2022
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IOP Publishing extends unlimited open access offering in the US
In support of the transition toward open access (OA), IOP Publishing (IOPP) has agreed five more unlimited OA publishing agreements with research institutions in the United States (US). The read and publish agreements will enable the University of Florida, North Carolina State University, Rowan University, Mount Holyoke College and Olin College of Engineering to publish […]
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Lack of grants from funding agencies biggest barrier to OA publishing in the physical sciences, study finds
Findings are from a new global study ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ commissioned by leading learned society physics publishers Over half (53%) of physical science researchers want to publish open access (OA) but 62% say a lack of monies from funding agencies prevents them from doing so. The finding comes from a new global study […]
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Letting go of the way we worked pre-pandemic
As offices have started to open up, Antonia Seymour talks about how not being bound by location means we need to re-think how we work. Hybrid working has been hailed as the future of work with lots of organisations moving towards a part-home, part-office mix in the hope that it will give their workforce the […]
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The cost of climate change on economic growth
New study Examines Impact of Rising Global Temperatures on GDP. From crop damage to cooling failures at cloud-based data centers, climate change affects a wide variety of economic sectors. It’s unclear whether a country’s economy can bounce back each year from these impacts or if global temperature increases cause permanent and cumulative impacts on the […]
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IOP Publishing honoured for its contribution to the literature of physics, astronomy, and mathematics
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has been honoured with the 2022 Physics-Astronomy-Math (PAM) Division Award. Granted by the Special Libraries Association, the award recognises individuals or organisations that provide a significant contribution to the literature of physics, astronomy, or mathematics, and acknowledges work that demonstrably improves the exchange of information in one or more of these areas. […]
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Dry lightning sparks some of the most destructive and costly wildfires in California, study finds
A new study has found dry lightning outbreaks are the leading cause of some of the largest wildfire outbreaks in modern California history. Despite this, dry lightning has remained largely understudied across this region – until now. Researchers from the School of the Environment at Washington State University, Vancouver, have developed the first long-term climatology […]
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IOP Publishing announce Nuclear Fusion will become fully Open Access
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has announced that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) journal Nuclear Fusion (NF) will become fully open access to reflect the increasing demand for more accessible and open science and funders’ mandates requiring authors to publish their work in open access (OA) journals. From January 2023, all articles published in NF, the […]
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IOP Publishing extends open access publishing with its first three Transformative Agreements in the US
Trio of agreements will support greater access to high quality US research worldwide IOP Publishing (IOPP) has signed three new Transformative Agreements (TAs) that will accelerate open access (OA) publishing and extend access to high quality research in the United States (US). The three-year read and publish (R&P) agreements with Princeton University, the University of […]
