We are proud to announce that PMC Physics B, specializing in condensed matter, atomic, molecular and optical physics and the interfaces between these areas, has today published it first articles:

		Editorial   Welcome to PMC Physics B Stephen Buckman and Peter Hatton PMC Physics B 2008, 1:1 (4 February 2008) Abstract | PDF
		Research article   Metal-insulator transition and electroresistance in lanthanum/calcium manganites La1-xCaxMnO3 (x = 0-0.5) from voltage-current-temperature surfaces J C Knott, D C Pond and R A Lewis PMC Physics B 2008, 1:2 (4 February 2008) Abstract | Provisional PDF
		Research article   Electron cooling by carbon monoxide in the atmospheres of Mars and Venus Laurence Campbell and Michael J Brunger PMC Physics B 2008, 1:3 (4 February 2008) Abstract | Provisional PDF

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PhysMath Central received a welcome boost last week when it was announced that the library at the University of California Berkeley has agreed to pay 100% of the costs of publishing in a true open access journal. The program is an 18-month experiment funded by the discretionary accounts of Thomas Leonard, University Librarian, and Beth Burnside, Vice Chancellor for Research. Further information from the BRII homepage and here.

PMC Physics A Editorial Board member and Director General elect of CERN, Rolf Heuer, gave a fascinating keynote speech at the recent Academic Publishing in Europe conference. He highlighted the full benefits of open access by going into some detail about what can be done when all articles in high-energy physics are open access, as the SCOAP3 initiative intends. When all data in HEP is OA, Heuer envisages commenting, tagging, text and data-mining, new bibliometrics to measure research impact, aggregation of related material and the preservation and re-use of experimental data. True open access is much more than simple free pdfs.

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John Dupuis, who runs the Confessions of a Science Librarian blog, recently interviewed PhysMath Central's Chris Leonard as part of an occasional series highlighting the views of people in the scientific publishing world.

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