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American Institute of Physics

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| formation = 1931

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| type = 501(c)(3) not-for-profit membership corporation

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| purpose = Promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare.

| headquarters = American Center for Physics (ACP)

| location = College Park, Maryland

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| membership = 120,000 scientists, engineers, educators, and students

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| leader_name = Michael H. Moloney

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| budget = 75 million USD{{cite web |url = https://www.aip.org/aip/leadership

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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) promotes science and the profession of physics, publishes physics journals, and produces publications for scientific and engineering societies. The AIP is made up of various member societies. Its corporate headquarters are at the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland, but the institute also has offices in Melville, New York, and Beijing.{{cite web |url = https://www.aip.org/aip/about-aip |title = About AIP |website = AIP | American Institute of Physics |date = n.d. |access-date = December 12, 2018}}

Historical overview

The AIP was founded in 1931 as a response to lack of funding for the sciences during the Great Depression.[//www.aip.org/aip/history "History of AIP"]. American Institute of Physics. July 2010. The AIP was founded in 1931 at a joint meeting between four physics societies: the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Acoustical Society of America, and the Society of Rheology. These were soon joined by the American Association of Physics Teachers, for a total of five societies.{{cite journal | last=Barton | first=Henry A. | last2=Burnham | first2=George H. | title=The American Institute of Physics | journal=Science | publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science | volume=97 | issue=2512 | year=1943 | issn=0036-8075 | jstor=1669465 | pages=172–176 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1669465 | access-date=2024-05-26}} It formally incorporated in 1932 consisting of five original "member societies", and a total of four thousand members. As soon as the AIP was established it began publishing scientific journals.{{cite web |author=Harry Lustig| title=TO ADVANCE AND DIFFUSE THE KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS: An account of the one-hundred year history of the American Physical Society | website=aps.org | date=May 1999 | url=https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/199907/upload/history_lustig.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602074706/https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/199907/upload/history_lustig.pdf | archive-date=2011-06-02 | url-status=dead | access-date=2024-05-26}} By 1943, the AIP published eight journals: Physical Review, Reviews of Modern Physics, Journal of the Optical Society of America, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, American Journal of Physics, Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal of Applied Physics, and Journal of Chemical Physics.

A new set of member societies was added beginning in the mid-1960s.

The organization restructured in 2013, creating a new subsidiary, AIP Publishing LLC, to manage physical publications of its journals with a smaller board.{{cite web |author=Michael Lucibella| title=AIP Reorganizes its Publishing Operations | website=American Physical Society | date=2013-05-01 | url=https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2013/05/aip-reorganizes-its-publishing-operations | access-date=2024-05-26}}

Member societies

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Affiliated societies

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List of publications

{{main|List of AIP Publishing academic journals}}

{{anchor|AIP Publishing}}The AIP has a subsidiary called AIP Publishing (wholly owned non-profit) dedicated to scholarly publishing by the AIP and its member societies, as well on behalf of other partners.[https://publishing.aip.org/about-aip-publishing About AIP Publishing]

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AIP style

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AIP created a manual of style first introduced in 1951, called AIP style, which also includes the AIP citation format.

{{cite book |last= |first= |date=1990 |title=AIP Style Manual - Prepared under the Direction of the AIP Publication Board |edition=4th |url=https://publishing.aip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AIP_Style_4thed.pdf |publisher=American Institute of Physics |chapter= |page= |isbn=978-0-88318-642-8 |oclc=471598204 }}

It is the most commonly used style and citation format in physics publications.

{{cite book | last=Lipson | first=Charles | title=Cite Right | publisher=University of Chicago Press | publication-place=Chicago | date=2006 | isbn=978-0-226-48475-4 |oclc=62533865}}

{{cite web |url=https://guides.lib.vt.edu/find/citation-style-manuals/aip |title=Citation and style manuals - American Institute of Physics (AIP) |last= |first= |date= |website=Virginia Tech |publisher= |access-date=2023-10-25 |quote=}}

