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Selected Gold open access journals in physics
 New Journal of Physics (IOP/JAP): the veteran with an impact of 3.6 as of 2017
Physical Review X (APS): launched 2011, impact 14.4 as of 2017
Nanophotonics (De Gruyter): launched 2012, impact 6.0 as of 2017
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (NIMS/TaylorFrancis): open access from 2013, impact 4.8 as of 2017
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (Beilstein institute): launched 2010, impact 3.0 as of 2017, no publication charges!
SciPost Physics (Community, arXiv overlay): launched 2016, no publication charges!
Nature Communications (Nature): impact 12.4 as of 2017 (you pay for the name)
AIP Advances (AIP): launched 2011, impact 1.7 as of 2017
Journal/Publisher copyright policy
The self-archiving of articles on preprint-servers is referred to as green open access. I have compiled a table and list summarizing the policy of different scientific publishers concerning the provision of PDF downloads on author/institutional web-sites as well as the publication of pre-prints on arXiv (status as of February 2019). I refer to preprints as the author prepared version of the manuscript as submitted, while updated preprints (sometimes also termed postprints) include changes to the author's manuscript made during the review process. The published version is the PDF file prepared by the publisher. Most of the journals from the listed publishers also have open access options (hybrid open access), the price for which tends to be a little higher than for the gold open access journals. With Projekt Deal there is a drive to combine access and article charges for all German institutions to publish open access, but still keep access to all other published articles without extra charges.
The most liberal policies are listed first. Once an article you posted on arXiv is accepted, you usually need to add a comment (stating it is an author prepared version and the publisher is not liable), the doi-link and the citation to the record on the preprint server. Also when submitting to arXiv, you should use the "non-exclusive licence to distribute" in most cases. Note that besides wider accessibility and earlier availability, posting on arXiv also has the advantage that the source code will be mined by any search engine (as long as you submit LaTeX files), for example to facilitate formula searches.
Disclaimer: I have carefully compiled the following listing, but take no liability for the information. Please double-check on the publishers websites, as journal policies might evolve with time.
You can also refer to the List of academic journals by preprint policy on wikipedia or to the Sherpa/Romeo website.
| Publisher | PDF on author/employer site? | Posting on arXiv? | Sherpa/Romeo |
| APS | Publisher PDF | Updated preprint | Link |
| AIP | Publisher PDF after 12 months | Updated preprint | Link |
| IOP | Updated preprint | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 12 months | Link |
| Nature | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 6 months | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 6 months | Link |
| Wiley | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 12 months | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 12 months | Link |
| Springer | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 12 months | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after 12 months | Link |
| Elsevier | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after journal dependent embargo | Preprint anytime;
updated preprint after journal dependent embargo | Link |
| ACS | Preprint / provided pdf-link | Preprint
(update after 12 months if mandated) | Link |
Links:
arXiv - the preprint server for physics, math and computer science
Sherpa/Romeo information system on publisher preprint policies
Astrophysics Data System - an abstract database and search engine for the arXiv and physics journals
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