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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft to grow open access publishing with IOP
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and IOP Publishing (IOP) have announced a new pilot agreement to help grow the society’s participation in open access publishing. The new Institutional Research Licence has been developed by IOP to enable institutions to manage the cost of hybrid article publication charges (APCs) against their journals licence fee, enabling institutions to support the […]
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IOP Publishing reveals new look for Physics World
IOP Publishing has relaunched its award-winning science news website Physics World, the start of a phased development programme for the specialist publisher’s science news services that will run through the first half of 2018. “Our key motivation throughout the relaunch project has been to make it easier for users to discover the content of most […]
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IOP launches trio of interdisciplinary open access journals
IOP Publishing, home of the respected Journal of Physics series, has launched three new, high-impact open access journals. In recognition of the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of research, the scope of these new journals will focus on research covering three aspects of the physical world that will shape the future of our planet: energy, materials and […]
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IOP Publishing to expand double-blind peer review after pilot success
IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the expansion of its double-blind peer review programme, following a successful pilot on two of its journals. IOP is experimenting with different peer review models as part of its commitment to providing high-quality peer review and meeting the future needs of the research communities we serve. In double-blind peer review, […]
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Stanford scientist wins inaugural Steven Vogel Young Researcher award
Dr David Lentink from Stanford University, USA, has been named winner of the inaugural Bioinspiration & Biomimetics Steven Vogel Young Investigator Award 2017. The award recognises early career excellence in the journal’s field, and is open to researchers in the 10 years after completing their PhD. Dr Lentink’s multidisciplinary laboratory at Stanford University studies biological […]
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Multimessenger astronomy observation of kilonova GW 170817 is Physics World 2017 Breakthrough of the Year
The Physics World 2017 Breakthrough of the Year goes to the international team of astronomers and astrophysicists that ushered in a new era of astronomy by making the first ever multimessenger astronomy observation involving gravitational waves. This year’s winners include more than 1,000 […]
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Celebrate the end of Saturn mission with a free ebook - The Ringed Planet
Today, Nasa’s Cassini spacecraft will point itself toward the surface of Saturn, and end with a crash its 13-year mission delving into the mysteries of the ringed planet’s system. Cassini’s instruments have revealed new details including the only extra-terrestrial lakes known in the solar system, and its final series of orbits will reveal details of […]
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ORCID scheme introduced across all IOP Publishing journals
As part of IOP Publishing’s commitment to ensuring researchers get full credit for their work, we are now requiring ORCID identifiers for all corresponding authors submitting their work to IOP Publishing-owned journals. Open Researcher and Contributor ID, known as ORCID, is a not-for-profit organisation that provides a unique digital name, or ID, which identifies researchers […]
