2023
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IOP Publishing appoints Dr. David Gevaux as Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics
Appointment comes as the esteemed journal expands to accept original research submissions and introduces an OA option. IOP Publishing (IOPP) has appointed Dr. David Gevaux as the first Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics. Taking up the post from the 4th of September, Dr. Gevaux will lead on ambitious plans for the journal, […]
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Ex-serviceman discusses the benefits of publishing cranial nerve research open access
Stephan Blanz, ex-serviceman and data engineer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison has recently published a paper about activating and targeting the vagus nerve, one of our twelve cranial nerves that are connected to the brain. Blanz has published his paper openly for anyone to read in the Journal of Neural Engineering at no […]
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Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than 1 billion cows to heat stress
Livestock farming will become increasingly difficult in many tropical countries if emissions remain high – but rapidly cutting emissions and limiting cattle expansion would reduce the impacts by 50-84%. More than 1 billion cows around the world will experience heat stress by the end of the century if carbon emissions are high and environmental protection […]
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IOP Publishing and the University of Texas System drive forward open access to North American research with new transformative agreement
The University of Texas System (UT System) – one of the US’s largest public university systems – have established a three-year transformative agreement (TA) with society publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP). The agreement between IOPP and the UT System allows affiliated researchers to publish unlimited OA articles in IOPP’s journals and most partner journals with the […]
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Carbon emitting ecosystems and how open access makes research more equitable, transparent, and impactful
Our study indicates a tipping point in the next few decades, where the Arctic-Boreal area in North America, which is full of coniferous forests, mires and lakes will start to emit carbon rather than absorb it. This information is crucial for policymakers who need to take action to mitigate climate change. Our work research evaluates […]
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IOP Publishing hosts Environmental Research 2023 - a month of online events to unite global environmental experts in climate action
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is launching Environmental Research 2023, a series of free-to-attend virtual events which will take place from 16 October through to 23 November. The series will bring leading environmental experts together to exchange knowledge and address crucial challenges related to the environment and sustainability. Aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), […]
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IOP Publishing introduces free ethics statement checker to support authors and speed up the submission process
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has partnered with TaskAdept, a leader in improving publication ethics by driving forward standards of ethics and data statements with a free online ethics statement generation tool: EthicsGen. The tool supports authors to create correctly worded ethics statements to speed submissions through peer review and match the statement criteria of an author’s […]
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Over one million acres of tribal land submerged by dams in the US
Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United States. New research, published in Environmental Research Letters, has identified that a region of tribal land larger than the state of Rhode Island has been […]
