School Affiliates

Affiliated schools receive full access to Physics Education and Physics World via the IOPscience platform. After you receive an email from the IOP Publishing Customer Service team inviting you to activate your account, simply follow the steps provided.

How to log in:

Username: (Your registered email address)

You will need to reset your password before logging into our content.

How to reset your password:

1. On the IOPscience login screen, please use the ‘Reset your password’ feature.
2. Follow the instructions sent to your registered email address.
3. Once logged in, you will need to complete the short user-profile form when prompted.

You will then be able to access our content by using your confirmed login details.

Need help?

If having trouble accessing your content, please contact the IOP Customer Services team at and they will be happy to assist.

A School Affiliate is, most often, a teacher or head of faculty from a School or College i.e. Sixth form, who has formally joined the Institute of Physics Schools and Colleges Affiliation Scheme. The scheme provides access to our monthly magazine, Physics World, as well as online access to our international journal, Physics Education.

Through the affiliation scheme, an institution is charged £50 ($63) a year for schools/colleges across the UK and Northern Ireland and £76 a year for British international schools.

How to apply:
If your school or college is not yet part of the scheme:

UK and Irish institutions:
• Download (UK and Irish Application Form from the IOP website) and email it to affiliation@iop.org

British international schools
• Download (The British International form from the IOP website) and email it to affiliation@iop.org

If you have any further questions, please contact our Customer Service team.

What determines what you can access

Your society membership unlocks a specific set of entitlements. These usually differ in two ways:

• Which journal(s) you can read
• How many years of content are available to you

Because each society negotiates its own arrangement, two members logging in through IOPscience may see very different levels of access even though both are “society members.”

How access typically differs between societies

This is where most confusion comes from. Some societies provide access to one journal, while others include a full archive.

• IPEM members — Access to Physics in Medicine & Biology (PMB)
  • Content years: 1956-2027

• LMS members — Access to titles such as Nonlinearity
  • Content years: 1988-2027

• ASP members — Access to Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP),
  • Coverage: current year plus the previous ten years.

• JSFM members — Access to Fluid Dynamics Research (FDR)
  • Content years: 1986-2027

• IOP Members (full IOP membership) — Access to all IOP owned journals
  • Content years: all available content years (which is the broadest access we offer).

If you are expecting access to multiple journals or full archives but your society membership only includes one title or a limited range of years, the system will show restricted access because that reflects the entitlement set by your society.

How to check what you should have

If you’re not sure which society you’re a member of, or what your membership includes, there are a few easy ways to confirm:

• Look at your society’s membership confirmation or welcome email
• Check the membership benefits section on your society’s website
• Review any login details the society provided for IOPscience

And if you’re still unsure, our Customer Services team can look up your membership type and confirm exactly what you should be able to access.

Once a member of the School Affiliate Scheme, you will have access to the following IOP content: 

• Classroom Physics – a magazine published by the Learning and Skills department that includes news, resources and classroom ideas 

• Physics World – An international monthly magazine covering all areas of physics. It is one of the largest Physic societies in the world and is aimed at those in research, industry and education. 

• Physics Education – An online journal aimed primarily at those teaching physics in secondary schools and colleges.  

To find out more information, please visit our School Affiliates page 

If you have any further questions, please contact our Customer Service team.