“秋季物理年会”是由中国物理学会主办的系列学术会议，旨在为物理学各个领域的专家提供在学术上相互了解和交流的机会。2010年秋季物理年会于2010年9月17日至19日在南开大学举办。 美国物理联合会副总裁John Haynes在2010年秋季物理年会开幕式上致简短欢迎词，John Haynes博士表示：“美国物理联合会（AIP）的宗旨是促进物理学的发展与传播，推动物理学为人类造福。中国学者的投稿已经成为AIP期刊的最大稿 源，中国科技的发展日新月异，中国科学家在物理学发展中做出了举足轻重的贡献。AIP愿意进一步与中国科技界开展合作，与中国学术团体建立良好的合作伙伴 关系，与中国期刊同行开展形式多样的合作。” 对于AIP来说，参加这次秋季物理年会的亮点莫过于在9月17日下午举办的专场报告会——AIP Afternoon了。尽管外面秋雨交加，寒意稍觉，但是报告会现场人潮涌动，热情高涨。不少教授、学生慕名而来，将南开大学第二教学主楼B区203教室 挤得满满当当，很多人都找不到位子坐，教室后排、走廊中站满了人。据知情者透露，AIP Afternoon是每次秋季物理年会最受欢迎的报告会，以其众多的著名报告人、热点的话题、享有盛誉的期刊吸引了大多数来参会的人员。 开场报告是美国国家可再生能源实验室的主任Lawrence Kazmerski教授带来的“Solar photovoltaics: No longer an outlier”。此次访问是Kazmerski教授的第九次中国行，他还特意带来了他演讲所用的设备，为观众展示异彩纷呈的太阳能电池的发展历史与技术 革新，赢得了本次报告会的首个满堂彩。可能观众对Kazmerski教授磁性的嗓音更为记忆犹新，夸他的声音犹如音乐一点都不为过。他告诉我们，他曾为多 个电影电视节目配音。这次大家能有幸听到他现场的报告，真是难得之至。 不少物理同行知道清华大学物理系主任、薛其坤院士也特地赶来做“Topological insulators and application of STM with high energy resolution”的报告，都不约而同地赶到现场。薛院士幽默风趣的演讲不时赢来观众的阵阵掌声，将报告会现场推向一次又一次高潮。有的老师专门为听 来自加利福尼亚大学圣巴巴拉分校的David Awschalom教授的专题报告“Nanoscale placement and quantum control of single spins in diamond”而来，有的是为了听Applied Physics Letters 《应用物理快报》的主编Nghi Lam教授讲APL的编辑与出版政策，有的则是为了一睹AIP的旗舰杂志Physics Today的主编Stephen Benka博士的风采而来，有不少同学则把目标瞄向AIP的合作伙伴——Edanz（理文编辑）专家讲授的如何在高水平国际期刊上发表科技论文。 报告会从下午2点30开始，一直持续到晚上6点20左右，由于老师、学生踊跃的提问与主动交流，报告会比预计延长了半个多小时，但是直至最终结束时，观众仍不舍得离去，与报告人合影留念，与他们互换名片，交流学术观点，中国物理学者对物理的热情可见一斑。 AIP Afternoon堪称一次难得的小规模学术盛会，五位知名的中外物理学家济济一堂，为中国物理学界带来最新最热门的科研讨论。
面向中国和日本科研人员的本地支持 美国物理联合会 (AIP) (www.aip.org) 和Edanz Group Ltd. ( 理文编辑 ) 与2011年3月21日签署合作协议，今后向AIP出版期刊投稿的作者在选择Edanz时会享受到更便捷、优惠的服务，中国和日本的科研作者将得到本地支持。新闻原文请见： AIP and Edanz Work to Support “AIP始终致力于为作者提供有意义的服务，”AIP期刊出版人Mark Cassar先生说。“为了实现这个承诺，我们的服务必须要突破常规，做到服务语言的本地化和服务时间的本地化。Edanz拥有专业的团队，能够帮助我们的作者提高写作质量，提升稿件的整体表达，出版过程中所涉及到的各个环节均将受益于此。” Edanz的英语母语编辑具有丰富的经验，专业背景覆盖了大部分的学术领域，其中也包括AIP出版的期刊系列。除了可以帮助希望向AIP投稿的作者修改稿件外，Edanz还能提供一系列其他服务，如撰写附信、回复审稿意见等等。对于AIP的作者，Edanz将提供10%的优惠折扣。 “2010年AIP北京办事处的成立无疑表明了AIP对于今日亚洲学术研究重要性的认可，”Edanz Group Ltd.董事长Kerry Greer先生说，“Edanz是唯一一个完全扎根在中国、为全球作者提供学术英语语言润色服务的机构，在中国这个关键的、迅速发展的市场中，Edanz已经做好了助力AIP作者的准备。”AIP和Edanz将针对如何写好学术论文共同开展培训项目。 美国物理联合会是代表了超过13.5万名科学家、工程师和教育者的由10个物理科学学会组成的联盟，它是全世界物理科学领域科学信息的最大的出版者。AIP还在教育和学生服务、科学交流、政府关系、科学和工程专业人士职业服务、统计研究、行业推广以及物理学和其他学科历史信息等方面提供有用的资源的专业的知识。AIP为科学学会和科学与工程学会的出版者提供伙伴解决方案，它是学术期刊电子出版领域的领导者。目前AIP出版13种期刊(journals.aip.org)和两份杂志 ，包括它的旗舰出版物《今日物理》，以及AIP会议文集系列。它的网络出版平台Scitation收录了来自28个学术团体出版社的190份学术期刊、会刊和学术团体电子书籍的160万篇论文。AIP推出了首个国际物理学界社交网络网站UniPHY，它集合了超过30万名科学家的信息，为全球科研人员的协作提供了平台。 Edanz Group Ltd.于1995年和2006年先后在日本和中国( 理文编辑 )成立公司，致力于提供英语学术文章的语言润色及相关服务。Edanz可以帮助作者提高文章的语言质量，达到国际期刊的发表标准，具有专业背景的英语母语编辑可以覆盖AIP所有期刊系列的学术领域。Edanz是唯一一家在日本和中国都设有办事机构的国际编辑服务公司，十分了解希望成功发表文章的英语非母语科学家所面临的挑战。
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has announced it will be publishing a new journal, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters (TAML) , co-published with the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM). AIP has a high profile publishing history in physics, and CSTAM brings with it the energetic backing of the rapidly expanding Chinese science community. Two highly respected mechanics researchers, Professor Jianchun Li of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor Yonggang Huang of Northwestern University, will serve as co-editors of TAML . Researchers looking to read and publish the latest findings in theoretical and applied mechanics should regularly visit this journal. For more information visit: taml.aip.org Daniel Broaddus, PhD Chief Physics Editor, Edanz Group China
