Japan Association for International Chemical Information
Encyclopedia
The Japan Association for International Chemical Information (JAICI) is a nonprofit organization
in Tokyo, Japan. It indexes chemical information and translates abstracts between Japanese and English. It works in collaboration with the Chemical Abstracts Service
(CAS) in Columbus, Ohio
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JAICI was founded with the help of Hideaki Chihara in 1971. It succeeded an earlier organization, the Japanese CA Abstractors' Association, which was started in 1954.
Nonprofit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
in Tokyo, Japan. It indexes chemical information and translates abstracts between Japanese and English. It works in collaboration with the Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chemical Abstracts is a periodical index that provides summaries and indexes of disclosures in recently published scientific documents. Approximately 8,000 journals, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and new books, in any of 50 languages, are monitored yearly, as are patent...
(CAS) in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
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JAICI was founded with the help of Hideaki Chihara in 1971. It succeeded an earlier organization, the Japanese CA Abstractors' Association, which was started in 1954.
External links
- JAICI homepage (English language)