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Saad E. Hebboul A history of Saad E. Hebboul The American Physical Society, Ridge, NY J. Sandweiss C. Wesselborg J. Ripka G. Basbas M. Antonoyiannakis J. Throwe R. B. Schuhmann S. Daffer D. Ucko R. Garisto D. Hall S. G. Brown B. M. Johnson L. Miao T. Duke S. Mitra V. L. Miller F. Narducci J. Malenfant Y. Millev D. van Heijnsbergen K. J. Thomas Support Staff http://prl.aps.org/50years/timeline OUTLINE 1893 The Physical Review 1913 APS Takeover 1929 Letters To The Editor 1958 Physical Review Letters 2008 Present PHYSICS JOURNALS Before 1893 EUROPE Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ( UK, 1665 ) Annalen der Physik ( Germany, 1790 ) Philosophical Magazine ( UK, 1798 ) Comptes Rendus ( France, 1835 ) Nuovo Cimento ( Italy, 1855 ) Nature ( UK, 1869 ) UNITED STATES American Journal of Science ( Geology, Mineralogy, Fossils, …, 1818 ) AMERICAN PHYSICS PAPERS … … buried between layers of papers on FOSSILS & ROCKS … Hartman ( 1994 ), p. 23 THE PHYSICAL REVIEW ( July 1893 ) Franklin Hall Cornell University Edward L. Nichols Ernest Merritt Frederick Bedell FIRST PHYSICAL REVIEW ARTICLE ( 1893 ): FIRST MINOR CONTRIBUTION ( 1893 ): AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY TAKES OVER THE PHYSICAL REVIEW January 1913 SERIES II Formed in 1899 5 10 MEMBERSHIP 1899 -- 2007 104 3 MEMBERS 10 102 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 YEAR 50 MEMBERSHIP 1899 -- 2007 40 ) 3 30 10 ( 20 MEMBERS 10 0 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 YEAR 500 0.6 450 PUBLISHED 0.5 PHYS. REV. ARTICLES 400 1893 -- 1930 0.4 350 0.3 300 0.2 250 0.1 CORNELL UNIV. FRACTION 200 0.0 150 PUBLISHED ARTICLES / YEAR 100 50 0 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 YEAR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR July 1929 John T. Tate University of Minnesota FIRST LETTER TO THE EDITOR ( 1929 ) PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS July 1958 Sam Goudsmit George Trigg Brookhaven National Laboratory Long Island, New York GOALS & CRITERIA TIME FIELDS OF SCIENCE CROSS-FIELD FERTILIZATION TIME FIELDS OF SCIENCE EXAMPLE OF THREE EARLY IMPORTANT LETTERS Bardeen, PRL 1, 399 (1958): Matthias, Suhl, Corenzwit, PRL 1, 449 (1958): Franken, Hill, Peters, Weinreich, PRL 7, 118 (1961): EDITORIAL OFFICE ERASES THE EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE Missing image of second harmonic From: Franken, Hill, Peters, Weinreich, PRL 7, 118 (1961) N. Bloembergen, Physics Today, October 1993, p. 28 GOES ON TO PUBLISH … Concepts & Ideas Discoveries + Nobel Prizes 12.5 RECEIPTS TOTAL 10.0 1958 -- 2007 7.5 / YEAR ) 3 10 ( 5.0 REST EUROPE USA RECEIPTS 2.5 0.0 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR 5 100% PUBLISHED LETTERS 1963 -- 2007 4 80% / YEAR ) 3 3 60% 10 ( 2 40% ACCEPTANCE RATE 1 20% PUBLISHED LETTERS 0 0% 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR 25 12.5 EDITORS 1958 -- 2007 20 10.0 15 7.5 / YEAR ) 3 10 ( 10 5.0 EDITORS 5 2.5 RECEIPTS 0 0.0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR 25 12.5 EDITORS 1958 -- 2007 20 10.0 15 7.5 / YEAR ) 3 10 ( 10 5.0 EDITORS 5 2.5 RECEIPTS 0 0.0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 YEAR EARLY TRANSFORMATIONS Abstracts & Length Limitation ( 1966, 1967 ) Two Referees ( 1972 ) Editorial Board & Appeals ( 1974, 1979 ) Goals & Acceptance Criteria ( 1982 ) RECENT TRANSFORMATIONS Front Cover Figures ( 2001 ) Electronic Office Project ( 2004 ) More No-Review Returns ( 2005 ) Editors’ Suggestions ( 2007 ) SUMMARY & CONCLUSION 1893 The Physical Review 1913 APS Takeover Growth 1929 Letters To The Editor Growth & Delays 1958 Physical Review Letters Cross-Field Fertilization Growth Many Transformations 2008 Present Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:30 PM -- 8:30 PM Balcony L - M Marriott Hotel EDITORS OF THE PHYSICAL REVIEW G. W. F. Drake M. Weinert R. Ray M. Malloy M. D. Eager R. Narayanan D. J. Bukman J. Kim-Zajong M. Poko L. A. Collins B. Rubin G. S. Grest F. Dalfovo S. H. Farrant M. Barthelemy J. Gea-Banacloche A. Y. Loudon R. Dickman M. Hillery J. W. Taylor B. Duenweg K. B. MacAdam K. Taylor B. Eckhardt F. Narducci M. Rupolo B. M. Johnson M. Saffman B. F. Gibson J. F. Marko M. Foster S. C. Capstick J. D. Maynard J. M. Gargano R. F. Casten A. Politi J. Masterson B. W. Filippone J. Selinger V. L. Miller W. R. Gibbs A. Klironomos T. Pattard J. I. Kapusta S. K. Kancharla J. Popadiuk W. G. Love T. Arena D. J. Millener L. Zhang C. Wesselborg P. D. Adams J. T. Lenaghan A. M. Begley E. J. Weinberg A. Goland D. L. Nordstrom K. G. Lynn U. M. Heller W. H. Weber R. D. Pisarski EDITORIAL DIRECTOR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dan Kulp Gene Sprouse Marty Blume ( Emeritus ) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHORS REFEREES READERS MAIN MATERIAL SOURCES BOOKS P. Hartman, The Physical Review: A history of the first hundred years, ( 1994 ) The Physical Review: The first hundred years, edited by H. Stroke ( 1995 ) ARTICLES The Physical Review Physical Review Letters N. Bloembergen, Physical Review Records the Birth of the Laser Era, Physics Today (1993) R. K. Adair & E. M. Henley, Physical Review Centenary: From basic research to high Technology, Physics Today ( 1993 ) WEBSITES http://prl.aps.org/50years/timeline http://prl.aps.org/50years/milestones http://prola.aps.org http://astech.library.cornell.edu/ast/phys/ additional/History-of-Physics.cfm http://nobelprize.org http://www.clipart.com.
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