There are no specific qualifications needed to be a reviewer, but most reviewers will have a PhD. You certainly need to be able to prove you know the field of study well enough to be able to assess the novelty, quality, impact and importance of the research.
If you have never been a reviewer before, we strongly recommend you take our free, state-of-the-art course on how to write an excellent reviewer report (registration required).
IOP Publishing allows authors of articles published on a subscription basis to post the accepted manuscript version (the version after peer review but before copy-editing and typesetting), including citation details for the published version of the article, on their personal website immediately or on an institutional or subject repository 12 months after publication of the final article.
For UK authors to comply with the requirements of the HEFCE post-2014 REF policy, IOP Publishing allows closed deposits on repositories within certain specified time-frames. To see full information on this, please refer to our Author Rights Policy.
If you are publishing the results of research funded by a US government agency or if you are employed by the US government then please see our guide to US public access.
IOP deposits papers in PubMed Central automatically for authors funded by the NIH, unless an author requests otherwise, after the 12-month embargo period.
IOP Publishing supports the sharing of preprints. View our preprint policy.
Would you like to peer review cutting edge science and contribute to the scholarly community?
If you already have experience of peer review, you can volunteer to review for our journals using this link.
Please note: All reviewers are carefully chosen by our editors, who balance experience levels, research interests, publication history, and volunteer status, among other factors. Volunteers are flagged in our system, but we cannot guarantee that you will be selected as a reviewer for one of our journals.
The quickest way to be invited to review a manuscript for IOP Publishing is to complete our free Peer Review Excellence online training course. The course takes 1–2 hours to complete and will provide you with the skills and confidence to be an excellent reviewer. You can read more about the Peer Review Excellence course here.
For more information about reviewing for IOP Publishing please visit our Publishing Support homepage for reviewers or see our Reviewer Guide.
