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Read article: Open access from a researcher’s perspective: Gábor Csányi
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 publishing: challenges and opportunities
This week's podcast celebrates International Open Access Week
Read article: Transparent peer review trialled by IOP Publishing
Year-long trial will be held on three journals – JPhys Materials, Environmental Research Letters and Journal of Neural Engineering
Read article: Boosting diversity in open access
Antonia Seymour outlines how open-access publishing benefits not only authors but also the wider scientific community and society
Read article: Top-cited work from China recognized by IOP Publishing
More than 170 authors from China have been given a top-cited author award for 2019
Read article: Behind the scenes at the printer
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: Reducing air travel does not impact academic productivity, claims study
Research suggests that academics can cut flying without fear that it will affect their scientific output
Read article: Do interactive figures help physicists to communicate their science?
Having recently co-authored a Physics World Discovery ebook, Nikola Šibalić reveals the benefits and opportunities of interactive figures and text
Read article: Physics societies warn of ‘irrecoverable damage’ from European open-access plan
European Physical Society and the Institute of Physics urge against the ‘rushed’ implementation of Plan S
Read article: Avoid large groups to be a disruptive scientist
Study find that as teams grow from one to 50 members there is a significant drop in how “disruptive” the work it produces is
