Participating Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) libraries have reached a transformative, three-year Read and Publish Agreement with the Institute of Physics (IOP), a further step in collective action toward the Big Collection. This agreement begins on January 1, 2023 and runs through December 31, 2025. Under this agreement Indiana University Bloomington authors can publish open access at no charge with IOP Publishing except for Excluded Journals.
Eligible dates & Expiry
To qualify for no-cost OA publication, the article must be accepted in an eligible IOP journal between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2025 and have a corresponding author from one of the participating institutions.
Journal Access
This agreement extends BTAA’s access to the IOPscience extra journal collection for three years. Participating libraries’ access to IOP journals will not change.
Open Access Publishing Opportunities
This agreement supports unlimited Open Access publishing in eligible IOP journals, including 58 hybrid journals representing almost all of IOP and society partners’ hybrid titles as well as 18 fully open access journals. Eligible corresponding authors from participating institutions* may publish OA in these journals at no cost to themselves. There is no limit to the number of articles that can be published OA under this agreement. Eligible publications are primary research articles (including research papers, special issue articles, letters, and review articles).
When an article is accepted by a journal, the responsible corresponding author will sign an OA author publishing agreement and select a Creative Commons license that determines how readers can use the article.
IOP Publishing currently only allows a CC-BY license to be selected. This is a very liberal license that allows wide re-use rights, including for commercial purposes, as long as the user gives attribution. Your article can be freely read by anyone, and also adapted, reused, included in anthologies, textbooks etc., including commercial publications. Publishers may also enrich your article by linking out to other related articles, even those you have not cited. Other than attribution, there are no additional restrictions.
Which journals published by IOP and its partner societies are eligible for no-cost OA publication under this agreement?
Eligible journals can be found on the IOP website. The agreement with IOP allows for original research and review articles to be published as open access in all journals that participate in IOP's transformative agreements, including most of its fully open access and hybrid open access journals.
A small number of journals attach additional charges including, but not limited to, page charges. These remain the responsibility of the authors.
Are there any journals published by IOP and its partner societies that are not eligible for no-cost OA publication under this agreement?
Yes, there are a small number of journals published by IOP that are not covered by this agreement because they do not participate in IOP’s OA publishing agreements. These include the American Astronomical Society (AAS) journals, some society titles that do not allow open access publishing, fully OA journals that do not charge OA fees, and translated and conference titles.
Excluded journals currently are
| Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
| Chinese Physics B |
| Chinese Physics C |
| Chinese Physics Letters |
| Communications in Theoretical Physics |
| International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing |
| Izvestiya: Mathematics |
| Journal of Semiconductors |
| Materials Futures |
| Physics-Uspekhi |
| Plasma Science and Technology |
| Quantum Electronics |
| Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Research Notes of the AAS |
| Russian Chemical Reviews |
| Russian Mathematical Surveys |
| Sbornik: Mathematics |
| The Astronomical Journal |
| The Astrophysical Journal |
| The Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series |
| The Planetary Science Journal |
IOP Journal Finder helps you identify eligible journals and determine compliance with funder requirements.
What do I need to do to participate?
When you submit your article to IOP for publication, you will need to use your institutional email address and indicate your institutional affiliation as part of the IOP publishing workflow. IOP’s workflow enables automatic identification of eligible articles based on the responsible corresponding author’s given affiliation. Authors are contacted during the article review process and informed that, if accepted, their article will be published on an open access basis under the terms of this agreement, with the option to opt out.
Is there anything more I need to do if my work is made Open Access through this agreement?
It depends! If you or any of your co-authors have funding from the US federal government or one of many other funders, you may have a requirement to share your article in a specific location. Please ensure you follow your funder requirements to avoid jeopardizing future funding.
What if I don't want to publish open access?
You can still publish your article, even if you do not wish to use this open access option. You can opt-out of the agreement if you wish.
Who can I contact if I have further questions?
You can contact the IU Bloomington Libraries Scholarly Communication folks at iusw@iu.edu. More Information about open access publishing and other forms of open scholarship is available IU Libraries webpage for Publishing & Copyright Support.