Physics won't publish original research articles, but short pieces to highlight, explain, and discuss important articles published in other APS journals.
The articles in the inaugural issue are free online, but the site is as silent on OA as it is on subscription costs. The articles use all-rights-reserved copyright statements.
Comment. I try not to blog articles and journals which are only free for an initial trial period. But I can't yet classify Physics because it doesn't reveal enough about its plans. On the theory that "free" is an attraction worth mentioning, I suspect that Physics is only free for an initial trial period. But I really don't know. If anyone knows more, please drop me a line.
Update (9/23/08). Also see the APS press release. It doesn't answer the question in my comment, but it does say that the journal has been in beta since July. Apparently it's now out of beta.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/24/2008 10:54:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.