Awards News
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IOP Publishing launches new award to celebrate outstanding Editorial Board members
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has launched a new annual award to recognise the exceptional contributions of its Editorial Board members and the vital role they play in upholding rigorous standards, supporting trusted science and strengthening research communities. These awards recognise the breadth of contributions Editorial Board members make from guiding journal development to supporting peer review and community engagement. Contributions include: Nominations were submitted by IOPP journal teams, with 10 winners selected by […]
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First North American authors awarded IOP Publishing’s ‘Top-Cited Paper Awards’
IOP Publishing (IOPP) is celebrating the significance of North American research with its ‘top-cited paper awards’. For the first time, the awards are presented to corresponding authors from North America who are in the top one per cent of the most-cited articles published within IOPP’s portfolio of journals in the last three years. Together, nearly […]
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Meet Journal of Physics G's Reviewer of the Year 2016: Dr Christian Beck
The Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics is one of the highest-ranking nuclear physics journals, and includes both experimental and theoretical articles. Considering its high impact factor, Dr Christian Beck, from the Universite de Strasbourg, France, demands that the papers he reviews are rigorous and original; authors must be meticulous in the presentation of […]
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Meet Journal of Physics B's Reviewer of the Year 2016: Professor Aurelien Dantan
There are two primary reasons why Professor Aurelien Dantan, from Aarhus University, Denmark, referees for the Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. Firstly, he regards the peer review process as an important service to the scientific community; secondly, he reviews out of curiosity. As a reviewer, he finds it inspiring to be […]
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Meet the Journal of Optics' Reviewer of the Year 2016: Professor Tie Jun Cui
Dedicated to metamaterials and plasmonics research, Professor Tie Jun Cui, from Southeast University, People’s Republic of China, enjoys reviewing manuscripts for the Journal of Optics, a high-standard and high-impact international journal that covers all areas of pure and applied optics. A recent example of a paper that resonated with him was an article entitled “Optical quantum […]
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Meet Biofabrication's Reviewer of the Year: Dr Daniela Duarte Campos
Dr Daniela Duarte Campos, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany Having formerly published work in Biofabrication as part of her PhD, Dr Daniela Duarte Campos felt motivated to act as a reviewer for the journal. She not only deems it important to provide expertise in the field of the proposed manuscripts, but also to reciprocate a […]
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IOP Publishing recognises star reviewers
As part of our commitment to recognise and reward peer review, IOP Publishing is delighted to announce our Reviewer Awards winners for 2016. The best reviewers from each journal have been carefully selected by our Editors based on the quality, quantity and timeliness of their reviews. Each journal has chosen one person to receive the […]
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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 […]
