APS Announces Physical Review X

["APS ASSOCPUB" <assocpub@aps.org>]

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@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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