Institute of Physics Publishing

Name of service
IOP Publishing Electronic Journals service

Licence agreed
Country-wide access for all academic libraries and not-for-profit research, educational and learning institutions within selected countries.

Service type
Online full-text journals service.

Content
IOP publishes over 50 of the world's most prestigious journals in physics and related sciences, all available online through our Electronic Journals service.

Titles of journals
Please click here for a full list of titles [PDF 40kb].

Subject strengths

• Applied physics
• Computer science
• Condensed matter and materials science
• High energy and nuclear physics
• Mathematics, applied mathematics and mathematical physics
• Measurement science and sensors
• Medical and biological sciences
• Optical, atomic and molecular physics
• Physics education
• Plasma physics

Service strengths

• Award-winning Electronic Journals service providing access to all IOP titles.
• A fully searchable digitised archive back to 1874, and full-text access to a 10-year rolling archive.
• Broad subject coverage – including core areas of physics as well as some of the most exciting emerging areas in the physical sciences, such as computer science, physics in medicine and biology, nanotechnology and environmental science.
• Time-saving research tools such as customisable RSS feeds and e-alerts.
• Reference and citation linking across the entire service, making it easy to track relevant papers.
• IOP Select, free access to articles featured for their novelty, significance, and impact on future research. www.iop.org/Select
• Community websites supporting our publishing output, and providing news, analysis and networking opportunities to a variety of scientific communities.
• Open-access titles, including conference proceedings papers at www.iop.org/EJ/conf
• Counter-compliant usage statistics available.

Impact factors
IOP Journals have achieved outstanding results from ISI, showing that they really are leading journals in their fields. http://ej.iop.org/pdf/pricing/impact_factors.pdf

Archival information
The Institute of Physics has comprehensively digitised its journal archive back to 1874, offering an essential foundation of knowledge for researchers. The archive consists of fully searchable PDFs with linked references. High resolution scanning ensures excellent readability of text, data and tables.

URL to platform/collection access
http://journals.iop.org

Registration
Each institution is required to register to use the Electronic Journals service.  If you have not used this resource before you may need to check if your institution is registered and identify the contact person who has your access details. To do this, please go to the INASP registration database and select your country and institution.

Access information
Access is provided through IP address recognition, and there is no provision for username and password access.

URL to general publisher site
http://journals.iop.org

Help and support from the publisher
Please contact Customer Services (Electronic Product Support)
IOP Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 117 929 7481
Fax: +44 (0) 117 929 4318
Custserv@iop.org

For further information
Please contact your country coordinator - their details can be found on your country page.

More information for librarians
For more information, including promotional packs and registration details, go to the Librarian’s information page.
For assistance from the publisher, go to www.iop.org/EJ/librarians. This is focused on the needs of libraries. Here you can request usage statistics, add your logo to brand the Electronic Journals pages, check on IP details and download the quarterly newsletter, Librarian Insider.