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No, we only take a transfer of copyright for the subscription article itself. This does not include any supplementary material or any video abstract you produce for the article, in which we generally take a non-exclusive licence. IOP does not take ownership of the underlying data or science. Please check the terms of the copyright form for full details.

Please submit all revised submissions via the link in the e-mail you received informing you of the decision and asking you to make the revisions.

When submitting a revised article, we require you to upload the revised PDF file (deleting the original version) and your latest set of the source files used to create the revised PDF (typically Word or LaTeX files). In addition, you will need to submit your point-by-point response to the referees and either a list of the changes made or a version of the manuscript with the changes highlighted.

If you need to make any changes to the author list, please contact the journal explaining the change (see our section on what constitutes authorship). Note that all co-authors need to approve any changes made to the author list after submission.

If you experience any problems submitting your article online, please contact the journal for assistance.

You will subsequently be asked to complete and submit the online copyright form, if you have not done so already, and to provide written permissions if your article makes use of any previously published material or material for which you are not the copyright owner.

The transfer or licence of copyright under the copyright form has no effect unless and until an article has been accepted for publication. On acceptance, the copyright in the article transfers to IOP and/or its licensors/a non-exclusive licence is granted to IOP and/or its licensors. If an article is rejected by IOP then the copyright remains with the original copyright holder (i.e. the authors or their institutions), no licence is granted and the copyright form has no effect.

No.  Where we are publishing an article on a gold open access basis then, for IOP journals, we require a non-exclusive licence of copyright instead. You will need to check the copyright form of the journal to which you have submitted, to familiarize yourself with its terms before submission. By submitting the copyright form, you are deemed to have accepted all of its terms.

Yes. One of the authors must complete and submit the journal’s copyright form prior to acceptance. For articles published on a subscription basis, this generally transfers copyright in the article to IOP and/or its licensor(s) on acceptance of the article and for articles published on a gold open access basis in IOP journals, it gives IOP a non-exclusive licence to publish the article.  It also confirms various things, including that the work is original and that it is based on valid research.

If you, as the Named Author(s), do not own the copyright in the Article because, for example, it was prepared as part of your duties as employee(s), and/or as part of a “work for hire” arrangement, please:

warrant you have all the rights necessary to enter into the agreement on behalf of the Copyright Owner, by filling in the full name of the organisation/company who owns the copyright in the Copyright Owner box and entering your name and the date at the bottom of the agreement. (Please ensure that you have made the Copyright Owner aware of the terms of the agreement and that you have their authority to enter into the agreement on their behalf).  If the Copyright Owner requires an authorised signatory to sign the agreement on their behalf, as well as the Named Author, please email the relevant journal team who will provide you with the appropriate form.

If you still need help, please contact permissions@ioppublishing.org.

Where one or more of the Named Authors are an employee of the US Government and one or more of the Named Authors do not work for the US Government, both an authorised signatory of the US Government (“US Government Signatory”) and one of the other authors should sign the agreement.  In this instance, please email the relevant journal team who will provide you with the appropriate form.

Where all the Named Authors of the Article are employees of the US Government, both an authorised signatory of the US Government (“US Government Signatory”) should sign the agreement and one of the Named Authors.  In this instance, please email the relevant journal team.

Yes. The copyright form is designed to accommodate the needs of Crown employees. IOP takes a licence to publish the content which is subject to Crown copyright. Therefore you should be able to submit the copyright form in the usual way. If there are any particular requirements not covered by the copyright form, please contact permissions@ioppublishing.org.