About the Journal
Author fees
Physics Access is an open access journal. Publication is fully funded by article publication charges (APC).
| USD | ||
| Article publication charge (Low and middle Income Countries) | $50.00 | |
| Article publication charge (Other Nationalities) | $500.00 |
*excluding VAT where applicable
Payments can be made in the Naira (NGN) equivalent depending on the current exchange rate as stipulated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
APCs only apply to articles accepted for publication; there are no submission charges.
There are no other charges for publishing in Physics Access
Payable to:
Currency: USD ($)
Correspondent Bank: CITIBANK, New York, USA 399 Park Avenue, New York, NY10043. U.S.A.
Swift Code: CITIUS33XXX
Beneficiary Bank: First City Monument Bank Ltd
Swift Code: FCMBNGLAXXX Account Number: 36887918
Beneficiary Name: Physics Access
Account Number: 4358627011
Currency: NAIRA (₦)
Beneficiary Name: Physics Access
Account Number: 4358627011
Publisher Information
Department of Physics, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kadun State, Nigeria.
Article types
Physics Access welcomes submissions of the following article types:
- Original Research: articles of unlimited length that report new research.
- Short Reports or Letters: short research articles that report new research. As a guide, letters should not generally be more than eight journal pages (or around 4500 words) in length.
- Review Articles:articles presenting a snapshot of recent progress in a particular field.
Frequency
Physics Access publishes two (2) issues per year.
Peer Review
Physics Access operates a double-blind peer review process, in which both the reviewers and the authors do not know their identities.
If an article is not accepted for publication in Physics Access, we may offer the author the opportunity to transfer their submission to other suitable journals for consideration.
Physics Access have a policy of "Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism". Physics Access checks plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool.
All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.
Ethics
Physics Access maintains the highest standards of publication and research ethics. Authors are expected to comply with Physics Access' policy.
Open access
Physics Access is a fully open access journal. Articles are published under a (CC BY) licence (Creative Commons Attribution Licence). Articles are freely available to everyone to read and reuse immediately upon publication, provided attribution to the author is given. Publication is funded by article publication charges (APCs). The APC for Physics Access can be found on the Publication charges page.
Abstracting and indexing services
We work with our authors to make help their work as easy to discover as possible. Physics Access is currently included in the following abstracting and discovery services:
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Google Scholar
- Index Copernicus International (ICI)
- Scilit
- African Journals Online (AJOL)
Archiving Policy
Physics Access is committed to the long-term preservation of its contents. All articles published in Physics Access are archived through the use of the facilities available. Physics Access have been using the services of Internet Archive.
Physics Access allow archiving and storing of published papers by individuals, organizations, institutions and others. Anyone is free to store and archive the published papers for use, but such uses must be in accordance with the terms and conditions of use i.e with due reference to the published papers in the journal and due credit to the authors.
Data Repository
Repositories are platforms for depositing and sharing data, and thereby obviously also a source to find data for potential re-use.
Ideally, authors should deposit their data in a repository before submitting their work for publication. This allows authors to provide a persistent identifier and an accurate data availability statement when submitting their work. The authors are to deposit the underlying data to a recognised disciplinary public repository for public release scheduled no later than the publication date of the article.
Physics Access do not host data. Instead, we require authors to submit datasets to an appropriate public data repository. Data should be submitted to discipline-specific, community-recognized repositories where possible. Where a suitable discipline-specific resource does not exist, data should be submitted to a generalist repository. The repositories need to meet our requirements for anonymous peer-review, data access, preservation, resource stability, licences and suitability for use by all researchers with the appropriate types of data.
All data need to be available for peer review. Where logins or other barriers are required or temporarily applied, routes for confidential peer review of submitted datasets need to be provided that do not reveal the identity of the reviewer to the data owner/author of the associated article.
Data may also be deposited to these resources temporarily, if the main host repository does not support confidential peer review.
If data have not been deposited to a repository prior to manuscript submission we require that the data be submitted alongside the manuscript or sent as an addon to the editor-in-chief@physicsaccess.com with reference to the submitted manuscript.