Hello, For my first post, I would like to talk about our trip to Tianjin. We met with the heads of the publishing department from the American Institute of Physics (AIP). These events in Tianjin were part of the continuing commitment by AIP to research in China. AIP recently opened an office in Beijing, which is under the direction of Professor Ai. In addition, senior AIP publishing administrators, Dr. John Haynes, Dr. Mark Cassar, and Dr. Robert Harrington, have made multiple trips to China in recent months. China's research community now accounts for the second largest number of submissions to all AIP journals. Here is picture of my colleagues, Ben and Rachael, with Dr. Cassar, acting Publisher for AIP: The first day of the trip focused on a workshop at Tianjin University, in which Professor Lam, Editor-in-Chief of Applied Physics Letters, and I presented advice to students on important aspect of scientific journal publication. AIP sponsored this event, and it was attended by over 70 students. Professor Ai organized the workshop. I was very impressed with the quality of the students. They were a mix of undergraduate and graduate students. Many of the students had already submitted papers to journals, and a number of the students already had papers published. This was true of both the undergraduate and graduate students. To have undergraduate research of that calibre speaks to the high level of instruction at the university, because undergraduates with a publication record are rare at even at top universities in the United States and Europe. This is a picture of me presenting at Tianjin University. The students asked some very acute questions, one of which I plan to dedicate an entire post. However, now I will just give an overview of the workshop. The workshop consisted of a talk followed by a mini-lesson with interactive exercises. The talk offered advice on every aspect of the publication process, including topics such as journal selection, manuscript writing, language editing, and dealing with reviewer comments. The mini-lesson following the talk involved actual excerpts from manuscripts. The short passages contained common language errors, which the student had to identify and offer suggestions on ways to correct them. The students showed a great eagerness to learn from the exercises and apply this new knowledge to their future work. The next day was particularly exciting for me, because I had been invited to speak at the AIP session of the Chinese Physical Society's (CPS) Annual Conference at Nankai University. This session was organized by Professor Ai, and it was chaired by Dr. Haynes, Vice President for Publishing at AIP. It was not only a great honor to be asked to speak at the session, but I got to meet the other presenters in the session: Professor Lawrence Kazmerski, Executive Director for Photovoltaics at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Professor Xue Qi-Kin, Dean of the School of Sciences at Tsinghua University; Professor David Awschalom, from UC Santa Barbara; Professor Nghi Lam, who joined me at the Tianjin University Workshop; Dr. Stephen Benka, Editor-in-Chief of Physics Today. These presenters are all leaders in their fields, and I was pleased to be able to present along with them and talk to them about their current work. Here is a picture of me conversing with Professor Awschalom: The talks were very engaging. Professor Xue gave and overview of the state of topological insulators, and the proceeded to present his group's work, which marked a great advancement in the field showing materials with band structures with clear topological-insulator characteristics. Professor Kazmerski, known for a personality as colorful as his ties, gave us a history of photovoltaics. He told us a funny story about Vanguard, the first