Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, and the Sinopec Geophysical Research Institute (SGRI), Nanjing, China, have announced the renewal of their publishing partnership. Building on nine years of collaboration, the partnership will ensure that the Journal of Geophysics and Engineering continues to be a distinguished journal within its field.

The Journal of Geophysics and Engineering covers research and developments in geophysics and related areas of engineering. Since the journal was first published in 2004, the journal has grown significantly and is now published six times per year.

Over half of IOP's journals are published in partnership with other learned societies and research organisations. IOP aims to provide high-quality publishing services to authors, readers, librarians and partners to disseminate research within the international scientific community.

Physics Letters B, Elsevier's flagship journal in high energy physics, has announced that the observations of the long-sought Higgs particle, hailed as one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time, have been published. The papers 'Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC' and 'Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC' are freely available online on ScienceDirect.

In July 2012, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva announced they had captured a new particle that may be the elusive Higgs boson in two gigantic experiments, ATLAS and CMS, both of which independently confirmed the particle's existence. A world-wide collaboration of more than 5,000 researchers contributed to the discovery.

The existence of the Higgs particle was first predicted in 1964 by three groups of leading physicists independently — François Englert and Robert Brout in August, Peter Higgs in October, and Gerald Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, and Tom Kibble (GHK) in November. Its discovery completes the Standard Model of particle physics and, most importantly, validates the theories developed over the last 50 years explaining how elementary particles can have mass.

Physics Letters B is the flagship journal in high energy physics. The journal will change from a subscription based model into an open access model by the start of 2014. The journal has been included in SCOAP3 (Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics), a new model for open access publishing. Benefits of publishing in Physics Letters B as part of the SCOAP3 model include perpetual open access, no charges to authors, wide re-use licenses as well as reduction and re-direction of subscription fees to centrally cover for article processing charges in participating journals.

Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of a new journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. This brings IOP’s existing journals portfolio to 69 titles.

An electronic-only journal, Methods and Applications in Fluorescence will cover developments in fluorescence spectroscopy, imaging, fluorescent probes, labels and materials. It will focus on both methods and advanced applications and will accept original research articles, review articles and technical notes. The journal aims to be the natural forum for the very highest quality papers in the field.

Alongside the Editorial Board, three Editors-in-Chief will direct the journal in order to successfully cover the broad scope of the journal. The Editors-in-Chief are: Prof. David Birch of the University of Strathclyde, UK; Prof. Yves Mély of the University of Strasbourg, France; and Prof. Otto S Wolfbeis of the University of Regensburg, Germany.

IOP will manage the peer-review process in conjunction with the journal's Editorial Board, as well as take responsibility for the production, sales and marketing of the journal. It will be published quarterly and will be freely available online until the end of 2013. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence is currently open for submission of papers.

Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced a five-year partnership with Astro Ltd to publish two established journals in the field of laser physics - Laser Physics and Laser Physics Letters.

As a result of this new deal, IOP will begin publishing Laser Physics and Laser Physics Letters in January 2013. In addition, Laser Physics Letters will be free to read on the IOP journal platform, iopscience.org, from July 2012 until the end of December 2012.

Additionally, IOP will take responsibility for the production, sales and marketing for both journals. Astro Ltd will continue to manage the peer-review process in conjunction with the journal's Editorial Board.

Physics World, the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics, has been named best ‘Magazine – Professional Association or Royal College’ at the annual MemCom Awards held in London, UK.

The MemCom Awards recognise excellence in membership communications and are judged on criteria including creativity, editorial quality and effectiveness in meeting communication objectives.

Published for the Institute by IOP Publishing, Physics World covers the latest developments in the global physics community, and includes features from the world's leading physicists and science writers. Members of the Institute consistently identify the magazine as one of their most important member benefits. In a 2011 member survey, 87 percent of respondents named Physics World as one of their top three reasons for joining and maintaining their Institute membership.

In 2011, Physics World launched a new digital version of the magazine, viewable online and via apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. The digital version forms part of a new digital-only membership grade called IOPimember. Over 1000 new IOPimembers have joined the Institute since launch in February 2011.

In the last few weeks, Physics World has been nominated in three other awards - ‘Best Use of Social Media’ at the SIPAwards; 'Cross-Media Project 2012' at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards; and ‘Best Video Journalism' at the Online Media Awards.

AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced that its open access journal AIP Advances will now be indexed in several Thomson Reuters databases, which serve as vital scholarly resources for the international research community. This is an important milestone for the journal and is evidence of its impact on scientific research.

Thomson Reuters' editors use a number of tools to assess the scholarly merit of a journal being evaluated for coverage. Among the criteria established by the editors are timeliness of publication, quality of editorial content, international diversity of authors and editors, adherence to international editorial conventions, and the use of peer review.

Launched in 2011, AIP Advances will be indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (also known as SciSearch) of Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition and Current Contents/Physical Chemical and Earth Sciences, going back to Volume 1, Issue 1.

AIP Advances is an open access, online-only journal, covering all areas of applied physical science. All articles published in the journal are peer reviewed and assessed for originality and technical correctness. The significance of each article is evaluated by the community after publication through the implementation of commenting and ranking tools as well as via the posting of article-level metrics. Authors also retain copyright to their work and all articles published in the journal are made freely available to readers worldwide.

American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced that two new open-access journals will join the distinguished ranks of publications produced by the AIP later this year. The journals – JAP Materials and APL Materials – will be affiliated with AIP's two premier applied physics journals, Journal of Applied Physics (JAP) and Applied Physics Letters (APL), and will feature research on materials, their functions, and their potential applications.

As with the parent journals, articles will undergo a thorough peer review process overseen by an editor and an international team of associate editors. Likewise, the journals will emulate their parent publications in scope.

JAP Materials will provide in-depth coverage on the full breadth of research related to materials science, with a focus on significant new theoretical and experimental discoveries.

APL Materials will feature original research on significant topical issues within the field of materials science, but as a Letters journal it will also emphasise the timeliness of this research.

Both journals will be freely available to the global research community. Authors will retain copyright under a Creative Commons license.

Academic publisher Oxford University Press (OUP) and the Physical Society of Japan have announced that they will be working together to publish Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (PTEP). This international title will be a fully open access, online-only journal, publishing articles on theoretical and experimental physics.

PTEP will be the successor title to Progress of Theoretical Physics currently published jointly by the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Physical Society of Japan. PTEP will publish monthly from 2012, and Progress of Theoretical Physics will be merged into PTEP in January 2013.

The journal mainly covers areas including particles and fields, nuclear physics, astrophysics and cosmology, beam physics and instrumentation, and general and mathematical physics.

Physica Scripta, an international journal for experimental and theoretical physics, has announced the appointment of Dr Suzy Lidström as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal.

Dr Lidström is currently self-employed, working with Swedish researchers on their publications. She undertakes a range of tasks from proofreading and copy-editing through to assisting with funding applications. Dr Lidström's research and business experience makes her a natural fit to lead Physica Scripta. She also brings to the journal a tremendous enthusiasm for the public understanding of science.

Professor Wäppling will officially hand over his role to Dr Lidström in February 2012 but will continue to act as consultant to the editorial board for the next few months. Two editorials from Professor Wäppling and Dr Lidström will be published in the March and April issues of Physica Scripta.

Physica Scripta is published by the IOP on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Science Academies and the Physical Societies of the Nordic Countries. It is an international journal for experimental and theoretical physics comprising strong components of atomic, molecular and optical physics, plasma physics, condensed matter physics and mathematical physics. The journal publishes Comments in six different sections and maintains a programme of Topical Issues alongside the regular 12 issues.

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AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced new cover designs for its portfolio of leading journals. The coherent new look will give each journal a fresh, consistent appearance without altering any of the high-quality content that the physics community has relied on for years.

AIP Publishing will begin rolling out the new designs in January 2012, starting with Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, and The Journal of Chemical Physics. The roll out will continue throughout the first quarter of 2012 based on the publishing cycle of each journal.

The new look, which is already familiar to users of the publisher's online journals, will make its debut with 2012 print editions of these AIP's journals: Applied Physics Letters, Chaos, Journal of Applied Physics, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data, Low Temperature Physics, Physics of Fluids, Physics of Plasmas and Review of Scientific Instruments. The online-only journals - AIP Advances, Biomicrofluidics, Journal of Laser Applications and Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy - also feature the same look on their homepages.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, and the China National Science and Technology Library (NSTL) have signed a three year national agreement. The new arrangement will make 14 titles from seven major scientific societies available to Chinese researchers in 2012-2014.

The new deal includes journals published in partnership by IOP and several global scientific societies including the European Physical Society, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, and covers the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry, fluid mechanics, electronic science and technology, medicine and biology.

This is the second arrangement between IOP and the NSTL following the 2008 deal which made the IOP historic archive accessible to researchers in China.

The titles made available by this deal are: Biofabrication; EPL; Fluid Dynamics Research; Izvestiya: Mathematics; Journal of Breath Research; Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics; Journal of Instrumentation; Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment; Physica Scripta; Physics-Uspekhi; Quantum Electronics; Russian Chemical Reviews; Russian Mathematical Surveys; and Sbornik: Mathematics.

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STM publisher Springer and the Korean Physical Society (KPS) will collaborate to publish the society's official publication, the Journal of the Korean Physical Society (JKPS), beginning in 2012. The journal is dedicated to disseminating and publishing significant and original research results in all branches of physics from scientists based in Korea and around the world.

The Journal of the Korean Physical Society is an international journal focusing on high-level research results in physics, including condensed matter physics, atomic and molecular physics, nuclear physics, elementary particle physics, and optics, fluid and plasma physics among many others. The broad diversity of research fields contributes to the further development of physics. Besides original articles, the JKPS publishes review papers, letters, brief reports, and comments contributed by scientists from all over the world. Special issues are devoted to current research in a particular area of physics.

Starting with Volume 59, Issue 1, 2012, Springer is responsible for the distribution of the printed version of the JKPS to subscribers outside of Korea and will make the electronic version available worldwide. The journal appears twenty-four times a year.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the appointment of Professor Simon Cherry as the new Editor-in-Chief of the journal Physics in Medicine & Biology (PMB), effective January 1, 2012. He will succeed Professor Steve Webb, who leaves the position having done an impressive job taking the publication forward.

Published by IOP Publishing on behalf of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, PMB covers the application of practical and theoretical physics to medicine and biology, and is especially concerned with cutting-edge research in the areas of radiotherapy physics and medical imaging.

Professor Cherry, Director of the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at the University of California, Davis, has already made an outstanding contribution to PMB, publishing 40 papers in the journal, averaging over 40 citations per paper, and spending eight years on its Editorial Board.

Outside of publishing, Professor Cherry has been elected fellow of the Institute of Physics, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and has been honoured with an Outstanding Mid-Career Faculty Research award by his university.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced a new deal with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Under the deal, researchers from CAS will now be able to access nearly 140 years of scientific research.

The new arrangement gives researchers access to content published from 2003-2007 and follows previous long-term preservation agreements signed in 2010 and the national license agreement signed with the National Science and Technology Library for the historic archive in 2008. As a result of these arrangements researchers at CAS now have access to IOP content from 1874 to the present day and keep all this data as dark archive.

Chinese Academy of Sciences is a leading academic institution and comprehensive research and development centre in natural science, technological science and high-tech innovation in China.

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The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) has announced that David P. Jackson will assume the position of Editor for the American Journal of Physics in 2012.

A recipient of numerous awards and grants, Jackson is a frequent presenter at national and international physics conferences. His publications have appeared in such journals as Physical Review Letters and Science, and he co-authored a textbook for non-science majors titled Explorations in Physics. Additionally, he regularly contributes to the American Journal of Physics as a reviewer and as an author.

Jackson will begin working with Jan Tobochnik, the current editor, this fall. During that time he will be considering candidates for the position of Associate Editor.

The American Journal of Physics (AJP) informs physics education globally with member subscriptions, institutional subscriptions, such as libraries and physics departments, and consortia agreements. It is geared to an advanced audience, primarily at the college level. Contents include novel approaches to laboratory and classroom instruction, insightful articles on topics in classical and modern physics, apparatus and demonstration notes, historical or cultural topics, resource letters, research in physics education, and book reviews.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced that the 2010 Impact Factors, published by Thomson Reuters, show significant growth for many of its journals for the seventh consecutive year.

This year, 73 percent of the titles published by IOP have seen an increase in Impact Factor from last year. Journals published by IOP have had an average increase in Impact Factor of 7 percent, with 25 titles achieving an Impact Factor increase of over 10 percent. Additionally, 27 journals have Impact Factors above 2.000 and 14 journals have Impact Factors above 3.000.

There were high performances from individual journals including the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter; Physics in Medicine and Biology; Journal of Instrumentation; Smart Materials and Structures; and Journal of Optics. A selection of the most-cited papers for these best-performing IOP journals has been made free to read online. Papers can be accessed through the journal homepages on iopscience.org/journals.

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AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has launched a Chinese-language version of its website (http://china.aip.org), which gives Chinese researchers access to critical information about AIP in their own language. The new website marks the first anniversary of the opening of AIP's Beijing office.

The site mirrors much of the content found on the English-language website, including links to AIP journals and conference proceedings, and to information on how authors can submit their manuscripts.

AIP points to a number of accomplishments they have made since opening the doors to their new office in 2010. In June 2010, AIP signed a new content-sharing agreement between its flagship magazine, Physics Today, and Wuli, a leading physics magazine published by the Chinese Physical Society. In December of that year, AIP spearheaded the establishment of China's first Society of Physics Students chapter, and in February of 2011, entered into a partnership with the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics to publish its latest journal, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, on behalf of the society.

Also, in March 2011, AIP signed an agreement with Edanz Group Ltd, which makes it easier and more cost-effective for AIP authors in China to use Edanz's English-language editing services.

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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced that it will refocus its publishing portfolio on its original and core mission for its scholarly publishing enterprise - the publishing of AIP's suite of journals and those of its Member Societies.

This strategic move is expected to allow the organisation to allocate its resources more effectively to publish the best research in the physical sciences, deliver greater value to AIP stakeholders, and serve the physical science community worldwide. AIP will continue to serve the community through its extensive outreach, public policy, and education programmes.

AIP's Member Societies created AIP 80 years ago for the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. This mission has been at the heart of AIP's publishing programme since its beginnings. With an extensive catalogue of top-cited journals, AIP claims to be one the world's leading physical science publishers. Collectively, AIP Member Societies represent a broad cross-section of the global physical science community.

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The American Physical Society has called for submissions to Physical Review X (PRX), the new online, open access research journal from APS covering all fields of physics. Authors and research institutions worldwide are invited to be a part of this new venture.

PRX is committed to publishing original research in pure, applied, and interdisciplinary fields, which will be valued by a global readership. The journal will provide validation through prompt and rigorous peer review, and an open access venue within the Physical Review family of publications. The first issue of PRX is planned for September 2011.

Jorge Pullin, Chair of the Horace C. Hearne, Jr. Institute for Theoretical Physics and professor in the Louisiana State University Center for Computation & Technology and Department of Physics and Astronomy will serve as the journal's editor. He will be supported by a strong international editorial board of distinguished scientists.

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AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced a new partnership with the Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics (CJCP). Beginning in 2012, AIP will manage hosting, sales, marketing and distribution of CJCP for all international markets outside China. CJCP will maintain editorial control of the journal and distribution in China.

AIP will begin hosting CJCP on its Scitation platform in January 2012. AIP sees CJCP as an ideal complement to its own Journal of Chemical Physics. CJCP expects to enjoy a higher degree of discoverability and improved journal quality and prestige following the agreement with AIP.

Launched in 1988, CJCP reports on new and original experimental and theoretical research, bridging atomic- and molecular-level investigations in material science, chemistry, physics, the life sciences and related fields. It comprises letters, articles and reviews. CJCP is one of 24 journals published by the Chinese Physical Society and is indexed in Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index Expanded, as well as in other major indexes.

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STM publisher Springer has announced a publishing partnership with the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF). Under the deal, Springer will publish the society's official publication, the Brazilian Journal of Physics, beginning in 2011. Antonio Sergio Teixeira Pires of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, serves as editor-in-chief of the journal.

Founded in 1971, the Brazilian Journal of Physics is a peer-reviewed international journal, which publishes new and original research results from all areas of physics. Content include theoretical, practical and experimental papers as well as high-quality review papers. Besides four regular issues per year, the journal also presents special reviews focusing on hot topics which are particularly relevant in Brazil.

The Brazilian Journal of Physics presents cutting-edge research on many topics in physics from scientists based in Brazil and around the world. Authors submitting papers to the journal will benefit from the international network of reviewers established by the Brazilian Physical Society. In addition to Springer's global dissemination via SpringerLink, the journal is currently distributed to more than 6,000 members of the Brazilian Physical Society.

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The American Physical Society (APS) recently presented the current Editorial Board for the Society's new, electronic-only, gold open access, primary research journal - Physical Review X.

The Editorial Board will assist in setting the standards of the journal and advise the editors regarding its direction and development. Members of the Board will also handle appeals in the tradition of the Physical Review journals. Editorial Board members of Physical Review X include many distinguished scientists from across the globe and from a very broad range of fields of physics and its applications.

The Society has also announced that the journal will begin receiving submissions of research articles starting May 4, 2011. The scope of the journal will be the broadest among the Physical Review journals, encompassing, and expanding beyond, the areas of coverage of all the existing Physical Review journals. The criteria for acceptance will be originality, high technical quality, scientific rigor, and significance, in keeping with the high standards of the established journals.

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AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced that the first articles in the debut issue of its new journal, AIP Advances, are now published online. AIP Advances is an open access (OA) journal focusing on applied research in the physical sciences.

The journal combines a streamlined review process with post-publication commenting tools to strike a balance between expert peer review and the need for rapid dissemination of information and comment from the community. It will allow articles to rise to prominence on their own merits, putting these articles at the heart of conversations taking place in science today. All articles are published under a Creative Commons license-authors retain copyright.

An impressive group of executive editors oversees AIP Advances. Among them are: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a Packard and Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, has announced that its membership magazine, Physics World, has launched three digital content streams that will allow members access to the magazine in new ways.

Majority of members already receive a print edition of Physics World every month, and have previously been able to access a basic version online. The new online edition offers greatly improved functionality that for the first time gives readers a variety of viewing options. This includes the ability to flick through the magazine, download individual articles and search across all articles and images in any issue going back to January 2010.

In addition to this, from March 2011 readers will also be able to download an iPad and iPhone app, which has been developed to provide readers with anywhere, anytime access to current and back issues. An Android version is also in development for the near future. The impetus for the change is the launch of IOPimember, the new digital membership grade that has been designed to open up membership beyond the traditional UK focus to a broader audience around the world.

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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced the launch of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML). Co-published with the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, the new journal is projected to be an essential source of groundbreaking research from scientists worldwide.

The access model AIP will initially follow calls for granting free trial access upon request. TAML will be published bimonthly, and will contain short, original articles in all areas of theoretical and applied mechanics, as well as in engineering-related fields.

Prof. Jiachun Li of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Yonggang Huang of the Northwestern University will serve as co-editors. It is expected that teaming these high-profile researchers with AIP's extensive STM publishing experience and leading-edge hosting technology will ensure rapid communication of the highest quality research to scientists worldwide.

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The American Physical Society has announced the launch of Physical Review X (PRX), an online, open access, primary research journal for authors in all fields of physics. Jorge Pullin, Chair of the Horace C. Hearne, Jr. Institute for Theoretical Physics and professor in the Louisiana State University Center for Computation & Technology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, will serve as the Editor of the journal.

PRX will publish original, scientifically sound research that advances physics and will be of value to the global multidisciplinary readership. PRX will provide validation through prompt and rigorous peer review, and an open access venue in accord with the strong reputation of the Physical Review family of publications.

Articles in PRX will be published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, leaving copyright with the authors. The funding required to make PRX freely available will derive from article-processing charges of $1500 per article. These will cover the expenses associated with peer review, composition, hosting, and archiving.

A Call for Papers will be issued in March 2011 and the first article will be published later in 2011.

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Wiley-VCH, the German subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, US, and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) have extended their cooperation on the publication of the DPG member magazine, Physik Journal. The new agreement builds on almost 40 years of collaboration and claims to secure the long-term future of the publication.

With a monthly circulation of over 60,000, Physik Journal claims to be the largest German-language physics magazine. The journal publishes a lively mixture of research and technical news from physics and related areas, developments in physics education, and information on the activities of the DPG and the physics community. It is also projected as a key medium for product information and recruitment advertising.

The new agreement addresses the importance of the trend from print to on-line editorial and advertising activities. It therefore secures significantly extended electronic services for DPG members, and the provision of all 57 volumes of the Physikalische Blätter (the magazine's name until 2001) in open access.

The extension of the agreement also guarantees the maintenance of the editorial quality of Physik Journal. The four members of the editorial team work at the publisher´s office in Weinheim which is an editorial base of a number of nationally and internationally renowned scientific journals.

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AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), has announced the launch of AIP Advances, an open access journal focusing on applied research in the physical sciences.

AIP Advances seeks to provide researchers a new way to rapidly and effectively bring their work to the attention of the global physical sciences community. All articles are published under the Creative Commons license. Authors of accepted manuscripts pay a processing fee so their work is freely available worldwide immediately upon publication.

Accelerated peer review, overseen by a leading international team of Executive and Associate Editors, ensures rapid publication. The significance of each article is complemented through post-publication evaluation by the entire applied physical sciences community.

To celebrate the launch, AIP Publishing is offering free publication to the first 100 authors whose articles are accepted.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, and the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Commission on Computational Physics have signed a five-year framework agreement for publishing open-access conference proceedings. This is the first formal publishing agreement of its kind between IOP and IUPAP.

Under the deal, the proceedings of the annual Conference on Computational Physics will be published as volumes within the open access Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). JPCS is a fully open-access proceedings journal which covers the entire spectrum of physics research, publishing more than 60 proceedings per year. Its rapid growth and adoption by the international physics community is reflected in more than 150,000 article downloads every month. Authors retain the copyright of their proceedings papers.

The new arrangement comes into effect immediately. The proceeding of the October 2011 event in Gatlinburg, TN, USA, will be the first to be published in the JPCS.

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Non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the launch of its first Spanish language website to help create better access to its services in Latin America. The site has been launched in response to research by IOP publishing among scientists, librarians, and students in Latin America about scholarly communications.

The new site will have information about upcoming scientific meetings in Latin America, the most recent scientific research coming out of the continent, and ways that researchers in Latin America are partnering with IOP. The site is now live at www.latinoamerica.iop.org.

This is the third own language site launched by IOP Publishing in 2010 and follows the earlier launches of http://china.iop.org and http://japan.iop.org.

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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced that AIP journals produced nearly one quarter of the articles in the Applied Physics category last year, and received almost 40 percent of all the cited references in the category. These numbers are among the figures reported in the 2009 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2010).

The journals Applied Physics Letters (APL) and Journal of Applied Physics (JAP) once again ranked as the first and second most highly cited journals in their category. APL (apl.aip.org), the most highly cited journal in Applied Physics, garnered 186,353 citations during 2009 and JAP (jap.aip.org) received 115,445.

AIP has also announced the results of JCR rankings for a number of its other highly respected publications. The Journal of Chemical Physics was the most highly cited of the 33 journals in Atomic, Molecular, and Chemical Physics, coming close to equaling the total number of citations of the next three journals combined. Biomicrofluidics saw a 25 percent jump in impact factor to 2.895, placing it in the top 5 in Fluids & Plasmas in just its second year being tracked by Thomson Reuters.

AIP's flagship magazine, Physics Today also saw a significant rise in its impact factor of more than 20 percent to 4.437. Physics of Plasmas was again the most highly cited journal dedicated entirely to plasma physics. Physics of Fluids was the second most highly cited of the 123 journals in Mechanics and the third most highly cited of 28 journals in Fluids & Plasmas. Review of Scientific Instruments is the third most highly cited of the 56 journals in Instruments & Instrumentation. Journal of Mathematical Physics enjoyed a more than 20 percent increase in its impact factor.

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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced a new content-sharing agreement between AIP's physics magazine, Physics Today, and Wuli, a leading physics monthly published by the Chinese Physical Society in Beijing.

Under the agreement, which will expire after one year, Wuli editors will translate and publish up to three pages of selections from Physics Today, each month. AIP will reserve full copyright of the articles.

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Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, published by non-profit scientific publisher Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing, UK, has announced the publication of a special issue on entanglement entropy in extended quantum systems. The special issue is free-to-read until July 1, 2010.

Entanglement entropy has been revealed to be a fruitful probe of quantum properties of many-body systems and of quantum field theory. Its connections to many diverse areas of theoretical physics have developed very rapidly. Yet, many aspects are still to be studied, and it is a subject of intensive research worldwide. The review articles is this special issue, guest edited by Pasquale Calabrese, John Cardy and Benjamin Doyon, seek to provide an assessment of progress in the field.

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical reports research on the mathematical structures that describe fundamental processes of the physical world and on the analytical, computational and numerical methods for exploring these structures. Each issue of the journal is split into six sections. This includes statistical physics; chaotic and complex systems; mathematical physics; quantum mechanics and quantum information theory; classical and quantum field theory; and fluid and plasma theory.

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