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