[BOAI] IOP Publishing introduces open access option on 23 journals

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from IOP Publishing.  --Peter Suber.]


IOP Publishing press release

Thursday 2 June – Immediate release

*IOP Publishing introduces open access option on 23 journals*

IOP Publishing (IOP) has today announced that it is introducing an open
access publishing option on 23 subscription-based journals, effective
immediately, so that authors will be able to make the final versions of
their articles freely available on publication. This ‘hybrid open access
model’ is being introduced to support authors who wish to publish on an open
access basis, or who are mandated by their funding bodies, to do so in IOP’s
traditional subscription-based journals as well as its seven pure open
access journals.

Authors will be able to pay an article publication charge of £1700, €1950 or
$2700 to make their work open for everyone in perpetuity. The price will
cover all costs associated with publishing and reflects the high quality and
high rejection rates of the journals in IOP’s portfolio. The option will be
available on all article types with all submissions subject to IOP’s normal
rigorous peer-review process.

Steven Hall, Managing Director of IOP Publishing, said of the new
service, *‘IOP
was a pioneer in open access publishing, launching the New Journal of
Physics in 1998 in partnership with the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
and is now publishing seven pure open access journals.  It is a natural
extension to introduce an open access option on our traditional subscription
journals. We want authors to be able to publish in their journal of choice,
regardless of business model.  Gold open access can be a sustainable
complement or alternative to subscription publishing and we will work with
funding bodies which seek to disseminate their research in this way. ’*

IOP Publishing will take revenues from article publication charges fully
into account when setting prices for its subscription journals, to ensure
that publication costs are not paid for twice, through both subscription and
publication charges.

Open access articles will be published under a creative commons licence.
Full details of the licensing policy are available at
http://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/openaccess.

IOP Publishing will also continue to support green open access by allowing
authors to post the accepted manuscript of an article into an institutional
or subject repository after an embargo period of 12-24 months, depending on
the individual journal.

The 23 IOP wholly-owned titles which will now offer the hybrid open-access
option includes all the *Journal of Physics*series, *Classical and Quantum
Gravity*and *Nanotechnology*. IOP is currently in discussion with its
publishing partners on the suitability of introducing the hybrid option on
co-published journals.

Detailed information on the new service is available at
http://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/openaccess.

ENDS

*Notes to Editors*

For further information, contact Karen Watts, Public Relations Manager at
IOP Publishing on +44 (0)117 930 1110 or e-mail karen.watts at iop.org.

*IOP Publishing*
IOP Publishing (IOP) provides publications through which leading-edge
scientific research is distributed worldwide. IOP Publishing is central to
the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society. Any financial surplus
earned by IOP Publishing goes to support science through the activities of
the Institute.

IOP currently publishes seven fully open-access titles and offers a free
service, eprintweb.org, that was developed in collaboration with arXiv.org.
IOP makes a high percentage of its content available either under the gold
open-access model or within a restricted timeframe through the ‘This months
papers’ service.

IOP is also committed to making content available for free or at very low
cost to researchers in developing countries through collaborations with
organisations like INASP and eIFL.

Beyond its traditional journals programme, IOP makes high-value scientific
information easily accessible through an evolving portfolio of community
websites, magazines, conference proceedings and a multitude of electronic
services.  IOP is focused on making the most of new technologies and is
continually improving electronic interfaces to make it easier for
researchers to find exactly what they need, when they need it, in the format
that suits them best. Go to http://publishing.iop.org for more information
and the latest news from IOP Publishing.


Karen Watts
Public Relations Manager
IOP Publishing
Dirac House, Temple Back
Bristol, BS1 6BE

Tel +44 (0)117 930 1110
Email karen.watts at iop.org
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