2022
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New study finds global forest area per capita has decreased by over 60%
Over the past 60 years, the global forest area has declined by 81.7 million hectares, a loss that contributed to the more than 60% decline in global forest area per capita. This loss threatens the future of biodiversity and impacts the lives of 1.6 billion people worldwide, according to a new study published today by […]
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82% of European physics researchers are unaware of Plan S
Findings are from a new global study ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ commissioned by leading learned society physics publishers. A new global study from AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society (APS), IOP Publishing (IOPP) and Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) has found that 82% of physics researchers based in Europe are unaware of Plan S. […]
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IOP Publishing offers authors discounted OA publishing across all its journals
The new policy is part of society publisher’s commitment to increase global equity and inclusion in open access publishing Researchers from countries with lower-middle income economies, as categorised by the World Bank, can now choose open access (OA) publishing in any of IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) journals for a flat charge of £500. The policy builds […]
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Majority of early career researchers in physical science want to publish OA, but face financial barriers
Findings are from a new global study ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ commissioned by leading learned society physics publishers A new global study from AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society (APS), IOP Publishing (IOPP) and Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) indicates that the majority of early career researchers (ECRs)* want to publish open access […]
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Winner of the 2021 Outstanding Early Career Investigator in Nanoscience Award
The IOP Publishing Outstanding Early Career Investigator in Nanoscience Award, in collaboration with ChinaNano 2021, recognizes and rewards the exceptional achievements of early career researchers in nanoscience, relating specifically to energy or 2D materials and other low-dimensional systems. On behalf of the award committee, we are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2021 […]
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Knowing the Earth’s energy imbalance is critical in preventing global warming, study finds
The imbalance of energy on Earth is the most important metric in order to gauge the size and effects of climate change, according to a new study published today in the first issue of Environmental Research: Climate, a new open access journal. Distinguished scholar at the National Center of Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and highly […]
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First articles published in IOP Publishing’s new open access environmental journal
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has published the first articles from the new, open access journal, Environmental Research: Climate featuring research from world-renowned climate scientists. The journal represents one of three new interdisciplinary titles for 2022 that will extend IOP Publishing’s Environmental Research series to six open access journals that provide universally accessible publishing options for the […]
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How climate change is affecting extreme weather events around the world - new study
Attribution science has led to major advances in linking the impacts of extreme weather and human-induced climate change, but large gaps in the published research still conceal the full extent of climate change damage, warns a new study released today in the first issue of Environmental Research: Climate, a new academic journal published by IOP […]
