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IOP ebooks authors in profile: Claudia Tanja Mierke
We recently reached out to some of our authors to hear about their experience in writing their book, advice they’d like to share with any of you considering writing a book and crucially, would they do it again? First in our series of profiles is Claudia Tanja Mierke. Claudia is Head of the Department of […]
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Celebrating Peer Review Week with IOP Publishing’s latest innovation in peer review: Co-review
“This year, the theme of Peer Review Week is ‘The Future of Publishing’. IOP Publishing is committed to driving innovation in peer review to help raise standards, reduce bias and increase inclusion. One of the most recent initiatives we have introduced to our peer review process is the option for reviewers to formalise co-reviewing a paper, which […]
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Peer Review Week 2023: innovations in peer review at IOP Publishing
At IOP Publishing we believe that peer review is the backbone of robust and trustworthy research. Delivering a reliable and constructive peer review process sits at the heart of our service and we always look for ways to improve the process. We were recently awarded the 2023 Association of Learned and Professional Society Publisher’s (ALPSP) […]
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IOP Publishing thrilled to win the ALPSP award for innovating the peer review process
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has been awarded the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publisher’s (ALPSP) inaugural Impact Award for being the first publisher to implement both double anonymous and transparent peer review across all their owned open access journals. After being shortlisted, IOPP’s initiative was chosen by ALPSP members and a judging panel and awarded […]
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IOP Publishing and the Japan Society of Applied Physics convert Applied Physics Express to fully gold OA
IOP Publishing (IOPP) and the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) announce that Applied Physics Express (APEX) is to become fully open access (OA). From January 2024, all articles published in APEX, the journal devoted to rapid dissemination of new findings in applied physics, will be immediately and openly accessible for anyone to read. The […]
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Poor water quality disproportionately affects socially vulnerable communities
A new study published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters examines the links between drinking water quality violations and social vulnerability in the United States, revealing that these violations disproportionately affect the most vulnerable communities. Approximately 70% of the population affected ranked in the highest social vulnerability category, with many different social parameters, beyond income, linked to different drinking water quality violations. The study, […]
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IOP Publishing appoints Dr. David Gevaux as Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics
Appointment comes as the esteemed journal expands to accept original research submissions and introduces an OA option. IOP Publishing (IOPP) has appointed Dr. David Gevaux as the first Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics. Taking up the post from the 4th of September, Dr. Gevaux will lead on ambitious plans for the journal, […]
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Ex-serviceman discusses the benefits of publishing cranial nerve research open access
Stephan Blanz, ex-serviceman and data engineer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison has recently published a paper about activating and targeting the vagus nerve, one of our twelve cranial nerves that are connected to the brain. Blanz has published his paper openly for anyone to read in the Journal of Neural Engineering at no […]
