Why does IOP Publishing require a waiver from authors affiliated to institutions/universities with incompatible open access policies?
Some universities and institutions have adopted open access policies, which, in some respects, are incompatible with IOP Publishing’s green open access policy which applies when the article is published on a subscription basis. Please check whether you or any of your co-author(s) are affiliated to a university or institution which has an open access policy which is incompatible with IOP Publishing’s green open access policy. If you are, then we will need you to obtain a waiver for the article from your institution or university. Institutions allow for such waivers in their policies. Institutions with such policies are predominantly in the USA.
For examples of open access policies which are incompatible with IOP Publishing’s green open access policy, see below.