AIP Publishing Journal Catalog 2013



 

Author Select® — An Open Access Initiative

The American Institute of Physics offers an alternative choice to authors publishing in its journals through AIP’s Author Select initiative, which gives authors the option to choose open access for their published article. By supporting publication and archiving costs through payment of a set fee, authors can provide free online access to their published article, in perpetuity, to any online user. A subscription to the online journal will not be required to access full‑text versions of these open access articles. In addition, authors will retain copyright to their articles, which will be published under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license.1 In choosing Author Select, authors are able to fully comply with many funding agency mandates and open access requirements.

The Editor(s) and reviewers are not informed of an author’s choice concerning open access; thus, the author’s decision in this regard will have no impact on any aspect of the peer review process or on an Editor’s ultimate decision regarding publication. The peer review process will proceed normally regardless of an author’s choice of conventional or open access publication.

When deciding on participation in Author Select, authors should note that payment of the open access fee does not cover other publication charges, such as excess page fees, charges for reprints, and color in print. The Author Select fee for AIP’s journals is $2200 per article.2

As of October 2006, the Society of Rheology adopted AIP's Author Select initiative for its journal, the Journal of Rheology. The Author Select fee for the Society of Rheology is $2500 per article. In addition, in May of 2013, AVS: Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing also adopted Author Select. The Author Select fee for AVS publications is $2200 per article.

1. Use of the CC-BY license for Author Select articles will apply for all papers published after April 1, 2013.

2. The $2200 fee will apply for Author Select articles published after March 22, 2013.