2021
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IOP Publishing’s ‘top-cited paper awards’ celebrate the most influential Chinese research papers
For the fourth consecutive year, IOP Publishing (IOPP) is celebrating the significance of Chinese research with its ‘top-cited paper awards’. The awards are presented to corresponding authors from China who are in the top one per cent of the most-cited articles published within IOPP’s portfolio of journals between 2018 and 2020. The top-cited papers spanned […]
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Supporting the American Astronomical Society as it transitions its journal portfolio to gold open access
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is proud to support the American Astronomical Society (AAS) as it transitions its entire journal portfolio to gold open access (OA). IOPP has worked in partnership with the AAS, a leading nonprofit professional society for astronomers, to publish their prestigious journals since 2007. From 1 January 2022, all articles in the AAS […]
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IOP Publishing response to UKRI open access policy
We share UKRI’s ambition for a full transition to open access (OA) which aligns with our mission to expand physics globally and we welcome many elements within the new policy. However, we are disappointed that UKRI has chosen not to prioritise gold OA, which we believe is the best way to achieve full and sustainable […]
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US subsidies boost the expected profits and development of new oil and gas fields
Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute (Somerville and Seattle, USA) and Earth Track, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, USA) examined 16 subsidies and environmental regulatory exemptions, providing one of the first estimates of how government subsidies will affect investment decisions for new gas fields in the coming decade. Their results are published on 29 July 2021 in […]
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First papers publish in Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering – IOP Publishing’s new open access journal
IOP Publishing is pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering (NCE), a new, multidisciplinary, open access (OA) journal devoted to the design, development and application of artificial neural networks and brain-inspired systems towards advancing scientific discovery and realising emerging new computing technologies. The first issue includes: Giacomo Indiveri University of Zurich and ETH […]
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) FAQs
IOP Publishing acknowledges the devastating impact Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having around the world. Ensuring a safe environment for our employees, customers and business partners is our key focus, while minimising disruptions to allow our services to continue. This outlines the measures we have taken – these will be adjusted as necessary as we regularly assess […]
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Researchers from low-income countries to benefit from APC-free OA publishing in all IOP Publishing journals
Move is part of society publisher’s commitment to increase global equity and inclusion in publishing Researchers from low-income countries can now publish open access (OA) for free in any IOP Publishing (IOPP) fully OA or hybrid OA journal. Article publication charges (APCs) will be automatically waived for researchers from countries defined as low-income by the […]
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Long-term urban emissions data show a decrease in high-income countries
A new study shows how urbanisation has influenced anthropogenic CO2 and air pollutant emissions across all world regions, by making use of the latest developments in the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR, https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/) developed by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. The results show that by 2015 urban centres were the […]
