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IOP Publishing celebrates most influential Chinese and Indian papers with its ‘Top-cited paper awards’
For the fifth consecutive year, IOP Publishing (IOPP) is celebrating the significance of Chinese and Indian research with its ‘top-cited paper awards’. The awards recognise the strong research presence Chinese and Indian researchers have across the global scientific community and their valuable contribution to Physics. The awards are presented to corresponding authors from China and […]
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IOP Publishing’s open access Environmental Research journal series expands with the opening of the first issue of Environmental Research: Ecology
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has published the first articles in the open access journal, Environmental Research: Ecology featuring research from a number of world-renowned ecologists. The journal represents one of three new interdisciplinary titles opening in 2022 that will extend IOPP’s Environmental Research series to six open access journals. The full suite of environmental journals provide […]
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Exposure to past temperature variability may help forests cope with climate change
Understanding how forests are responding to climate change is critical to planning effective forest management and climate policy. A new study out today in the first issue of Environmental Research: Ecology, published by IOP Publishing, assessed effects of past and current climate variability on global forest productivity. The work highlights sensitive regions where forests may […]
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IOP Publishing extends unlimited open access offering in the US
In support of the transition toward open access (OA), IOP Publishing (IOPP) has agreed five more unlimited OA publishing agreements with research institutions in the United States (US). The read and publish agreements will enable the University of Florida, North Carolina State University, Rowan University, Mount Holyoke College and Olin College of Engineering to publish […]
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Lack of grants from funding agencies biggest barrier to OA publishing in the physical sciences, study finds
Findings are from a new global study ‘OA in physics: researcher perspectives’ commissioned by leading learned society physics publishers Over half (53%) of physical science researchers want to publish open access (OA) but 62% say a lack of monies from funding agencies prevents them from doing so. The finding comes from a new global study […]
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Letting go of the way we worked pre-pandemic
As offices have started to open up, Antonia Seymour talks about how not being bound by location means we need to re-think how we work. Hybrid working has been hailed as the future of work with lots of organisations moving towards a part-home, part-office mix in the hope that it will give their workforce the […]
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The cost of climate change on economic growth
New study Examines Impact of Rising Global Temperatures on GDP. From crop damage to cooling failures at cloud-based data centers, climate change affects a wide variety of economic sectors. It’s unclear whether a country’s economy can bounce back each year from these impacts or if global temperature increases cause permanent and cumulative impacts on the […]
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IOP Publishing honoured for its contribution to the literature of physics, astronomy, and mathematics
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has been honoured with the 2022 Physics-Astronomy-Math (PAM) Division Award. Granted by the Special Libraries Association, the award recognises individuals or organisations that provide a significant contribution to the literature of physics, astronomy, or mathematics, and acknowledges work that demonstrably improves the exchange of information in one or more of these areas. […]
