When
does the APS AuthorChoice program go into effect?
The program takes effect July 1, 2007.
How did the APS determine the $2,000 or $3000
Author Choice fee?
For research articles, the Author Choice fee was determined by calculating the real average cost ($3,000) of publishing an article in an APS journal, and subtracting the actual average amount
already paid by authors in author fees (page charges and color fees). The
Author Choice fee for review articles is $3,000, because there are no other fees paid by authors of review articles.
The Author Choice fee was designed to completely cover the cost of publishing an article.
If enough authors choose open access, the journals will become open access, and we will forego subscription revenue for an author-pays revenue system.
Are there any other
charges involved besides the APS AuthorChoice fee?
For research articles, yes. In addition to the Author Choice fee, the customary author fees (such as page charges and color charges) apply.
These will be billed to you separately when you receive your page proofs.
My grant does not
cover the OA fee. Does this mean I have to wait for the traditional
12 month release period?
Some institutions and funding agencies are underwriting the AuthorChoice
fee on behalf of their researchers. Check with your department
head, librarian or funding agency to learn if your institution is one of them.
My research is funded
by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If I pay the AuthorChoice fee, can I make the results immediately
available in PubMed Central (PMC)?
Yes.
My research is funded
by the Wellcome Trust, or another funding agency that requires
that I make my research article free in PMC within six months of publication.
Can AuthorChoice help me meet this requirement?
Yes. Paying the fee will allow you to meet these requirements.
How do I pay the fee?
Can you invoice a third party?
Here’s how it works: In your article acceptance letter there will be a link to a payment form,
which you will download if you are
taking the Author Choice option for open access.
Once your payment (check, credit card, or purchase order)
is processed, your online article will be made free to all.
The remainder of the author fees (page charges, color charges, cost of reprints) will be billed later.
Once I pay the
Author Choice fee, am I still required to obtain
permission to use figures, graphs, etc. from my article?
Yes. Author Choice means that you have elected to
allow scientists, researchers, and others full access to
your work, at no charge to them, immediately instead of one
year after the article’s publication. This is an issue of
public access timing, which is different from copyright.
When APS accepted your article for
publication, copyright was conveyed. This means that anyone
interested in using material from an article, including the
author, needs to obtain permission to do so. As a result, you
must still obtain permission to use material from the article
regardless of whether you designated the article as Author
Choice. However, upon payment of the fee, the APS is
allowing you to post your article in PubMedCentral if mandated
by your funding agency, without asking permission.
If my article is accepted for publication today, when will it become open access?
As soon as your payment (check, credit card, or purchase order) is processed, your online article will be made free to all. If we process
payment while your article is published in manuscript form
(Articles in PresS), it will be made open access,
and the final version of your article, published in the
online issue of the journal, will also be open access.
My article was published
by APS before July 1, 2007. Can I pay now to make it open
access?
Yes, but remember that your article, like all articles published in APS journals, will be made free 12 months after it is published in the journal issue, regardless of whether or not you pay the
Author Choice fee. APS will not prorate the fee for a partial year of open access.
Does the APS AuthorChoice
option apply to all APS publications?
Our 10 peer-reviewed research journals, the American Journal
of Physiology – Cell Physiology; American Journal of
Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism; American
Journal of Physiology – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology;
American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory
Physiology; American Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular
and Molecular Physiology; American Journal of Physiology –
Regulatory, Integrative & Comparative Physiology; American
Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology; Journal of
Applied Physiology; Journal of Neurophysiology; and Physiological
Genomics are all eligible for the AuthorChoice
option.
Does the APS Author Choice option apply to review articles?
The fee to make invited review articles published in the journals listed above
free is $3,000 because there are no other author fees.
I still have additional
questions. Who can I contact?
The ability to help you relies in part on referring you to
the proper department. For questions about payment and processing,
please send an email to CVillemez@The-APS.org.
If you have questions about the policy itself, please email
RScheman@The-APS.org.