2023
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The cost of climate change: 2°C global warming target is not economically reasonable unless we make major changes
Climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement are only economically reasonable if non-market factors such as human health and loss of biodiversity are prioritised, according to a new study published by Dr Taikan Oki, former Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University headquartered in Japan, in IOP Publishing’s academic journal Environmental Research Letters. A […]
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How Hearing Impairment in Infants Can Impact Language Development
Hearing impairment can affect children’s ability to develop language and speech skills. Several diagnostic tests are required to determine the extent of hearing impairment in infants, leading to delays. Now, researchers from Australia have conducted non-invasive measurements of the brain activity of infants, to map the changes in connectivity between different language areas over time. […]
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IOP Publishing’s latest Environmental Research series journals now open for submissions
IOP Publishing’s (IOPP) new environmental research journals are now open for submissions. Announced earlier this year, the two new open access (OA) journals: Environmental Research: Energy and Environmental Research: Food Systems are the latest additions to IOPP’s expanding Environmental Research Series which now includes eight open access titles. IOPP’s Environmental Research series builds on the […]
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IOP Publishing expands scope of prestigious journal Reports on Progress in Physics
IOP Publishing, a leading society owned scientific publisher, is announcing significant changes to its esteemed journal, Reports on Progress in Physics™. The move will modernise the title and position it at the pinnacle of the publisher’s extensive physics portfolio. Building on the journal’s long-standing reputation as a source of authoritative reviews across all areas of […]
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How AI can be used in Sub-Saharan agriculture: Catherine Nakalembe talks open access publishing and the climate crisis
Catherine Nakalembe, Assistant Professor at the Department of Geographical Sciences at University of Maryland, has recently published a paper about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa in Environmental Research Letters. This interview is part of a series featuring researchers who have published their work open access through a transformative agreement […]
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IOP Publishing accelerates OA publishing in Oman with Sultan Qaboos University agreement
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and society publisher IOP Publishing (IOPP) have established a transformative agreement enabling researchers to publish their work openly for anyone to read at no cost to them. It is IOPP’s first unlimited publishing agreement in Oman supporting the University’s ambition to make scientific research accessible to as many people as possible. […]
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First compelling evidence for the gravitational wave background: unprecedented discovery published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
New research that could fundamentally change our understanding of the universe has been published in the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) Astrophysical Journal Letters, which is published in partnership with IOP Publishing. Astrophysicists using large radio telescopes to observe pulsars in our Galaxy have found evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate with periods of years to decades. The […]
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AI in academic publishing: a threat to integrity or the herald of new opportunities?
Recently at IOP Publishing’s international colleague conference, PubCon, the discussion turned to the elephant in the room: artificial intelligence (AI). The use of AI in scholarly publishing creates a host of opportunities but also poses many challenges and integrity issues. As academic publishers, how should we approach the AI revolution? The full article is available […]
