The American Physiological Society (APS), a non-profit organization that publishes 16 scientific journals highlighting critical advances in physiology and related fields, has announced a strategic shift to a Subscribe to Open (S2O) publishing model. As part of its mission to advance scientific discovery, understand life, and improve health, APS is working closely with the library community to implement this open-access publishing model, beginning in 2025, for 10 of the Society’s primary research journals.
APS is committed to championing physiology by extending the discipline’s reach worldwide. Partnering with the community to adopt S2O will enable the Society to facilitate a transition to open-access publishing without adding article processing charges (APCs). APS members and authors will have a home to publish their work using an approach compliant with funder policies worldwide. S2O benefits the research community by providing immediate access to scientific advances and enabling communication to the broadest audience in a fair and sustainable manner.
The S2O model is a cost-neutral bridge in the transition to open access. Current institutional library subscribers are offered continued access to their publications through the standard subscription process. If enough subscribers agree to renew, APS commits to making that year’s content open access. This is done without service disruption or additional costs on the part of the library community. Subscribers need only to renew their subscriptions normally, and if enough libraries agree to participate, the articles are made open access at no direct cost to authors.
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