IOP Publishing (Institute of Physics)

Type

Read and Publish agreement (via CAUL).

Status

Active from 1 January 2023 (for articles accepted from this date).

Current agreement term

1 January 2026 - 31 December 2026.

Journal coverage

Unlimited open access publishing for University of Melbourne corresponding authors in most hybrid and open access IOP Publishing journals.

Expanded coverage in 2026 sees the inclusion of Medical Engineering & Physics. Only articles accepted to this journal from 1 January 2026 are eligible.

Covered journals are reflected in our 2026 all covered journals spreadsheet. They will also be included in CAUL's 2026 title list.

Journal exclusions

Some IOP titles are excluded from the agreement. Exclusions include titles from partner societies (Chinese Physical Society and American Astronomical Society) and conference proceedings.

Eligible authors

To be eligible, the article's corresponding author must, at the time of submission, provide their University of Melbourne affiliation. This must be their first and primary affiliation in the publishing system and in the article itself.

As IOP explains: "The corresponding author is the person listed as Corresponding Author at the time of submission, and is the person responsible for communicating with the journal during the peer review and publication process."

Eligible article types

Article types are eligible for coverage under the IOP agreement include:

  • Research articles
  • Special issue articles
  • Review articles
  • Letters

Note that only "primary research articles" are eligible for open access in Reports on Progress in Physics under the agreement.

How to use the agreement

When possible, corresponding authors should use their unimelb email address (@unimelb.edu.au or @student.unimelb.edu.au). This email address should be used in the publisher's submission platform and all correspondence. This allows for easy verification of affiliation.

When assessing the article, IOP will use the corresponding author's affiliation to confirm their eligibility. Once confirmed, they will send the corresponding author an email with the subject line: "Open access options for your article."

Either during peer review or upon acceptance, the corresponding author will be asked to sign an open access copyright form. This will facilitate open access publishing under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.

For details on how to publish open access using this agreement, see IOP's Guide to submitting under a transformative agreement. Also see the "Open access workflow" section of the publisher's CAUL R&P Guide page.

Further information

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