IOP: A World of Science

Melanie FaithfulSenior Regional Manager

September 13, 2007

History

Established 1873 – ‘The Physical Society of London’:

Leading international professional body and learned society;

Professional (international) membership now exceeds 40,000;

IOP inaugural meeting 1921, first annual publication (Reports On Progress in Physics) 1933.

The IOP Mission

As a not-for-profit society publisher our mission is to promote the advancement and dissemination of physics:

Setting professional standards for physicists and awarding professional qualifications;

Promoting physics through scientific conferences, education and science policy advice;

Scientific publishing and electronic dissemination of physics.

IOP Worldwide Initiatives Partnership with 35 other Physics Societies, providing

reduced rates and enhanced benefits to members.

Grants for travel to scientific conferences.

Funding for mathematical and science initiatives in Africa.

Providing educational materials to developing nations.

Spearheading a new program on physics and economic development for developing nations, to be run from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy.

Developing partnerships with Latin American Physics Societies.

Publications

Not-for-profit, dedicated to science communication:

• 47 journals in physics and related areas, providing 20,000 peer reviewed articles per year;

• 9 millon articles downloaded in 2006.

• Specialized community websites providing latest news, events, conference information and company information. (www.iop.org)

Publications

Of our 47 publications:

26 are published by IOP.

21 are published on behalf of our society publishing partners.

Publishing in collaboration with:Society Journal

Bureau International des Poids et Mesures

Metrologia

Chinese Astronomical Society and National Astronomical Observatories

Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Chinese Physical Society Chinese PhysicsChinese Physics Letters

Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft

New Journal of Physics

European Optical Society Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

European Physical Society European Journal of PhysicsEurophysics Letters

Publishing in collaboration with, cont’d :Society Journal

International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle PhysicsJournal of High Energy PhysicsJournal of InstrumentationJournal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

London Mathematical Society Nonlinearity

Nanjing Institute of Geophysical Prospecting

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Physica Scripta

Society for Radiological Protection

Journal of Radiological Protection

Turpion, Ltd. Russian Academy of Sciences London Mathematical Society

Russian Chemical ReviewsIzvestiya: MathematicsQuantum ElectronicsRussian Mathematical SurveysSbornik: MathematicsPhysics-Uspekhi

Update on Turpion

Although IOP has been an owner of Turpion for several years, the Turpion journals will now be hosted on the IOP servers beginning in January 2008!

The Turpion Historical Archive is also available for a one-time purchase or via subscription.

And our Newest Publishing Partner….The American Astronomical Society (AAS)The Astronomical Journal (beginning in 2008) Established in 1849 12 issues per year

The Astrophysical Journal (beginning in 2009) Established in 1895 36 issues per year; 2,700 papers

Astrophysical Letters: part of ApJ Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series: 12 issues

per year

IOP Subject Coverage: Applied Physics;

Condensed Matter & Material Science;

Mathematics & Math. Physics;

Medical & Biological Sciences;

Physics Education;

Computer Science;

High Energy & Nuclear Physics;

Measurement Science & Sensors;

Optical, Atomic & Molecular Physics;

Plasma Physics; Astronomy and

Astrophysics.

IOP’s Competitive Position

Some important facts and figures.

Number of published articles, 14 titles in top 100;

Impact factor, 16 titles in top 100.

From 1996 to 2006:

Number of articles increased 5,604 13,546;

% of all papers published, 3.8% 9.4%;

Total citation performance 48,000 185,300;

citation growth more 3 times industry rate.

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Continuing Innovation

Pioneering approach to electronic publishing began in 1994, with continued success:

First STM publisher to provide all its content online;

First STM publisher to offer forward citing;

ALERTS, CROSSREF, LOCKSS & RSS;

HYPERCITE, STACKS & VIVISIMO.

An Example of Journal Growth: 1996-2006

Journal Issues:4 24.

Articles Published:76 1000.

Pages Published:440 6000.

Impact Factor 2004:1.621 3.322.

Rejection Rate:45% 58%.

IOP Historic Archive 1874 - 1996

The IOP Historic Archive is complete digital collection of all work published by IOP:

Over 200,000 journal articles;

Over 1000 volume-years of journals;

Perpetual rights available for purchase;

Complete journal listing at journals.iop.org/archive.

Online Services

Perfect starting point for authors & researchers with aninterest in science and features:

IOP’s award winning electronic journal service;

Comprehensive author and referee services;

Librarians portal;

Counter compliant usage statistics;

Scientific community websites.

journals.iop.org

Librarian “Channel”

•Get latest prices•Get registered•Get a list of your current subscriptions•Add your library’s logo to the IOP pages•FAQs

Current Community Websites: PhysicsWorld.com

Compoundsemiconductor.net

Optics.org

Nanotechweb.org

Medicalphysicsweb.org

Open AccessTo advance and disseminate physics, IOP introduced anumber of open access initiatives:

Journal of Physics: Conference Series;

New Journal of Physics;

This Month’s Papers;

IOP Select;

Environmental Research Letters (Brand New!)

Eprintweb.org (Brand New!)

Community Websites feature pre-selected free articles.

