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Reusing IOP Published Content

In order to reuse content published by IOP or its partners, you may need to request express permission. If permission is required, the way you will need to obtain this permission depends on what material you wish to reuse, and how you wish to reuse it. For full details on when permission is required, and how to obtain permission, please read the information below.

When permission is not needed:

There are a few instances in which you don’t need permission to reuse IOP published content:

  • If you are publishing a new work with IOP and wish to reuse content from an IOP journal or eBook, or a partner journal that we handle permissions for. IOP already has the permission to use this content, so you do not need to request it again.
  • If the content was published on an open-access basis that allows the type of reuse you need. For details of open access licences, please see Creative Commons Licences.
  • If you are the original author of the content you wish to reuse, and your reuse falls within the allowances of our Author Rights policy.

Using the CCC Marketplace:

To reuse content from many of our journals, we have partnered with the Copyright Clearance Centre (CCC) to use their Marketplace Republication Service. You can find further details on how to use this service here: CCC Republication Service

This applies to content from the following journals:

  • All journals listed under IOP Publishing in the Publishing partners tab
  • Applied Physics Express
  • ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology
  • ECS Transactions
  • The Electrochemical Society interface
  • Journal of the Electrochemical Society
  • European Journal of Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Functional Composites and Structures
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Journal of Instrumentation
  • Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
  • Laser Physics
  • Laser Physics Letters
  • Nonlinearity
  • Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • Physiological Measurement
  • Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Reusing content from an IOP partner we handle permissions for:

To reuse content from any of the journals listed below, you should email us at permissions@ioppublishing.org. Please include in your email the details of the specific content you wish to reuse, and the title and publisher of your new work (where applicable).

  • International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
  • Journal of Radiological Protection
  • Materials Futures
  • Metrologia
  • New Journal of Physics
  • Physica Scripta
  • Research Notes of the AAS
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • The Planetary Science Journal

Reusing content from an IOP partner we don’t handle permissions for:

To reuse content from any of the journals listed below, you should contact the relevant Partner directly at the address given in the list below. Please include in your email the details of the specific content you wish to reuse, and the title and publisher of your new work (where applicable).

Reusing content from an archived IOP title:

Some of our archived titles are journals which have ceased publication, where others may have been sold or may have moved with a partner to another publisher. If you wish to reuse content from an archived title please email your request to permissions@ioppublishing.org where our Rights and Permissions team will be able to provide you with more specific information on how you may request permission.

Reusing content from an Ebook:

Information on reusing content from our ebooks can be found on our Ebooks permissions page

Frequently Asked Questions:

If you have any queries about reusing IOP content, please see our FAQ or contact us directly at permissions@ioppublishing.org

Please refer to our Service Level Agreement for further details

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