[BOAI] IOP Publishing moves to CC-BY licence for open access articles and bibliographic metadata

[Peter Suber]

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


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 'gold' open
access basis.  This licence allows others to distribute, remix, amend, and
build upon a piece of work as long as they credit the original creation.
The licences grant rights to the users of the content but do not replace
the copyright, which remains with the copyright holder.

The change applies to articles being published on an open access basis in
all IOP owned 'hybrid' journals and the gold open access titles New Journal
of Physics and Environmental Research Letters.

In addition to the change in licence for open access articles, the basic
metadata of the articles in IOP's own journals will also be available for
use under a CC-BY licence.  This is intended to increase the visibility of
such data and to help clarify to third parties what they can and cannot do
with metadata.

Nicola Gulley, IOP's Editorial Director, said of the move, "IOP Publishing
has long been a supporter of sustainable open access and we have a proud
history of experimentation and innovation with different models of
publishing.  We felt this new move was a natural step that will help the
company fulfil its mission to provide the scientific community with tools
to ensure the maximum dissemination of research, help foster collaborations
between research groups, and meet the requirements of Funding Agencies and
organisations."

Unless specifically requested, articles submitted before 25 October will be
published under a Creative Commons-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike 3.0 licence.
Articles submitted on or after 25th October will automatically be published
under a CC-BY licence. IOP's copyright statements on
iopscience.iop.orghave been updated to reflect this change.
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