[BOAI] Physical Review X Publishes First Five Papers

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the American Physical Society, via the LibLicense list.
 --Peter Suber.]


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Physical Review X Publishes First Five Papers

Ridge, NY, August 8, 2011 - The American Physical Society (APS)
presents the first five papers that are published in our new,
open access journal, Physical Review X (http://prx.aps.org/).
Under Physical Review X's open access publishing model, they are
free for you to read and use.

Jorge Pullin, Editor, and Ling Miao, Associate Editor, are very
encouraged by the topical spread of these first published papers,
which range from the well-established field of atomic, molecular
and optical physics to the still relatively new, broad and very
active field that explores magnetism or spins at microscopic
level. They also extend into the interdisciplinary area: In the
paper by Belik et al., statistical physics is applied to
understand epidemic spreading; and in another by Benmore and
Weber, experimental techniques such as acoustic levitation and
x-ray scattering are used to obtain and characterize normally
hard-to-make amorphous forms of pharmaceutical drugs.

The editors are also pleased by the high scientific quality and
potential significance of these contributions.

The five papers are too small a sample to be a basis for making a
generalization about the future of Physical Review X. But they
reflect APS's commitment to making Physical Review X a journal of
scientific breadth and excellence. We are confident that, with
the continuing and more focused effort of the editors and the
Editorial Board to attract and select outstanding papers and with
an increasing support of the physics community, Physical Review X
can only grow stronger.

Contact: Daniel Kulp, Editorial Director, American Physical
Society, dan at aps.org , 631-591-4098

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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