TUBITAK - INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (IOP) "Read & Publish" Agreement (2026-2028)

A new “Read & Publish” agreement has been signed with the INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS (IOP) publishing house within the scope of the EKUAL Project conducted by TUBITAK ULAKBIM. This agreement, covering the 2026-2028 period, supports both access to academic content and Open Access (OA) article publishing.

The details of the agreement and the principles of implementation are presented below:

1. IOP Agreement Scope and Duration

• Duration: The agreement is valid for three years, from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028.
• Access: All EKUAL member institutions in Turkey will have access to IOPScience Extra and Electrochemical Society (ECS) content.

2. TUBITAK OA Publishing Support and Acceptance Criteria

   In order for corresponding authors to publish their articles as Open Access without paying an Article Processing Charge (APC), they must meet the following criteria:

• Institutional Affiliation: The eligibility of the article under the EKUAL agreement will be verified via the author's institutional name. Therefore, authors wishing to publish their articles as Open Access must be members of an EKUAL member institution.
• Institutional Scope: This includes all universities that are members of EKUAL.
• Agreement Coverage: The agreement covers unlimited OA article publishing in both hybrid journals and gold (fully/gold/full) open access journals.

Retrospective Open Access Conversion

 All articles submitted as of January 1 will be converted to Open Access (OA) in both hybrid and Gold journals. This applies to new members; articles by former ANKOS members have already been published as OA.