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

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, but the institute also has offices in

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Historical overview

The AIP was founded in 1931 as a response to lack of funding for the sciences during the

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. /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

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Optical Society of America Optica, founded as the Optical Society of America (later the Optical Society), is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and ca ...

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Acoustical Society of America The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics and its practical applications. The Society is primarily a voluntary org ...

, and the

Society of Rheology The Society of Rheology is an American professional society formed in December, 1929 to represent scientists and technologists working in the field of rheology, the science of the deformation and flow of matter. Current membership is of the orde ...

. These were soon joined by the

American Association of Physics Teachers The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) was founded in 1930 for the purpose of "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching." There are more than 10,000 members in over 30 countries. AAPT publications includ ...

, for a total of five societies. 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. By 1943, the AIP published eight journals:

Physical Review ''Physical Review'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal was established in 1893 by Edward Nichols. It publishes original research as well as scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics. It is published by the Ame ...

Reviews of Modern Physics ''Reviews of Modern Physics'' (often abbreviated RMP) is a quarterly Peer review, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Physical Society. It was established in 1929 and the current editor-in-chief is Michael Thoennessen. The jo ...

Journal of the Optical Society of America The ''Journal of the Optical Society of America'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of optics, published by Optica. It was established in 1917 and in 1984 was split into two parts, A and B. ''Journal of the Optical Society of America A'' ...

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America The ''Journal of the Acoustical Society of America'' (JASA) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of acoustics. It is published by the Acoustical Society of America. The editor-in-chief is James F. Lynch (Woods Hole O ...

American Journal of Physics The ''American Journal of Physics'' is a monthly, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Institute of Physics. The editor-in-chief is Beth Parks of Colgate University."Current ...

Review of Scientific Instruments ''Review of Scientific Instruments'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics. Its area of interest is scientific instruments, apparatus, and techniques. According to the ''Journal Citation Repo ...

Journal of Applied Physics The ''Journal of Applied Physics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with a focus on the physics of modern technology. The journal was originally established in 1931 under the name of ''Physics'', and was published by the American Physical So ...

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Journal of Chemical Physics ''The Journal of Chemical Physics'' is a scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics that carries research papers on chemical physics.

Affiliated societies

List of publications

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.About AIP Publishing
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AIP style

AIP created a

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first introduced in 1951, called AIP style, which also includes the AIP citation format. It is the most commonly used style and citation format in physics publications.

References

External links

AIP websiteMember societies of the AIPAIP journalsAIP 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 platformAmerican Center for Physics website

Archival collections

Niels Bohr Library & Archives

American Center for Physics Board of Directors records of Bernard Khoury, 1990–2005

American Center for Physics Board of Directors records of Bernard Khoury, 2005–2009

AIP News Services Division Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) master tapes ideorecording">AIP News Services Division Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) master tapes [videorecording
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AIP Advertising Division records of Edward P. Tober, 1956–1975

AIP Career Services miscellaneous publications, 1960–1998

AIP Center for History of Physics History of Physicists in Industry records, 2003–2008

AIP Center for History of Physics miscellaneous publications, 1963–2017

AIP Office of the Director Van Zandt Williams records, 1964–1966

AIP Physics Resources Center records of James Stith, 1987–2009

AIP Office of the Director records of Kenneth Ford, 1979–1994

AIP Office of the Director H. William Koch and Kenneth W. Ford records, 1966–1992
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