BioMed Central Brings Open Access Publishing to Physics and Math
Open access publisher BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/), US, has announced the first three journals to be launched by PhysMath Central, its open access publishing platform for the fields of physics, mathematics and computer science. The journals are: PMC Physics A, PMC Physics B and PMC Physics C. Four more journals are slated for launch later this year.
PMC Physics A covers particle, high-energy and nuclear physics, cosmology, gravity and astroparticle physics, and instrumentation and data analysis. While PMC Physics B publishes articles covering all aspects of atomic and molecular physics, optics, quantum physics, semiconductors and superconductivity; PMC Physics C focuses on soft matter physics and covers biological physics, complex systems, plasmas and fluids, classical and interdisciplinary physics, and statistical mechanics.
The PhysMath Central platform was launched to meet the increasing need for open access journals from major research institutes such as CERN and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, and other funding organisations and government bodies. It seeks to make research in physics, mathematics and computer science more widely available and increase access to this research to all institutes and individuals, free of subscription charges.
PhysMath Central has also called for applications from some of the leading minds in physics and mathematics for its editorial boards. These experts will spearhead journal development and serve as editors and reviewers. Massimo Giovannini of the Theoretical Physics Division at CERN has agreed to serve on the PMC Physics A editorial board.
KnowledgeSpeak, 16 April 2007
