Open Access Publishing Options at KAUST: Institute of Physics (IOP)

KAUST Library signed a read and publish deal with IOP for 2023 to 2025.

Research papers, special issue papers, and letters accepted in the listed IOP journals where a KAUST affiliated author is the corresponding author can be published Open Access at no additional charge (free APC).

Please follow these steps:

• While submitting articles, corresponding authors must ensure their primary affiliation is set to KAUST to be identified by IOP. The authors do not need to select open access during submission.
• Identified authors will receive notification of the OA arrangement during peer review, or around acceptance. Identified articles will be opted in to open access under the agreement automatically.
• The author will need to agree to the CC-BY open access license.
• Authors can opt-out of the open-access agreement, and should contact the journal after receiving notification of identification if they wish to do so.
• In both cases, KAUST authors will not be subject to any additional Article Publication Charges (APC).
• If an author has not been notified of the agreement but believes they qualify, they should contact the journal to confirm eligibility. 

Important:

This agreement will only support KAUST authors to make their article Open Access, without any extra payment of APCs or administrative process. Author(s) are still responsible for all publishing-related activities, including preparing the manuscript and correspondence during the publication process with the publisher, reviewers or co-authors, as usual.

NOTE: The number of free APCs for 2021 is limited.

If you need further details, or a meeting, or presentation to your team - please email us at library@kaust.edu.sa

You can also read IOP Press Release