2018
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IOP Publishing chooses Kinergy as its Charity of the Year 2018
Kinergy is a Bristol charity that provides free, confidential counselling and group therapy for survivors of sexual violence, abuse, and rape aged 16 and over across the South West. It was chosen as IOP Publishing’s charity of the year by a staff vote, and IOP Publishing staff will be fundraising for the charity in a […]
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft to grow open access publishing with IOP
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have announced a new pilot agreement to help grow the society’s participation in open access publishing. The new Institutional Research Licence has been developed by IOP to enable institutions to manage the cost of hybrid article publication charges (APCs) against their journals licence fee, enabling institutions to support the […]
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IOP Publishing reveals new look for Physics World
IOP Publishing has relaunched its award-winning science news website Physics World, the start of a phased development programme for the specialist publisher’s science news services that will run through the first half of 2018. “Our key motivation throughout the relaunch project has been to make it easier for users to discover the content of most […]
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USA flood risk is vastly underestimated, study shows
Current flood risk models for the contiguous United States vastly underestimate the amount of people, land, and assets at risk from severe flooding, according to new research. In the first study of its kind, a team led by researchers at the University of Bristol, UK, in collaboration with scientists at Fathom, The Nature Conservancy and […]
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IOP launches trio of interdisciplinary open access journals
IOP Publishing, home of the respected Journal of Physics series, has launched three new, high-impact open access journals. In recognition of the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of research, the scope of these new journals will focus on research covering three aspects of the physical world that will shape the future of our planet: energy, materials and […]
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IOP Publishing to expand double-blind peer review after pilot success
IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the expansion of its double-blind peer review programme, following a successful pilot on two of its journals. IOP is experimenting with different peer review models as part of its commitment to providing high-quality peer review and meeting the future needs of the research communities we serve. In double-blind peer review, […]
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Reports of coal’s terminal decline are premature
Rapid expansion of coal power plants in Turkey, Indonesia and Vietnam – Climate targets need active policy While fewer new coal-fired power plants are now being built in China and India, the planned expansion in the use of coal in fast-growing emerging economies, such as Turkey, Indonesia and Vietnam, will in part cancel out the […]
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Critical thinking could be key for debunking climate myths
In a world where post truth, alternative facts, and fake news are everyday terms, a team of researchers have developed a strategy to help debunk misinformation about climate change. In their paper, published today in Environmental Research Letters, they present a process for evaluating climate change denialist arguments, and how to apply it to common […]
