Institute of Physics

Introduction: this agreement gives current staff and students at participating institutions:

  • Access to current content from IOP’s IOPscience extra collection, and ECS journals
  • The ability to make their articles accepted for publication in eligible IOP and ECS journals open access, without the author paying an article processing charge (APC). Further details below.

Agreement period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027

Participating members

  • Dublin City University  
  • Maynooth University  
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Technological University Dublin 
  • Trinity College Dublin 
  • University College Cork  
  • University College Dublin 
  • University of Galway
  • University of Limerick

Publisher page: https://publishingsupport.iopscience.iop.org/questions/researchers-from-ireland/

OA quota per year: unlimited

Journals eligible for OA publishing:

Eligible authors: 

  • The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of a participating institution at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time. 
  • Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by participating members.

Eligible article types: paper, special issue paper, review and/or letter (intended to cover all original research and review type content) (for the journal Reports on Progress in Physics, only original research papers can qualify as Eligible Articles

OA publishing license: CC-BY

Further information: