JOSA B articles published in 2026 will be open access with no publication fees: editorial

Key Points

• The aim is to inform about the transition to open access for JOSA B articles in 2026 without publication fees.
• Discussion of the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model
• Outline of main features related to open access
• All articles published in JOSA B from 2026 will be open access
• No publication fees will be required for authors