solar powered satellite. Apparently, the engineers who designed it did not think that the photovoltaic cells that powered it would work. To protect the project from failure, the satellite was initially powered by batteries and then the solar cells would take over once the batteries lost power. Unfortunately, the engineers did not make any means to turn the satellite off, and the solar cells exceeded expectations. The satellite, initially launched in 1958, interfered with a frequency band at 108.3 MHz until 1964, when solar flares finally destroyed its electronics. It is still in orbit and its orbit is not expected to decay for another 189 years. Professor Awschalom, whose research I have followed in my own career, talked about using nitrogen centers in diamond as quantum systems. His group was able to turn an ordinary diamond into a light source, which had photon anti-bunching properties, using only a laser pointer to excite the nitrogen centers. Recently, his group developed a method for placing ordered nitrogen defects in synthetic diamond using ion-beam milling. At the end of his presentation, he gave us a preview of some of his group's current findings. I cannot share those with you now, but if you are interested in quantum communications keep an eye out for his group's upcoming publications. Dr. Benka talked about his experience working as Editor-in-Chief of Physics Today (PT), which is AIP's flagship publication. PT only publishes about 40 articles per year, which is just over three articles per issue. It seeks to bring physics news to a large audience. Therefore the quality of the articles must be very high. The limited number of articles per issue helps maintain this quality standard. He expressed a great interest in reporting on Science here in China, and showed particular desire to learn more about Dome A and the new underground darkmatter research laboratory. Professor Lam gave insights into the concerns of journal editors based on his tenure as Editor-in-Chief of APL. He presented statistics showing the recent growth in journal submissions driven primarily by the rapid expansion of basic research in China. This recent growth has led to a rejection rate exceeding 60%. More than half of these papers are rejected prior to the review process. This means that having submissions free of technical faults such as formatting and language errors is extremely important. At APL, Chinese authors account for the largest portion of submissions (22%), but Chinese authors only review 2.4% of the submissions to APL. To fix this, China must improve the culture surrounding peer review. Here is a picture of Professor Lam with Dr. Haynes during the question period after his talk: I presented the final talk in the session. Professor Lams talk fit well with mine, because I gave the participants tips on how to write a good paper, which would be free of the technical and language errors that get manuscripts reject prior to the review process. In addition, I stressed the importance of interacting with the scientific community, by attending conferences such as this one, reading journals, and reviewing papers. Interacting with the community here on Sciencenet is another way engage with other scientists, so I invite you to share your thoughts about this and my future posts either through comments on this site or email: dbroaddusatedanzgroup.com As a final note, both the slides from the Tianjin University workshop and the CPS talk are available on our company's website: www.liwenbianji.cn All the best, Daniel Broaddus Senior Editor and Trainer, Liwen Bianji
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