The American Nuclear Society is moving toward open-source publishing of its research, giving free access to the public to material published on its new platform.
“Open research is a significant and growing trend in the publishing world, and this new platform allows ANS members to publish quality content freely available for the public,” ANS CEO Craig Piercy said. “The benefits of open research are clear, which is why ANS is ecstatic to be a leader in the physical sciences by embracing a fully open research publishing option to support and grow our community.”
Founded in 1954 as an international professional organization of engineers and scientists devoted to the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology, the mission of ANS is “advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.” The new publishing platform was developed with open research publisher F1000 Research Ltd., a subsidiary of Taylor & Francis Group. The society has been working on the open-source publishing platform for more than a year.
“We are delighted to be working with ANS, an organization that understands and embraces open research in a critical field of science and human knowledge,” said Rebecca Lawrence, managing director of F1000. “F1000 looks forward to working with ANS to engage nuclear researchers in open research and its significant benefits, both in the U.S. and worldwide.”
“Open research is a significant and growing trend in the publishing world, and this new platform allows ANS members to publish quality content freely available for the public,” Piercy said. “The benefits of open research are clear, which is why ANS is ecstatic to be a leader in the physical sciences by embracing a fully open research publishing option to support and grow our community.”
ANS publishes two magazines (Nuclear News and Radwaste Solutions) and three peer-reviewed academic journals (Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nuclear Technology, and Fusion Science and Technology). Taylor & Francis prints the three academic journals.
ANS said it expects to roll out the new publishing platform early in 2023.