[BOAI] APS Announces Physical Review X

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the American Physical Society.  --Peter Suber.]


 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

*American Physical Society Announces Physical Review X, an Open Access
Journal covering Physics and its Application to Related Fields*

Contact: Amy Halsted, American Physical Society, halsted at aps.org,
631-591-4232**

*Ridge, NY, January 19, 2011* — APS announces *Physical Review X* (PRX),* *an
online, open access, primary research journal for authors in all fields of
physics.

As broad in scope as physics itself, PRX will publish original, high
quality, scientifically sound research that advances physics and will be of
value to the global multidisciplinary readership. PRX will provide
validation through prompt and rigorous peer review, and an open access venue
in accord with the strong reputation of the Physical Review family of
publications.

PRX’s Editor will be Jorge Pullin, Chair of the Horace C. Hearne, Jr.
Institute for Theoretical Physics and professor in the Louisiana State
University Center for Computation & Technology and Department of Physics and
Astronomy. “I am very pleased to be the founding Editor,” said Pullin. “I
view open access options as essential for the future of publishing.” Pullin
received his Ph.D. from the Instituto Balseiro and has research interests in
many aspects of gravitational physics, both classical and quantum
mechanical. He is a fellow of the APS and AAAS, a member of APS Council, and
has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including *Living
Reviews in Relativity* and *New Journal of Physics.*

Articles in PRX will be published under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 License, leaving copyright with the authors. “Our decision
to offer this license continues APS’s proud history of being progressive,
but responsible, regarding the rights governing the articles it publishes,”
said Gene D. Sprouse, APS Editor in Chief.

The funding required to make PRX freely available will derive from
article-processing
charges of $1500 per article. These will cover the expenses associated with
peer review, composition, hosting, and archiving. “APS strives to be among
the most cost-effective publishers in physics and is committed to a
sustainable model that makes PRX affordable for authors and their funding
agencies, nationally and internationally,” said Joseph W. Serene, APS
Treasurer/Publisher.

A Call for Papers will be issued in March and the first article published in
Fall 2011.

Additional information is available via prx.aps.org.  Updates may also be
received by email (publish.aps.org/alerts).

*About APS: The American Physical Society (www.aps.org) is a non-profit
membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of
physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and
education, outreach, advocacy and international activities.  APS represents
48,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories and
industry in the United States and throughout the world.  Society offices are
located in College Park, MD (Headquarters), Ridge, NY, and Washington, DC. *
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