Report by the Royal Society of Chemistry finds that gender biases exist “at each step of the publishing profile”
Read article: Female chemists hit by ‘significant disadvantage’ when publishing their research
Scientific publishers are increasingly keen to help open up access to the research papers they publish. Gábor Csányi describes his experiences of open-access publishing
Read article: Open access from a researcher’s perspective: Gábor Csányi
This week's podcast celebrates International Open Access Week
Read article: Open-access publishing: challenges and opportunities
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
