Blogs and case studies
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Romania joins the open science movement
2024 marks the first year for centralised open access agreements in Romania. While preparation and discussions began some time ago, it is only now that Romanian researchers will have the ability to publish their work open access through transformative agreements, such as the one recently negotiated between IOP Publishing and the Association of Romanian Universities, […]
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Academic publishers must respond to reviewer fatigue
The Institute of Physics Publishing is making innovative efforts to broaden the referee pool beyond the usual suspects, says Laura Feetham-Walker. Peer review is under pressure. The increase in global scientific output, coupled with ever-increasing demands on academics’ time, has led an increasing number of peer reviewers to feel overburdened. One obvious way to relieve that […]
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Librarian Spotlight: An interview with Rachelle M. McLain
Thanks to Rachelle M. McLain, Collection Development Librarian and Assistant Professor at Montana State University Library and member of IOP Publishing’s Library Advisory Board, for agreeing to take part in our Librarian Spotlight interview series. “It’s cliché, but I love that libraries exist – places where everyone is welcome and it doesn’t matter your income, […]
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Librarian Spotlight: An interview with Michael Brewer
Thanks to Michael Brewer, Librarian/Senior Information Resources Officer at The University of Arizona Libraries and member of IOP Publishing’s Library Advisory Board, for agreeing to take part in our Librarian Spotlight interview series. “Academic librarians, you are most powerful and effective as collaborators and peers. You belong.” I had just successfully finished my Ph.D. comps […]
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Librarian Spotlight: An interview with Ingrid Haas
Thanks to Ingrid Haas, Librarian at TU Wien and member of IOP Publishing’s Library Advisory Board, for agreeing to take part in our Librarian Spotlight interview series. “Accuracy, curiosity, openness and enjoying working with data and people.” I like working with people. Working at the access point to knowledge and helping people to find what […]
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Successful transformation comes from within
In a world where the demands for transformation and change are ever-present, how can academic publishers respond? Charlotte Talmage reflects on a panel discussion at the London Book Fair on how publishers can manage change. I was privileged to host a panel discussion at the London Book Fair last month, at which we proposed that meaningful and […]
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Librarian Spotlight: An interview with Nicola Bieg
Thanks to Nicola Bieg, Licence Manager at TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library, Germany, and member of IOP Publishing’s Library Advisory Board, for agreeing to take part in our Librarian Spotlight interview series. “I feel very much that it is a ‘people business’. This is a great strength of […]
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Publishers Association launches the Research Impact campaign
The Publishers Association has launched Research Impact, a new campaign which showcases the engaging and impactful scientific research developed in the UK and disseminated by publishers. The campaign highlights the key role of academic publishers in supporting the research community and celebrates ground breaking research from three leading academic publishers including research published in IOP […]