AIP Publishing

What AIP Publishing does

AIP Publishing LLC is a wholly owned not-for-profit subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics, operating a scholarly publishing platform focused on the physical sciences. The company publishes peer-reviewed journals (including the APL family of open access titles), AIP Conference Proceedings (over 100,000 articles across 1,700+ volumes), Physics Today magazine, Scilight research highlights, books, and backfile digital archives dating to 1929. It serves academic researchers, institutional libraries, and scientific societies across 384 institutions in 24 countries.

The core technology stack includes the Peer X-Press (PXP) manuscript submission and peer review system; River Valley's ReView 3.0 platform, adopted in November 2025 for conference proceedings management; and Hum's Alchemist Review, an AI-assisted quality control layer deployed in June 2026 to flag scientific, integrity, and publication-readiness issues before publication. Revenue is generated primarily through institutional site licenses and annual subscriptions, open access article processing charges, print subscriptions, and backfile content licensing. The flagship commercial offering, AIP Fusion, bundles reading access and open access publishing into a single annual fee, eliminating per-article APCs for participating institutions. Distribution runs through a global direct sales force organized by territory (North America, Europe, China, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa), regional distributors in Japan and Taiwan, the pubs.aip.org self-service platform, and 15+ annual conference exhibitions.

In July 2025 the company divested its textbook imprint University Science Books to MIT Press (with Penguin Random House Publishing Services handling distribution), narrowing the portfolio to journals, conference proceedings, and news publications. Recent strategic activity includes new open access journal launches, transformative AIP Fusion agreements with Jisc (UK, 29 institutions) and UNAM (Mexico), and editor-in-chief appointments across multiple journals. Leadership includes CEO Alexandra (Alix) Vance, CFO Roy Levenson, Chief Publishing Officer Meredith LeMasurier, Chief Transformation Officer Ann Michael, and Chief Strategy Officer Dean Sanderson.

Name

AIP Publishing

Legal name

AIP Publishing LLC

Website

https://publishing.aip.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

AIP Publishing LLC is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher and subsidiary of the American Institute of Physics, producing peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and news publications in the physical sciences for academic researchers and institutional libraries worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Melville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Institutional Subscriptions: AIP Publishing generates revenue primarily through institutional site licenses and subscriptions. Libraries and research institutions pay annual fees for access to the journal portfolio. Subscriptions begin January 1 unless otherwise indicated, with prices subject to change.
2. Open Access Article Processing Charges (APCs): Authors publishing in open access journals pay article processing charges. AIP Fusion agreements combine reading access with publishing rights, allowing researchers at participating institutions to publish open access without individual APCs.
3. Print Subscriptions: Print subscriptions are available for journals, with additional shipping charges for destinations outside the USA and Possessions.
4. Backfile Content: Content published prior to 1999 is considered backfile content and may be priced separately from current subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AIP Publishing is a not-for-profit scholarly publisher that produces and distributes peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, books, and news publications spanning the physical sciences. The company sells institutional access through site licenses and subscriptions and supports open access publishing via transformative AIP Fusion agreements that combine reading access and publishing rights into a single annual fee. Its products and services are delivered through the pubs.aip.org online platform to researchers, academic libraries, and research institutions worldwide.

Product overview

AIP Publishing operates as a comprehensive scholarly publishing platform offering a portfolio of journals, conference proceedings, books, and news publications spanning the physical sciences. The core offering includes peer-reviewed journals (such as the APL family of open access publications including APL Energy and APL Machine Learning), AIP Conference Proceedings managed through ReView 3.0 with AI-assisted quality control via Alchemist Review, Physics Today as a flagship news publication, and Scilight for research discovery. Institutional access is provided through AIP Fusion—a combined reading and open access publishing subscription model—and Digital Archives for historical content dating to 1929. Additional services include Peer X-Press manuscript submission system, Author Services for language editing and translation, and Books including University Science Books titles. The portfolio serves researchers, librarians, and institutional customers across 384 institutions in 24 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AIP Fusion: Services-based model for institutional access combining reading access and open access publishing into a single agreement
• AIP Conference Proceedings
• Physics Today
• APL Energy
• APL Machine Learning