NJP - Rising Star in Physics

Essential Science Indicators 1996.1.1-2006.10.31

Environmental Research Letters

A brand new, high-impact, open-access letters journal, Environmental Research Letters (ERL) provides research articles, commentaries, news, views, and reviews.

The aim is to also serve as a forum for meeting and professional notices for the environmental science community.

IOP and CAPES: Partners in Science Success

IOP Historic Archive purchased in December 2005.

Access to current IOP materials began in early 2006: 4-year agreement that continues

through 2009. Includes coverage and complete

access to 37 IOP titles.

The CAPES Count: 108,751 articles downloaded in 2006*

(*not a full year).

89,597 articles downloaded thru August this year.

Most popular journal downloaded is Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, with 10,671 total downloads in 2006 and 8751 in 2007 thru July 21. (Journal of Physics A is a very close second.)

CAPES member with the most downloads is USP.

How does CAPES compare: To another national license in the

Americas….. Their total downloads in 2006: 254,586 Their C.P.D. in 2006 was $5.058.

CAPES The total downloads in 2006: 108,751*

*not a full year’s access

The C.P.D. in 2006 is $4.18. This is dropping dramatically and is slightly over $3 midyear 2007.

Doing Business with IOP As a not-for-profit small society publisher

we have more flexibility on contracts and licensing.

All licenses can be signed by our Business Director in England, and/or our CEO for the Americans in Philadelphia.

IOP has never had any contract litigation with our consortia partners.

IOP has never had a consortia partner in the Americas cancel or not renew their license.

IOP prefers 3 year deals, but can be flexible when the customer requests something different.

New Titles!

epl (Europhysics Letters) Journal of Breath Research Computational Science & Discovery The Astronomical Journal Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics Communications in Theoretical Physics Science & Technology of Advanced

Materials

epl: Europhysics Letters A truly international journal

Owned by a partnership of 17 European physical societies, EPL is published under the scientific responsibility of the European Physical Society by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and Società Italiana di Fisica. We have brought together our expertise to create a high-quality journal for the international scientific community.

Exploring the frontiers of physics Our vision is for EPL to become a leading home

for global physics letters, to offer rapid publication of ground-breaking physics results from the international community, and to provide the broadest coverage of physics research.

Only available from IOP via consortia, licenses and journal packages. Single subscriptions available via EDP in France.

Journal of Breath Research

Journal focus Ion mobility mass spectroscopy

(IMS) Presentation and critical evaluation

of analytical techniques for analysis of breath samples for medical diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring.

Official journal: International Association for Breath

Research

                                                           "The growing importance of computational science presents a need for a new journal in which advances in this area can be reported. A high quality, refereed journal with a focus on computational science—in particular, scientific discovery through computation—is essential."Anthony Mezzacappa, Editor-in-Chief

•Computational Science & Discovery (CSD) is an international, multidisciplinary journal focused on scientific advances and discovery through computational science in physics, chemistry, biology and applied science.•Focus on advances in science, but authors will be encouraged to include details of their numerical methods, verification and validation of codes, and the enabling technologies they used—for example, in data management, networking and visualization, among other areas. •Multidisciplinary authorship will be most welcome.

The Astronomical Journal

• Founded in 1849 by B.A. Gould, The Astronomical Journal is one of the world's finest journals in the field.

• Covers traditional areas of astronomy, including galactic structure and dynamics, astrometry, variable and binary stars, solar system studies, and cosmology .

• Has added expanded coverage of quasars, galaxies, and supernova remnants.

• Available from IOP in January 2008.

Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics Founded in 1988 Now in volume 20 Bimonthly (6 issues per year) Published completely in English

from 2007 In English with Chinese abstracts

in 2006 In Chinese with English abstract

prior to 2006 Editor-in-chief

Xue-ming Yang Dalian Institute of Chemical

Physics Free online in 2007 Available by subscription in 2008

Communications in Theoretical Physics

Reports the latest developments and important achievements in various branches of theoretical physics

Published monthly (440 articles in 2006)

Editorial office: Institute of Theoretical Physics of Chinese Academy of Science

A journal of the Chinese Physical Society

Ed-in-chief: HO Tso-Hsiu Will be free online in 2008 http://ctp.itp.cn

Science & Technology of Advanced Materials Will be our first Japanese partner journal Currently published by Elsevier, volume 8, 8

issues (2007) Ed-in-Chief: Professor Kishi (NIMS President) Commenced publication: 2000 Owned by National Institute for Materials Science

Aim: “to become the world’s pre-eminent materials research institution with an autonomous, independent spirit”

Tsukuba, Japan http://www.nims.go.jp/eng/

Will transfer to IOP for 2008 Open Access business model (fees paid by NIMS) Online + selected print for special issues

LINKS

Join with us, and our vibrant scientific community:

IOP Membership available at members.iop.org/join;

View author, referee services at authors.iop.org;

View librarians services at librarians.iop.org;

View complete journal listing at journals.iop.org;

Register for access at www.iop.org/register.

Thank you! Obrigado! Gradias! Grazie!

Melanie FaithfulIOP Publishing

408 Holmes Avenue NEHuntsville, AL 35801 USAfaithful@ioppubusa.com

256-489-8601