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IOP Publishing and the Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute renew publishing partnership
IOP Publishing (IOP), Bristol, UK and the Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute (SGRI), Nanjing, China, have announced the renewal of their publishing partnership. Building on nine years of collaboration, the partnership will ensure that the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering continues to be a distinguished journal within its field. The Journal of Geophysics and Engineering covers […]
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IOP Publishing moves to CC-BY licence for open access articles and bibliographic metadata
IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced a significant change to its copyright arrangements for research published on an open access basis in the company’s wholly owned journals and for bibliographic metadata. As a result of this move, the company will adopt a more liberal Creative Commons licence (CC-BY 3.0) for future articles published on a […]
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IOP Publishing announces the launch of article level metrics
IOP Publishing (IOP) has announced the launch of article level metrics on its journal platform IOPscience. Article level metrics are increasingly being used by authors and readers to view the wider impact of an article beyond traditional citations. The metrics also provide a new way for readers to discover content. The first article level metrics […]
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China Academic Library & Information System consortium meeting with IOP Publishing
CALIS consortium members and IOP staff. A delegation from the China Academic Library & Information System (CALIS) visited London last week to meet with IOP Publishing (IOP). CALIS and IOP discussed a range of topics, including STM publishing industry issues, such as open access, usage and demand, and IOP’s publishing activity in China. The group […]
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Indian monsoon failure more frequent with warming
Global warming could cause frequent and severe failures of the Indian summer monsoon in the next two centuries, new research suggests. The effects of these unprecedented changes would be extremely detrimental to India’s economy which relies heavily on the monsoon season to bring fresh water to the farmlands. The findings have been published today, 6 […]
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Open access update
SISSA Medialab and IOP Publishing are pleased to announce that they will be offering a full hybrid open access option on the journals jointly owned with IOP Publishing. With effect from 26 October, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics and Journal of Instrumentation will offer all authors the […]
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IOP Publishing continues as MathJax Supporter
IOP Publishing continues to support the MathJax project as a MathJax Supporter, demonstrating its commitment to partnering with the scientific community. MathJax was first implemented on IOP Publishing’s journals platform IOPscience in September 2011, enabling researchers to clearly view mathematics on more than 60 journals. The integration is part of IOP Publishing’s Article Evolution programme, […]
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Optical microscopes lend a hand to graphene research
The remarkable properties and subsequent applications of graphene have been well-documented since it was first isolated in 2004; however, researchers are still trying to find a quick, cheap and efficient way of measuring its thickness. A group of researchers from China appear to have solved this problem by devising a universal method using just a […]
