FAQs for authors
What benefits will authors get from publishing under a transformative agreement with IOPP?
As well as removing the administrative burden of dealing with invoices for APC’s, authors will benefit from greater visibility and impact for their research. IOPP’s open access articles typically receive 70% higher downloads and 12% higher citations when compared with non-open access articles in the same journal. Authors can also comply with, and future-proof themselves against, a growing number of funder requirements while retaining their copyright with a CC BY 4.0 license. Find out more about the benefits of open access.
How does IOPP identify an author’s eligibility?
We use the corresponding authors’ affiliation to determine eligibility. It must match an institution name (using the associated Ringgold number), for an eligible institution.
Which author is the eligible author?
All our agreements are based on the corresponding author at the time of submission. 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.
Please see our corresponding author policy for more details.
What do authors need to do to take advantage of a transformative agreement?
At submission, please supply your affiliation clearly. Choosing from the matching list of institutions in ScholarOne, our main submission system, will help to ensure we can identify your paper correctly. When your article is accepted for publication, you will receive an email from SciPris asking you to login and confirm you would like to be funded under your agreement.
What date do you use to decide eligibility?
Eligibility is assessed using the acceptance date of the article.
Can authors opt out of open access publishing under the transformative agreement?
Publishing within a TA is always the author’s choice. In case the benefits are unclear, we encourage authors to read our guide that debunks some of the myths surrounding OA publishing.
Is there a period of time in which the author must opt out?
We encourage corresponding authors to make a decision within 5 days to ensure our excellent author service standards are maintained. However, to publish open access, all authors have to sign a CC BY license associated with their article, so the timing choice is ultimately theirs to make.
What copyright license is applied to articles published through transformative agreements?
Articles published through transformative agreements are published under a CC BY 4.0 license. This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the author’s work, even commercially, as long the original work is appropriately credited. See our short video for more information on signing your copyright form to publish under a transformative agreement.