2016
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KBART endorsement
IOP Publishing will shortly announce their endorsement of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint NISO and UKSG initiative, as part of their commitment to supporting librarians. The initiative has established industry standards for the timely exchange of metadata between content providers and libraries in OpenURL knowledge bases. Through endorsing the […]
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Spotlight on: The Finch Report
In the last 18 months the debate over the future of the scientific publishing industry has significantly intensified, focusing particularly on the questions of who pays and who benefits, and who has access to published research. The debate in the UK has been extensive and this summer was galvanized by the publication of the Finch […]
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Authors now able to include ORCID iDs with their submissions
IOP Publishing (IOP) is delighted to announce that authors submitting papers are now able to include their ORCID iD with their online submission to nearly 40 journals. ORCID is an acronym for Open Researcher and Contributor ID system. The goal of the ORCID project is to clearly attribute scholarly output to an individual, by giving […]
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New Associate Director, Asia-Pacific
Elaine Tham has been announced as Associate Director, Asia-Pacific, at IOP Publishing (IOP). Elaine joined IOP in February 2014 as Senior Publisher, Asia-Pacific, where she was responsible for managing 13 partner journals in the Asia-Pacific region and the launch of IOP’s multidisciplinary journal Flexible and Printed Electronics™ in 2015. As Associate Director, she is now […]
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New Associate Director Publishing Operations for IOP Publishing
Marc Gillett has been appointed as Associate Director Publishing Operations for IOP Publishing (IOP). Playing a pivotal role in the senior publishing management team, Marc will be responsible for peer-review operations and publishing systems across IOP’s 70+ journals. Marc has extensive experience in scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing. His most recent role was that […]
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Climate change will delay transatlantic flights
Planes flying between Europe and North America will be spending more time in the air due to the effects of climate change, a new study has shown.
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Recent summer temperatures in Europe are likely the warmest of the last 2 millennia
Most of Europe has experienced strong summer warming over the course of the past several decades, accompanied by severe heat waves in 2003, 2010 and 2015. New research now puts the current warmth in a 2100-year historical context using tree-ring information and historical documentary evidence to derive a new European summer temperature reconstruction.
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2016 Japan Prize honours trailblazer Hideo Hosono
Congratulations to Professor Hideo Hosono who has been awarded the Japan Prize for the “creation of unconventional inorganic materials with novel electronic functions based on nano-structure engineering”. A material scientist, Professor Hosono is also known for the discovery of iron-based superconductors. His research looks at glass-like transparent materials known for their insulating properties and devising […]
