IOP Publishing

IOP Publishing (previously Institute of Physics Publishing) is the publishing branch of the Institute of Physics. It provides publications through which peer-reviewed scientific research is distributed worldwide. Its publishing portfolio includes over 100 open access and hybrid journals, magazines, conference proceedings and books. The Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. Any financial surplus earned by IOP Publishing goes to support physics through the various activities of the Institute. The main IOP Publishing headquarters is located in Bristol, England. It also has regional offices in Philadelphia and Beijing. It employs over 500 staff. IOP Publishing was the first physics publisher to publish a journal on the internet. In 1994, the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity was published as a TeX file.

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