From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:43:44 -0400 {Please excuse cross-posting} I am pleased to announce that IOP Publishing has made a significant change to our copyright arrangements for research published on an open access basis in IOP-owned journals plus New Journal of Physics, and for bibliographic metadata. We have adopted a more liberal Creative Commons license (CC-BY 3.0) for future articles published on a gold open access basis. This license allows others to distribute, re-mix, amend, and build upon a piece of work as long as they credit the original creation. The licenses grant rights to the users of the content but do not replace the copyright, which remains with the copyright holder. The change applies to articles being published on an open access basis in all IOP-owned hybrid journals and the gold open access titles Environmental Research Letters and New Journal of Physics (a partner journal with Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft) . In addition to the change in license for open access articles, the basic metadata of the articles in IOP's own journals will also be available for use under a CC-BY license. This is intended to increase the visibility of such data and to help clarify to third parties what they can and cannot do with metadata. Most articles submitted before October 25, 2012 will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. Articles submitted on or after this date will automatically be published under a CC-BY license. IOP's copyright statements on iopscience.iop.org have been updated to reflect this change. Thank you, as always, for your support. With regards, Sharice Sharice P. Collins Vice President, Marketing IOP Publishing, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 19106 ioppublishing.org