Year-long trial will be held on three journals – JPhys Materials, Environmental Research Letters and Journal of Neural Engineering
Read article: Transparent peer review trialled by IOP Publishing
Antonia Seymour outlines how open-access publishing benefits not only authors but also the wider scientific community and society
Read article: Boosting diversity in open access
More than 170 authors from China have been given a top-cited author award for 2019
Read article: Top-cited work from China recognized by IOP Publishing
Last week we trekked to Lincolnshire to see the July issue of Physics World on the press and get the lowdown on the environmental impact of print
Read article: Behind the scenes at the printer
Research suggests that academics can cut flying without fear that it will affect their scientific output
Read article: Reducing air travel does not impact academic productivity, claims study
Having recently co-authored a Physics World Discovery ebook, Nikola Šibalić reveals the benefits and opportunities of interactive figures and text
Read article: Do interactive figures help physicists to communicate their science?
European Physical Society and the Institute of Physics urge against the ‘rushed’ implementation of Plan S
Read article: Physics societies warn of ‘irrecoverable damage’ from European open-access plan
Study find that as teams grow from one to 50 members there is a significant drop in how “disruptive” the work it produces is
Read article: Avoid large groups to be a disruptive scientist
Discover the many, exciting careers that lie ahead for you, with the 2019 Physics World Careers guide
Read article: Open doors and minds
We’re asking all our readers to help us shape the future of Physics World
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