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Byline: Kim Thomas
APS extends open access to all its journals
Kim Thomas
Physics research promoter and publisher the American Physical Society (APS) is to extend open access to all its journals.
The APS previously made its five print journals available through subscriptions, and its two e-journals (Physical Review Special Topics and Physics Education Research) on an open access basis.
Payment of a $975 ([pounds sterling]514) publication fee will secure the free online availability of any article from Physical Review A-E (the fee for Physical Review Letters articles is $1,300). The model covers all articles, including those from the APS archive, which stretches back to 1893, should any philanthropic sponsors wish to pay for articles to be released online for free.
Tom McIlrath, APS treasurer and publisher, said the society had been keen to keep the fee low to make it as attractive as possible to authors, particularly those ...
Source: HighBeam Research, APS extends open access to all its journals.(American Physical...