Products and services

• Journals Portfolio of peer-reviewed scientific journals spanning the physical sciences, including titles delivered through co-publishing partnerships with scientific societies and the American Institute of Physics federation. Sold via institutional site licenses and subscriptions to academic and research libraries worldwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• APL Energy received inaugural Journal Impact Factor of 4.4
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• JisccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Three-year AIP Fusion agreement expanding open access publishing across the United Kingdom. The agreement covers 29 participating institutions, providing streamlined access to AIP Publishing's subscription content and open access publishing opportunities for UK researchers.
• HumcoreTechnology or Integration · 11 June 2026Partnership to bring Alchemist Review AI-assisted quality control to AIP Conference Proceedings. The system helps identify papers with critical scientific, integrity, and publication-readiness issues before they enter the published record, supporting faster and more consistent decision-making at scale.
• UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2026Three-year agreement beginning in 2026 for UNAM to join the AIP Fusion open science publishing model. UNAM researchers gain unlimited access to journals and can publish open access without article processing charges, supporting transparency and sustainable open science.
• ACA: The Structural Science SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 December 2025Co-publishing partnership for the journal Structural Dynamics. AIP Publishing and ACA jointly appointed Mark Wilson as Editor-in-Chief, recognizing contributions to diffraction-based studies of enzyme dynamics using advanced X-ray sources.
• River Valley (ReView 3.0)coreTechnology or Integration · 21 November 2025AIP Publishing selected River Valley's ReView 3.0 platform to manage conference proceedings after trialing the system during live conferences. The platform has demonstrated significant efficiencies including reduced editorial turnaround times and workload, with integrated tools to ensure research integrity.
• Hebei University of TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2025Partnership to develop Harmonics and Scattering, a new open access journal launching in 2026. The journal will publish research related to optics, photonics, and materials science, emphasizing innovation and fundamental understanding.
• Penguin Random House Publishing ServicesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 26 October 2025Following the acquisition of University Science Books by MIT Press, inventory transferred to Penguin Random House Publishing Services for sales and distribution.
• MIT PressminorOthers · 10 June 2025MIT Press acquired University Science Books from AIP Publishing effective July 1, 2025. The acquisition included USB's prestigious list of textbooks in chemistry, physics, and astronomy, including John Taylor's Classical Mechanics and Don McQuarrie's Physical Chemistry.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Springer Nature: Springer Nature is a major commercial STM publisher with an extensive physical sciences and open access portfolio (including the Nature-branded journals). It overlaps with AIP Publishing in journal subscriptions, open access publishing, and society co-publishing deals.
• Taylor & Francis: Taylor & Francis is a large academic publisher with thousands of journals across STM and HSS, including overlap with AIP Publishing in physical and applied science categories and in consortia deal negotiations.
• Elsevier: Elsevier is the largest commercial STM publisher with a much broader portfolio across physical sciences, life sciences, and social sciences. It competes with AIP Publishing for the same institutional subscription and transformative agreement budgets globally.
• Wiley: Wiley operates a large academic publishing portfolio with significant physical and applied science journal coverage and a sizable open access program, competing with AIP Publishing for institutional library spend and consortia agreements.
• SAGE Publishing: SAGE Publishing is an academic and professional publisher with a portfolio spanning social sciences, STM, and technology. It is comparable to AIP Publishing as an institutional subscription competitor and is a former employer of AIP Publishing's CEO.

Direct peers

• Cambridge University Press: Cambridge University Press is a university-press academic publisher with a portfolio that includes physics and applied science journals and books, serving the same academic library customers as AIP Publishing.
• Oxford University Press: Oxford University Press publishes academic journals across physical and life sciences with a similar society co-publishing model, targeting the same institutional subscription and open access buyers as AIP Publishing.
• American Physical Society (APS): APS publishes peer-reviewed physics journals (Physical Review family) and serves the same core community of physics researchers as AIP Publishing, including co-publishing and overlap in society publishing relationships.
• IOP Publishing: IOP Publishing is the publishing arm of the Institute of Physics and a direct competitor in the physics research journal market, with a similar mix of subscription and open access journals serving the same global research community as AIP Publishing.
• American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications: ACS Publications is a society-led STM publisher with a large journal portfolio spanning chemistry and adjacent physical sciences, directly comparable to AIP Publishing's mix of society-co-published journals and conference proceedings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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