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association, a journal of the discipline that could present
the latest in research to an international audience is invaluable.
It could be said that the presentation of a member of the association
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 association.
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 associations
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 English language 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. The JPS and JSAP have decided to change the
status of the IPAP from a voluntary 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 academic associations
join their force in the publication of the journals. The Center
is run by the management committee, with members from both
associations, which also search the future shape that academic
journals should take.
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