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We have a bumper issue of Library News to share with you; read our 2022 highlights report, learn about our 10 years of ebooks celebrations and take a moment to find out more about Just de Leeuwe in our new Librarian Spotlight!

IOP Publishing releases its 2022 highlights report

Our 2022 highlights report sets out how IOP Publishing accelerated its transition towards open science and continued to deliver impact, recognition and value to the scientific community.

Antonia Seymour, chief executive of IOP Publishing says: “The sector-wide shift towards open access publishing has truly begun. We share the ambitions of policy makers and funders to make research publicly available, and we know that researchers recognise the importance of widening access to their work around the world.”

I hope you enjoy reading this report which looks in more detail at our achievements. As you do, it’s worth remembering that as a society owned publisher 100% of our profits go back into physics. We, along with all the authors, librarians, reviewers, members of our editorial boards and partners that we work with, can be proud of that.”

Read our 2022 highlights report.

Transformative agreements: making universal access to research a reality

“It’s not if, but how – open access is the future of scholarly publishing, yet the debate on how to accelerate its growth continues,” writes Julian Wilson, Sales and Marketing Director at IOP Publishing in a blog first published by Research Information.

IOP Publishing has been an open access (OA) publisher for more than 20 years. We recognise the incredible value and impact of scientific research and believe that wider and faster access to this trusted source of knowledge is key to advancing scientific discovery.

Our data tells us that OA content is downloaded 80% more than paywalled content and cited 30% more. We know that publishing on an OA basis significantly increases research visibility, but that doesn’t mean we can rush headfirst into a fully open world. A careful approach is needed to ensure that the transition to OA is fair for all researchers, irrespective of where they are based geographically, their subject area or the funding support they receive. At the same time, the transition needs to consider the costs necessary to produce, protect and preserve the quality of peer review and publication upon which excellent research relies.

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Proud of our 10 years of IOP ebooks

We are proud of what our book programme has achieved over the last 10 years. 16.7m chapter downloads, over 1,500 institutional customers, almost 300 repeat contributors… these are just some of the successes that our authors, readers and librarians have helped us accomplish since 2013.

Celebrate more standout achievements with us in this downloadable infographic.

Read our first Librarian Spotlight - an interview with Just de Leeuwe, Publishing & Open Access Advisor, TU Delft

"Don't be so modest, because library employees have a lot of knowledge. Show it!"

Just de Leeuwe, Publishing & Open Access advisor at TU Delft, The Netherlands, talks to us about the diversity of his role, the best thing about being a librarian, his advice for library colleagues and how a goat helped to promote TU Delft's Institutional Repository.

Read the full interview here...

Just de Leeuwe - featured in Librarian Spotlight

First papers published in our new open access ‘Environmental Research: Health’ journal

We have published the first articles in our new open access (OA) journal, Environmental Research: Health which is devoted to addressing global challenges at the interface of the environment and public health.

The journal represents one of three new interdisciplinary titles that launched in 2022, extending our Environmental Research series to six OA journals that collectively address all major areas of environmental science.