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Cover image: Phase distributions of Cartesian electric field components, in the image plane of a high numerical aperture double lens system with coincident foci M R Foreman and P Török 2011 New Journal of Physics 13 063041. For researchers Access to extensive content IOP Publishing has invested in semantic technology to develop a deeper understanding of its content. This will make it easier and faster than ever for readers to find the material that is most relevant to their interests and research.

New: article evolution development iopscience.org/articleevolution Subject areas Astronomy 53 87 Environmental physics This enriched view improves the appearance 380 Instrumentation and navigation within articles and enables Computational physics 611 547 213 Mathematical physics users to interact with research in new ways. Nuclear physics Statistical physics 407 Electronics Readers can zoom in and out of images, 618 389 Nanoscience making it easier to look at complex details Electromagnetism and structures, as well as take advantage 145 Measurement Bioengineering 234 of improved export options for figures and Chemical physics 149 Astrophysics references. 2250 599 Particle physics Optics 107 Thermodynamics 135 Classical mechanics Our open access option 121 Interdisciplinary fields iopscience.org/openaccess Condensed matter physics 444 Medical physics 681 364 Semiconductor physics The open access publishing model allows Quantum mechanics published papers to be freely available for 156 Atomic and molecular physics 406 589 Biological physics anyone to read. This means that authors, 107 Electronic components and devices 333 Plasma physics research institutions or funding organizations 69 may fund the costs of publishing. In return, 71 authors can ensure that everyone is able to access their work. Astronomy 2250 terms 34 27 7 journals with hybrid journals open access subscription published in option journals partnership Semantic technology: easier and faster for readers to find the materials that is most relevant to their interests and research area.

IOP Publishing ioppublishing.org For authors Global authorship and visibility With your academics working within the scientific, technical or medical communities, we want to work with them. Not only can we publish their work – we promote it, too.

As part of our ongoing commitment to help gain recognition for authors and their work, we regularly highlight Ranking for published articles published articles to the news media, resulting in a broad range of global print, online and broadcast coverage. in Top 100 for We have a wide range of supporting services, from press releases and articles in “hot topic” areas to our 13 published articles* journals programme of article evolution™. These will help your academics’ work gain the attention that it deserves as well as enable them to find the relevant work of others in their field quickly and easily.

Ranking for Impact Factor With more than 60 prestigious journals, our continuous growth in readership levels around the globe reflects the quality and visibility of IOP titles. in Top 100 for 13 Impact Factor* journals Impact Factors: some high-performance journals in 2011**

* Based on the 378 titles which fall into 8 Core Physics • Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering has increased by 66% to 2.298. Categories in the 2011 Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Journal Citation Report. • Journal of Neural Engineering has increased by 46% to 3.837. • Journal Of Physics G: Nuclear And Particle Physics has increased by 136% to 4.178. • Environmental Research Letters has increased by 19% to 3.631.

** Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Journal Citation Report)

International authorship High downloads Extensive content Articles published in 2011 by geographical region More than 22 million full-text downloads in 2011 More than 26 000 articles published in 2011

25 30 Asia 26% Africa 1% 20 W Europe 29% Australasia 2% 20 C/S America 2% 15 E Europe 6% Middle East 3% 10 10

N America 23% 5 UK 8% number of full-text downloads (millions) 0 number of published articles (thousands) 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 For the community Working together: commercial efficiencies and industry expertise Through our journals, magazines and websites, we provide our authors, readers and partners with the best possible platform to gain international visibility.

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IOP Publishing has sales and editorial offices in six locations around the world, plus a network of staff based in other countries. Our cross-disciplinary publishing programme covers all key areas of the physical sciences and related research fields including:

• Applied Physics • Condensed Matter • Mathematics • Astronomy and Astrophysics • Engineering • Measurement • Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics • Environment • Medical and Biological Sciences • Chemistry • High-Energy and Nuclear Physics • Physics Education • Computational Science • Materials Science • Plasma Physics

Building relationships with partners ioppublishing.org/partners

Our publishing-partner collaboration helps provide efficient and effective publishing systems to support and develop our partners’ publishing programmes and ensure that their valuable content is available to research communities worldwide. Our partners from around the world include:

• American Astronomical Society • European Organization for Nuclear • International Atomic Energy Agency • Chinese Academy of Sciences Research (CERN) • Russian Academy of Sciences • Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) • European Physical Society • Astro Ltd • National Institute of Materials Science, Japan

Working with funding bodies ioppublishing.org/funders

IOP Publishing seeks to work with funders to maximize the impact of and access to the published outputs of the research that they support. In working closely with funding bodies, IOP Publishing ensures a high-quality peer review and publication process in all leading journals under sustainable and cost-effective business models.

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