Scientific Writing Workshop General Brazil 2014

Physical Review Applied: The Newest Addition to the Physical Review Family of Journals

Julie Kim-Zajonz Managing Editor, Physical Review Applied October 20, 2014

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Outline

ª The Physical Review • Where we are • Who we are • What we do ª Physical Review Applied • Introduction and why we were created • What we want • Where we are going

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Where we are:

Ridge, NY

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Who we are: The Physical Review is published by the APS and it has grown over many years. RMP Since its incepon, it has split into a total of 12 journals. PRL

1893 PRE PRA 1929 1958 RMP PRL PRB Physical Review 1913 APS takes over PRC Physical Review 1970 PR splits into ABCD PRD Electronic Only 1998 PRST-AB Open 2005 PRST-PER Access 2008 PHYSICS { 2011 PRX 2014 PRApplied The APS Editorial Oﬃce Editor in Chief: Research areas: Gene D. Sprouse Nuclear Physics Stony Brook Univ. Atomic Physics

• In-house editors: ~45 (predominantly for PRL, PRB) • Remote editors (mostly acve researchers): ~ 60 PRA, PRC, PRD, PRE, and RMP • Support and technical staﬀ: ~100 Every 3 minutes a new submission received approx. 38,000

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Physical Review and Physical Review Letters January 1 – December 31, 2013

U. S. & Receipts Published Canada L. America 27% 24% 2% 2%

Europe Brazil 38% 2% 2% 7% Japan 6%

China 44% 13% 5%

3% Asia-Paciﬁc Indian M. East & 3% 6% Subcont Africa 5% 4% Country of origin of a paper determined by the location of the corresponding author

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org PR & PRL Receipts by Selected Countries* 50 China 45

35 Germany 30

25 Japan 20

(hundreds) France 15 Manuscript Receipts

10 Brazil 5 Netherlands 0 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 France Italy Netherlands Spain United Kingdom Germany China Japan India Israel Brazil (approx. 800 papers in 2013) *Threshold: At least 200 manuscripts in 1990 (excl. US & Canada) Percentage of submitted papers per year that end up being accepted 100 100 PRA PRC PRE PRB PRD PRL

Most recent data point (2014) is estimated 90 based on submissions Jan--Mar 90

80 80

70 70

60 60

50 50

40 40 Percentage of papers

30 30

20 20

10 Note: 2014 numbers are projections 10 based on submissions Jan-Mar. 0 0 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Year of submissions

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Percentage of published PRL papers per year Percentage of published PRB papers per year from certain countries from certain countries 9 9 13 13 China 12 Japan 12 France 8 8 Italy 11 Brazil 11

7 7 10 10

9 9 6 6 8 8 5 5 7 7

4 4 6 6 5 5 3 3 4 4

2 2 3 3 Percentage of papers World total

Percentage of papers World total 2 2 1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Year of publication Year of publication China France Brazil Japan Italy Argentina

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org What we do: Manage the peer review and publication process Author’s final manuscript

Copyedit, Manuscript compose in Accept archival XML, Editor index, make searchable, Manuscript Reject host Author (revised)

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APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Physical Review and Physical Review Letters Geographic Distribution for Referees Used

2003 2% 3% 1% 3% 2013 1% 5% 5% 1% 1% 2% 2% 2% 34%

41%

2% 45%

1% 49%

U. S. & Canada L. America Europe M. East & Africa Indian Subconnent China Japan Asia-Paciﬁc Brazil

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Outstanding Referees from Brazil

2008 George Emanuel Matsas Universidade Estadual Paulista 2008 Amir O. Caldeira Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2009 Sergio Machando Rezende Universidade Estadual de Pernambuco 2011 Luis Raul Abramo Universidade de Sao Paulo 2012 Luiz Davidovich Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2012 Klaus Capelle Universidade Federal do ABC 2014 Luiz Roberto Evangelista Universidade Estadual de Maringá

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Introducing Physical Review Applied

• Physical Review Applied: First subscription based journal started by APS since 1950’s responding to the need of the community • Lead Editor: Troy Shinbrot, Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers University • Diverse Editorial Board • Our goal: To publish highest quality papers in applied physics and provide authors with a good, thorough, and speedy review process

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Why Physical Review Applied?

• To provide a competitive platform for applied physics research • Papers rejected from other APS journals for being too applied in the more in “traditional” applied physics such as condensed matter physics, surface and interface physics, device physics, optics, etc., have received strong citations

• APS members polled prefer to publish in APS journals • To penetrate areas not well served • Physicists working in engineering and engineers working in physics • Some examples are bioengineering, energy & advanced materials, applied soft matter APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Our model for PRApplied

REVIEWS RMP

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LETTERS PRX

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RESEARCH ARTICLES (open PRA PRB PRC PRD PRE access)

PRApplied PRST-AB citaon rate

PRST-PER

Staff

Troy Shinbrot, Editor

Julie Kim-Zajonz, Managing Editor

Matthew Eager, Senior Assistant Editor

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Kai-Li Jiang Editorial Board Members Condensed Maer Physics, Tsinghua University, China

