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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 […]
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Warming to shift heavy rainfall patterns in the UK
A group of researchers from Germany has taken to investigating the potential changes in extreme rainfall patterns across the UK as a result of future global warming and has found that in some regions, the time of year when we see the heaviest rainfall is set to shift. The study, published today, 21 November, in […]
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Cartilage made easy with novel hybrid printer
The printing of three-dimensional tissue has taken a major step forward with the creation of a novel hybrid printer that simplifies the process of creating implantable cartilage. The printer has been presented today, 22 November, in IOP Publishing’s journal Biofabrication, and was used to create cartilage constructs that could eventually be implanted into injured patients […]
