”: conspiracy attributions as a discursive tool in collective (vs. individual) sense-makingCassandra M. Quarisa · Emma F. ThomasFrontiers in Social Psychologydoi 10.3389/frsps.2026.1768090
Policy and Practice ReviewsPublished 23 June 2026Salience, legitimacy and credibility of the Scientific and Technical Body to the BBNJ agreement: precedents, best practices and trade-offsMartin Hitziger · Lisa SpeerFrontiers in Ocean Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/focsu.2026.1837491
ReviewPublished 10 June 2026Diplomatic monocultures in public health diplomacy: a narrative review on conference equity, participation and visibilityMartin Ernst · Lars Münter · Adam Skali · Eva TurkPublic Health Reviewsdoi 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609708
Mini ReviewPublished 25 May 2026The integration of psychosocial care, ethical governance, and patient-centered research in current and future approaches in the field of vascularized composite allotransplantationMartin Kumnig · Lisa Hopfgartner · Gerald BrandacherFrontiers in Transplantationdoi 10.3389/frtra.2026.1869486
CommentaryPublished 17 April 2026Governing Evidence in Contentious Times: A GUARD Framework for Public Health LeadershipGeneviève Chene · Marie Preau · Paulette Lenert · Yves Martin-Prevel · Roch GiorgiPublic Health Reviewsdoi 10.3389/phrs.2026.1609645
Social PsychologyPublished 6 August 2025The psychological cycle of misinformation: an integrative model of legitimation perception in social networksIvan Kaminski Do NascimentoFrontiers in Social Psychologydoi 10.3389/frsps.2025.1621794