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On PRL's Cover
November 20, 2009
A contour plot of the nuclear potential energy surface for 72Kr along with the shapes corresponding to the marked points which include two minima: the ground state (blue) and a metastable state (green).

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Physical Review Focus: Quarks Influenced by Their Neighborhood
November 20, 2009
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The quark structure inside protons and neutrons changes based on the local nuclear environment, according to electron accelerator experiments.

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APS seeks new PRA Assistant Editor
October 14, 2009
The editors of Physical Review A seek a dynamic and personable colleague to join our team at the American Physical Society Editorial Office.

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REVTeX 4.1 Released
October 13, 2009

The first update to REVTeX since 2001 is now available. REVTeX 4.1 includes bug fixes, improved functionality, and support for a wider range of journals, including those of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). REVTEX 4.1 was developed jointly by APS, AIP, and Arthur Ogawa. Additional work was done by Patrick Daly to incorporate our suggested improvements into his natbib package to address many new features concerning bibliographies. For more information, please visit http://authors.aps.org/revtex4/.

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Editorial: It's your choice: Pick the most suitable place for your submission
October 1, 2009
Physical Review B publishes a wide variety of papers in all subject areas of condensed matter and materials physics. The journal is subdivided into three types of papers: regular articles, Rapid Communications, and in a section designed for other short papers, Brief Reports. We strongly encourage authors to take a realistic view in choosing a journal for submission, and to provide reasoning for the particular section chosen. An honest and realistic evaluation of the impact and importance of a particular submission does a great service to all participants in the publication process: editors, referees, and the authors themselves.

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APS seeks new PRE Assistant Editor
August 5, 2009
The editors of Physical Review E seek a dynamic and personable colleague to join our team at the American Physical Society Editorial Office.

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On RMP's Cover
July - September 2009
Colloquium: Phase diagram of strongly interacting matter

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Editorial: Improving PRL
June 29, 2009
We at PRL work continuously to ensure that the journal fulfills its mission, to allow readers to “learn about all the latest significant developments in physics research” . To accomplish this the journal must publish only the best papers, must not turn away suitable papers, and must act with reasonable promptness.

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Essay: The Future of Scientific Publishing
May 11, 2009
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How can the scientific publishing enterprise deal with the increasing specialization of individual physicists? The possible aids include virtual journals, the new APS journal Physics, and the possibility of artificial intelligence programs.

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APS seeks new PRB Assistant Editor
May 1, 2009
The editors of Physical Review B seek a dynamic and personable colleague to join our team at the American Physical Society Editorial Office.

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Harvard and American Physical Society Reach Accord on Journal Publications
April 9, 2009
The Harvard Office for Scholarly Communication and the American Physical Society (APS) announced jointly today that they have entered into an agreement to facilitate faculty compliance with the University’s open access policies when Harvard faculty members publish in the APS journals.

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PRST-AB Introduces Kaleidoscope
March 13, 2009
Starting March 2009, the PRST-AB web site features selected "cover" images extracted from recently published papers. Selections are based on aesthetics; in making our selection we look for attractive and interesting graphics. If a choice must be made between several promising contenders, we will also consider the contents both of the image and of its associated paper. The image will be identified by the title of the paper; there will also be a link to the article. The image itself may be slightly modified. Kaleidoscope images, one per issue, rotate on the main web site and may be browsed in an archive. The PRST-AB image archive already contains some interesting PRST-AB images which have caught our attention during the last couple of months.

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Editorial: Is PRL Too Large to Have an ‘‘Impact’’?
February 9, 2009
Impact factors are a bit like television’s Nielsen ratings. You scrutinize them and take credit if you are a beneficiary, but they are a tad unsavory! Physicists ostensibly do not write to garner citations; they merely prefer to publish in journals with high impact factors.

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Of the referees used for Physical Review journals in 2008, 66% were from outside the US.