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Insights and opinions on the hottest topics in physics
Presenting Physics World Discovery IOP Publishing is excited to announce the launch of a new resource for the physics community. Physics World Discovery will publish accessible, long-form features that replicate the style and editorial approach of our award-winning flagship magazine Physics World. Written with clarity and flair by leading voices from across the scientific community, […]
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IOP Publishing launches double-blind peer-review trial
IOP Publishing has announced it will start offering authors the choice of single or double-blind peer review on two of its materials and biophysics/engineering journals. As part of a commitment to engage closely with research communities and meet researchers’ future needs, IOP Publishing is experimenting with different peer review models. It will start offering the […]
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Unauthorised access to IOPscience server
It has come to our attention that unauthorised access was gained by an unknown party to an IOPscience.iop.org server on 24 December 2016. This server contained a database that included account holders’ contact details and user password for IOPscience. We can confirm that no payment or other financial information was present on this server. IOP […]
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Discovery of Einstein’s gravitational-waves wins Physics World Breakthrough Award 2016
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, involving researchers from MIT, Caltech and more than 80 other institutions worldwide, has won the Physics World 2016 Breakthrough of the Year, for its revolutionary, world-first direct observations of gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in the fabric of space–time. The LIGO observations mark the end of a decades-long hunt for […]
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IOP Publishing renews journals contract with IPEM
IOP Publishing is pleased to announce a renewed contract with the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM), for the continued publication of two of its journals – Physics in Medicine and Biology and Physiological Measurement. The renewal of the contract, which will start in 2018, marks the latest chapter in the long-standing relationship […]
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Shaping the nanoscience landscape – IOP Publishing launches Nano Futures
IOP Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of Nano Futures, a new high-impact, multidisciplinary journal that will be positioned through an editorial policy geared strictly to capturing groundbreaking, future-oriented research with long term influence for nanoscience. Twenty seven years ago, IOP Publishing launched Nanotechnology as the world’s first research journal dedicated to nanoscale science […]
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IOP Publishing partners with Altmetric to improve author services
IOP Publishing has announced a new partnership with Altmetric and Digital Science, to provide its authors and readers with a deeper understanding of how published research is being used and discussed. Authors and readers will be able to view the online attention surrounding each publication via the Altmetric badges embedded into article pages. Jamie Hutchins, […]
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IOP Publishing celebrates 100th book
IOP Publishing is celebrating reaching the milestone of the publication of its 100th book The 100th title to publish, Butterfly in The Quantum World – The story of the most fascinating quantum fractal by Professor Indubala I Satija, contains a prologue and guest chapter by Douglas Hofstadter, the renowned physicist and author who first wrote […]
