APS Joins Other Global Physics Societies in Open Access Statement
In a joint statement, major physics societies express strong support for open access and emphasize the need for a pragmatic and sustainable approach.
December 14, 2020
APS has joined 15 other international physics organizations in a call for universal access to knowledge and a commitment to sustainable open access. The statement, titled "Achieving Open Access in Physics," reaffirms the innovative ways that the physics community has long supported open access (OA) through its preprint server (arXiv.org) and fully OA journals.
The physics societies caution, however, that some government mandates such as requirements proposed by cOAlition S—a group of EU funding bodies—would harm the freedom of researchers to choose the most appropriate venues for publication and would undermine viability of physics publishing that depends on high-quality peer review.