José Soares Andrade Jr. Dennis D. Klug Complex Systems, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil Materials Science, The Naonal Research Council Canada (NRC), Canada Robert L. Byer Opcs, Stanford University Gregory P. Meisner Condensed Maer Physics, General Motors (GM) Mildred Dresselhaus Condensed Maer Physics, Massachuses Instute of Technology Jenny Nelson (MIT) Renewable Energy, Imperial College London, UK

Paul A. Fleury Oliver G. Schmidt Condensed Maer Physics, Yale University Condensed Maer Physics, Leibniz-Instut für Festkörper- und Werkstoﬀforschung Dresden (IFW Dresden), Germany Stephen R. Forrest Opcs, University of Michigan Andrew J. Shields Quantum technology, Toshiba Research Europe, U.K. Joseph W. Freeman Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Mário G. Silveirinha Jersey Metamaterials, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Anee (Peko) Hosoi Mark D. Sles So Maer Physics, Massachuses Instute of Technology (MIT) Condensed Maer Physics, Naonal Instute of Standards & Technology (NIST) Jorge Íñiguez Condensed Maer Physics, Instut de Ciencia de Materials de Thomas Vogt Barcelona (ICMAB), Spain Materials Science, University of South Carolina (USC)

Heinrich Jaeger Haoshen Zhou So Maer Physics, The University of Chicago Renewable Energy, Naonal Instute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org PRApplied Receipts by Week

Direct Submissions Transfers 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 jul10.14 jul24.14 jan09.14 jan23.14 jun12.14 jun25.14 feb06.14 feb20.14 apr03.14 apr17.14 sep04.14 sep18.14 dec12.13 dec26.13 aug07.14 aug21.14 mar06.14 mar20.14 may01.14 may15.14 may29.14

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Publication Criteria for all Physical Review Journals

It is the policy of the American Physical Society that the Physical Review accept for publication those manuscripts that significantly advance physics and have been found to be scientifically sound, important to the field, and in satisfactory form.

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org What makes a successful PRApplied submission?

Papers should be: • Be forward thinking and provide a clear vision for future directions in applied physics, either in physical understanding or in technology • Present a qualitative, and not merely a quantitative or incremental, advance over prior work • Interest a large group of physicists and those using physics to make progress in other fields

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org PRApplied Receipts & Published Papers

Receipts Published 140 118 120 100 80 85 84 75 60 72 68 72 61 59 40 55 * 13 18 20 7 6 8 7 9 8 10 0

* Projected no. of published papers

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org PRApplied submissions with at least one author from Brazil

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Where is PRApplied now?

• October will be our ninth issue • In the last eight issues, we have published 68 papers and 3 Editorials • Of those 68 papers, 5 have been Letters, 10 have been selected as Editors’ Suggestion and 9 have been highlighted in Physics • 10 papers have already been published in October We have 12 more papers in production

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org PRApplied Subject Representation COND-MATT 21 Feb 2014 – Sep 2014 MATERIALS 16 Markers on published papers: avg 2.2 markers/paper SEMICONDUCTOR 12 OPTICS 9 MAGNETISM 8 Ultrafast Nonlinear Response of Gold Gyroid Three-Dimensional NANO 7 Metamaterials ELECTRONICS 6 CHEMICAL 4 Controlled Generaon of Single Microbubble at Solid Surfaces by a COMPUTATIONAL 4 Nanosecond Pressure Pulses METAMATERIALS 4 PLASMONICS 4 Phononic-Crystal-Based Acousc Sieve for Tunable Manipulaons of QUANTUM 4 Parcles by a Highly Localized Radiaon Force ACOUSTICS 3 BIOLOGICAL 3 Dynamic and Stac Manifestaon of Molecular Absorpon in Thin ENERGY 3 Films Probed by a Microcanlever FLUID DYNAMICS 3 GRAPHENE 3 INDUSTRIAL 3 Extending the Concept of Defect Chemistry from Semiconductor INTERDISCIPLINA Physics to Electrochemistry 3 RY SPINTRONICS 3 Three-Dimensional Holographic Refracve-Index Measurement of other 18 Connuously Flowing Cells in a Microﬂuidic Channel

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org What do we have planned?

• Search for a “Review Editor” who will lead the Review Articles section of the journal

• Start publishing Review Articles • Work to increase good submissions, especially in more non-traditional applied physics fields • Search for Remote Associate Editors to expand expertise and increase exposure

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Final thoughts

For a submission to be successful, a paper must: Significantly advance physics Be scientifically sound Be important to the field In satisfactory form

Although the results presented in a paper is the most important part of a paper from a scientific point of view, if it is not well written, well structured, and well reasoned, the content will not be appreciated.

APS JOURNALS journals.aps.org Thank you for your attention! For additional information, please visit http://journals.aps.org http://journals.aps.org/prapplied

With special thanks to Gene Sprouse , our Editor in Chief, and many other editors for informaon and help

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