American Physical Society has an open access publishing agreement with the University of Birmingham. It allows University of Birmingham affiliated corresponding authors (subject to eligibility criteria listed below) to publish open access at no additional cost in the following hybrid titles:
- Physical Review Letters (PRL)
- Physical Review A (PRA)
- Physical Review B (PRB)
- Physical Review C (PRC)
- Physical Review D (PRD)
- Physical Review E (PRE)
- Physical Review Applied (PRApplied)
- Physical Review Fluids (PRFluids)
- Physical Review Materials (PRMaterials)
Eligibility criteria
- This agreement covers research articles accepted between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2025 inclusive.
- The agreement is available for article types acceptable under the policies of the participating journal, including but not limited to:
- Regular articles
- Letters
- Rapid communications
- Reviews
- Perspectives
- Short papers
- The corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Birmingham, and ensure their @bham.ac.uk email address is used on submission to the journal.
- Any additional page, colour or other charges will not be covered through this agreement or the open access budget.
Next steps
If you meet the eligibility criteria for this agreement, you can submit to the journal. On acceptance, remember to create a record in Pure and link to any funding acknowledged on the paper.
If you are uncertain whether you are eligible for this agreement, please complete an APC request form.