{{cite web |url=https://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=974981&p=7048534 |title=Science & Engineering Citation Style Guide: American Institute of Physics (AIP) |last= |first= |date= |website=USC Libraries |publisher= |access-date=2023-10-26 |quote=}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.aip.org AIP website]
  • [https://www.aip.org/member-societies Member societies of the AIP]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20041113120308/http://journals.aip.org/ AIP journals]
  • [http://scitation.aip.org AIP Scitation website, which host academic articles of journals published by societies members of AIP, and by societies who decided to host their articles on the platform]
  • [http://www.acp.org/ American Center for Physics website]

= Archival collections =

== Niels Bohr Library & Archives ==

  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1N813C343957R.391145&profile=rev-all&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100006~!33913~!0&ri=1&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=AMERICAN+CENTER+FOR+PHYSICS,+BOARD+OF+DIRECTORS.+RECORDS+OF+BERNARD+KHOURY,+1990-2005.&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=1 American Center for Physics Board of Directors records of Bernard Khoury, 1990–2005]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1N813C343957R.391145&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=ADDITION%2C+AMERICAN+CENTER+FOR+PHYSICS%2C+BOARD+OF+DIRECTORS+RECORDS+OF+BERNIE+KHOURY%2C+2005+-+2009&x=12&y=15&aspect=power American Center for Physics Board of Directors records of Bernard Khoury, 2005–2009]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=&index=.GW&term=AIP+NEWS+SERVICES+DIVISION+DISCOVERIES+AND+BREAKTHROUGHS+INSIDE+SCIENCE+%28DBIS%29+MASTER+TAPES%2C+1999-2011&oper=AND&x=0&y=0&aspect=power&index=.TW&term=&oper=AND&index=.AW&term=&oper=AND&index=.SW&term=&ultype=&uloper=%3D&ullimit=&ultype=&uloper=%3D&ullimit=&sort= AIP News Services Division Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) master tapes [videorecording], 1999–2011]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=AIP+ADVERTISING+DIVISION+RECORDS+OF+EDWARD+P.+TOBER%2C+1956-1975&x=0&y=0&aspect=power AIP Advertising Division records of Edward P. Tober, 1956–1975]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=AMERICAN+INSTITUTE+OF+PHYSICS+CAREER+SERVICES+MISCELLANEOUS+PUBLICATIONS%2C+1960-1998&x=11&y=15&aspect=power AIP Career Services miscellaneous publications, 1960–1998]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=3&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=AIP+CENTER+FOR+HISTORY+OF+PHYSICS.+HISTORY+OF+PHYSICISTS+IN+INDUSTRY+RECORDS%2C+2003-2008&x=0&y=0&aspect=power AIP Center for History of Physics History of Physicists in Industry records, 2003–2008]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&profile=rev-all&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100006~!24068~!3&ri=11&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=HISTORY+OF+PHYSICS+MISCELLANEOUS+PUBLICATIONS&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=11 AIP Center for History of Physics miscellaneous publications, 1963–2017]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&profile=rev-all&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100006~!3886~!0&ri=18&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=AMERICAN+INSTITUTE+OF+PHYSICS.+OFFICE+OF+THE+DIRECTOR.+RECORDS+OF+VAN+ZANDT+WILLIAMS,+1964+-+1966&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=18 AIP Office of the Director Van Zandt Williams records, 1964–1966]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=AMERICAN+INSTITUTE+OF+PHYSICS+PHYSICS+RESOURCES+CENTER+RECORDS+OF+JAMES+STITH%2C+1987-2009&x=21&y=13&aspect=power AIP Physics Resources Center records of James Stith, 1987–2009]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&menu=search&aspect=power&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=rev-all&ri=2&source=%7E%21horizon&index=.GW&term=AMERICAN+INSTITUTE+OF+PHYSICS+OFFICE+OF+THE+DIRECTOR+RECORDS+OF+KENNETH+FORD%2C+1979-1994.&x=7&y=12&aspect=power AIP Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford, 1979–1994]
  • [https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=C6813942XT466.391533&profile=rev-all&source=~!horizon&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100006~!5209~!0&ri=2&aspect=power&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=RECORDS+OF+AMERICAN+INSTITUTE+OF+PHYSICS.+OFFICE+OF+THE+DIRECTOR,+H.+WILLIAM+KOCH+AND+KENNETH+FORD,+1966-1992.&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=power&menu=search&ri=2 AIP Office of the Director H. William Koch and Kenneth W. Ford records, 1966–1992]

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