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<b>AIP Fusion </b></div>
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Powering open science with unlimited publishing, reading, and integrated services</div>
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Breaking barriers to open research is at the core of AIP Publishing’s mission. We’re therefore proud to officially announce AIP Fusion, a progressive new business model and powerful next step in making physics research more open, fair, and impactful for the
researchers and global community we serve.</div>
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<b>A Model Built with Libraries, for Libraries </b></div>
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Developed through extensive consultation with an international group of libraries and consortia, AIP Fusion moves beyond the traditional “article economy” to a services-based model that offers unlimited reading and publishing services in AIPP’s full portfolio
of 40+ publications under one simple, transparent agreement. </div>
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<b>Under one annual fee, your institution receives:</b></div>
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<div role="presentation" class="elementToProof">Unlimited reading access to our portfolio of 40+ AIP Publishing and partner journals, from 1999 to present (frontfile)—including new titles launched during the term.</div>
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<div role="presentation" class="elementToProof">Unlimited open access publishing in any AIPP or partner journal—including gold OA titles—without APCs or article caps.</div>
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Building on our open science pillars—increasing transparency, improving access, embracing difference, and ensuring sustainability—AIP Fusion fosters a more sustainable research ecosystem where scientific integrity, not volume, drives progress. </div>
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<b>Learn more:</b> Read the full press release:</div>
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<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk539532" href="https://publishing.aip.org/about/news/aip-publishing-launches-pilot-of-aip-fusion-a-new-model-for-open-science-in-the-physical-sciences/">https://publishing.aip.org/about/news/aip-publishing-launches-pilot-of-aip-fusion-a-new-model-for-open-science-in-the-physical-sciences/</a></div>
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<b>For more information, contact:</b></div>
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