IOP Publishing celebrates a year of transformation and growth
04 Mar 2025 by Kate Giles
IOP Publishing celebrates a year of transformation and growth
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has released its 2024 Highlights Report, showing a year of significant transformation and growth all while maintaining high standards in peer review and research integrity.
Key achievements include:
- 36,011 journal articles published, compared with 28,977 in 2023
- 47% of journal articles published in 2024 were open access
- 87 million content downloads from IOPP’s platform, IOPscience, in 2024
- 15,000 reviewers to date have IOPP Trusted Reviewer status
- 15% of the articles accepted by IOPP’s open access journals were from authors in lower-income economies, supported by our APC discount and waiver program
- 100% of IOPP funds are invested back into science
The report highlights how the company is navigating the rapid changes in the scholarly communications industry.
“At IOPP we continue to invest in scalable, secure and resilient technologies to deliver and maintain exemplary digital experiences for our communities and colleagues. We are also exploring ways to integrate and respond to artificial intelligence, one of the most transformative technologies of our time”, says Antonia Seymour, CEO of IOP Publishing.
The report also highlights IOPP’s leadership in peer review through initiatives like co-review, double-anonymous peer review, and the Peer Review Excellence training and certification programme.
“Our continued success in a time of great change in scholarly communications is a testament to our guiding purpose, the strength of our people and the trust we’ve earned within the research community”, adds Antonia Seymour.
Read the full report here: https://ioppublishing.org/highlights-report-2024