JHEP is to be published by Springer

Just received an interesting email:

Dear Colleague,

we would like to inform you that as of 1st January 2010, JHEP will be published by Springer.

This agreement is based on the following key principles:

* The scientific community will remain in full control of all the scientific and editorial aspects of the Journal.
* As in the past, the subscription fee for JHEP remains as low as possible, covering no more than the actual costs of the journal and its development.
* The general financial conditions offered by Springer will allow us to pursue in the long term our aims of ensuring scientists a better compensation for their editorial and peer-review activity, and to continue to invest in research and development, thereby remaining at the very forefront of modern technologies applied to scientific publishing.
* The agreement with Springer on both subscriptions fees and open access activities adequately reflects the strategic views, anticipated market developments and willingness to explore new avenues of scientific publishing by both parties in the field of High-Energy Physics and beyond.

Best regards,

Daniele Amati
Marc Henneaux
Hector Rubinstein

Does the same fate await JCAP as well?

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