How is the IF of first author pubs from undergrads evaluated?

[deleted728364]

So my lab has an opportunity to publish in a Frontiers Special Edition. Most people I've talked to have admitted that Frontiers is known for letting really anything in and not rejecting anything. I'm okay with that - at my stage I'll gladly take a low impact publication. But I was wondering if adcoms would see a publication from Frontiers with an asterisks? Or is it more of a situation where a better journal pub would help more, but not having one won't hurt you?

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[SurfingDoctor]

I don't know that specific Frontiers journal, but some of the Frontiers journals have decent impact factors. If it's PubMed indexed, I can't imagine how a published manuscript would hurt your application.

 

[Lucca]

It is highly unlikely it will be analyzed with this level of granularity. A first author pub as an undergrad will be viewed positively.

 

[Lawpy]

It is highly unlikely it will be analyzed with this level of granularity. A first author pub as an undergrad will be viewed positively.

Yep i agree.

Also OP, some Frontiers journals are great with good impact factors

 

[StIGMA]

The LoR from you PI will be more important than the pub, discussing how substantial your contributions were, character/scientific aspects for md/phd career, etc.