Founded as the Tokyo Mathematics Society in 1877, one of the oldest societies for natural sciences in Japan
The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) has around 18,000 members; research
scientists, teachers and engineers.
About PCPAP
Publication Center for Pure and Applied Physics (PCPAP)
For any academic society, a journal of the discipline that could present the latest in research to an international scientist is invaluable. It could be said that the presentation of a member of the society made in a conference and all the debates and exchanges of views to follow it is concluded only when it is put into the form of a journal article. Therefore, the publication of a journal is among the most important activities of any academic society.
On the other hand, the publishing of academic journals is coming to a major turning point, largely due to the two factors of concentration of publication by the major academic societiess in the advanced nations and major publishers, and the digitization of publishing.
The JPS, in order to make the process of publishing and distributing its English language journal more efficient, created in April 2004, in cooperation with the Japan Society of Applied Physics(JSAP), the Institute for Pure and Applied Physics (IPAP). The JPS has commissioned the publication of its Journal of the Physics Society of Japan (JPSJ) to the IPAP, as has the Japan Society of Applied Physics its Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and Optical Review . Since its birth, activities of the IPAP, including the initiation of digital publication, have bore much fruit, but further innovation has become necessary with new developments as have been mentioned above. In 2008, the JPS and the JSAP have decided to change the status of the IPAP from a independent organization to an internal division of the two academic associations, changing its name into Publication Center for Pure and Applied Physics(PCPAP).
At the new Center, staff from the two societies join their force in the publication of the journals. The Center is run by the management committee, with members from both societies, which also search the future shape that academic journals should take.
For any academic society, a journal of the discipline that could present the latest in research to an international scientist is invaluable. It could be said that the presentation of a member of the society made in a conference and all the debates and exchanges of views to follow it is concluded only when it is put into the form of a journal article. Therefore, the publication of a journal is among the most important activities of any academic society.
On the other hand, the publishing of academic journals is coming to a major turning point, largely due to the two factors of concentration of publication by the major academic societiess in the advanced nations and major publishers, and the digitization of publishing.
The JPS, in order to make the process of publishing and distributing its English language journal more efficient, created in April 2004, in cooperation with the Japan Society of Applied Physics(JSAP), the Institute for Pure and Applied Physics (IPAP). The JPS has commissioned the publication of its Journal of the Physics Society of Japan (JPSJ) to the IPAP, as has the Japan Society of Applied Physics its Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and Optical Review . Since its birth, activities of the IPAP, including the initiation of digital publication, have bore much fruit, but further innovation has become necessary with new developments as have been mentioned above. In 2008, the JPS and the JSAP have decided to change the status of the IPAP from a independent organization to an internal division of the two academic associations, changing its name into Publication Center for Pure and Applied Physics(PCPAP).
At the new Center, staff from the two societies join their force in the publication of the journals. The Center is run by the management committee, with members from both societies, which also search the future shape that academic journals should take.
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JPS Office
Yushima Urban Building 8F,
2-31-22 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan
TEL 03-3816-6201
FAX 03-3816-6208
