APS announces Physical Review X, an Open Access ,Journal covering physics and its application to related fields

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/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.

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

/Additional information is available via http://prx.aps.org.  Updates
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