Tulane University Libraries (TUL) has entered into a transformative open-access agreement with IOP Publishing (Institute of Physics). The IOP is a professional body and learned society for physics in the UK and Ireland, which actively promotes cooperation in physics worldwide.
With over 100 journals covering the physical sciences, IOP Publishing reflects and reinforces the expanding multidisciplinary nature of scientific research through rigorous peer review. Eligible research articles from corresponding authors at Tulane can now be published open access in the majority of IOP’s journals. Article publication charges for these articles are covered by TUL through an agreement leveraged into its journal subscriptions in this Publish + Read agreement.
Authors should check the IOPP Journal Finder to see which IOP titles are covered. See also this guide to submitting under a transformative agreement for more information about publishing with IOP.
Article submissions and confirmation of eligibility are handled by the publisher. In other words, during the publication process, IOP Publishing will contact the corresponding author to confirm eligibility for APC funding.
Tulane University Libraries has negotiated similar agreements with other major publishers, including Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and the American Chemical Society.
Publishing open access in traditional subscription-based journals, such as those covered by this and our other transformative agreements, allows Tulane authors to continue publishing in high-impact, highly respected titles while also making their work more widely accessible, thereby meeting funding requirements. It has added importance because guidelines from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy now call for the results of all federally funded research to be freely available without paywalls.
