Researchers from Saudi Arabia
IOP Publishing (IOP) has a transformative agreement with two institutions in Saudi Arabia in the to enable a transition to open access publishing.
“As pioneers in open access publishing, KAUST Library have signed a number of transformative agreements and continues to excel in this field. With the new unlimited IOPP 3-year deal, we’ve reached a new milestone on our open access publishing journey which provides wider recognition and greater impact of KAUST research.”
Nora Alshibani, KAUST Library Director
Who can benefit?
All corresponding authors that are current staff members, researchers (permanent, temporary and visiting), or students at one of the institutions below, at the point of submission, can publish open access at no cost to themselves. The corresponding author is the author that submits the manuscript and is responsible for communicating with the journal during the submission, peer review and publication process.
What’s included?
- Articles accepted will be eligible for transformative agreement funding to enable authors to publish open access with no cost to themselves
- Research paper, special issue, letter and review article types
- Included journals are those in lists A, B, C and D. Click here for a full title list of eligible journals.
Please note
You may find our author guide for submitting under a transformative agreement helpful located in our Transformative Agreement hub. For more information, please contact your relevant library contact at your university.
Eligible institutions
King Abdulaziz University
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)