The Physical Society of Japan
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The Physical Society of Japan (JPS; 日本物理学会 in Japanese) is the organization of physicists in Japan
. There are about 20,000 members, including university professors, researchers as well as educators, and engineers. The JPS was founded in 1877 as the first society in natural science in Japan
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, German Physical Society and Korean Physical Society so that the members of one society can participate in the activities of the other on an equal partner basis.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. There are about 20,000 members, including university professors, researchers as well as educators, and engineers. The JPS was founded in 1877 as the first society in natural science in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Purpose
The primary purposes of the JPS are to publish research reports of its members and to provide its members with facilities relating to physics.Reciprocal agreements
The JPS has established reciprocal agreements with seven physical societies such as the American Physical SocietyAmerican Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
, German Physical Society and Korean Physical Society so that the members of one society can participate in the activities of the other on an equal partner basis.
Publications
- Journal of the Physical Society of JapanJournal of the Physical Society of JapanJournal of the Physical Society of Japan is a monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal published by the Physical Society of Japan . It was first published in July 1946 . The Editor-in-Chief is A. Kawabata, until August 2010...
- Progress of Theoretical PhysicsProgress of Theoretical PhysicsProgress of Theoretical Physics is a monthly scientific journal published in Japan. The first issue was in July 1946, eleven months after the surrender of Japan. It was founded by Hideki Yukawa who received Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949. Currently, publishing and managing is supported by the...
See also
- Applied Physics ExpressApplied Physics ExpressApplied Physics Express or APEX is a scientific journal publishing letters, with usually no more than three pages per article. The main purpose is to rapidly publish original, timely, and novel research papers in applied physics. As part of its aim, the journal intends for papers to be novel...
- Japan Society of Applied PhysicsJapan Society of Applied Physics, abbreviated as JSAP, is a Japanese group of researchers in the applied physics field. JSAP originated in 1932 from a voluntary forum of researchers belonging to the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research. During World War II, most research, even applied, was frozen...
- Optical ReviewOptical ReviewOptical Review is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, established in 1994 and published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Optical Society of Japan . It publishes research and review papers in all branches of optics on a bimonthly basis. All articles are written in English...
- Optical Society of JapanOptical Society of JapanThe Optical Society of Japan is professional organization of physicist doing research in Optics.The Optical Society of Japan was founded in 1952 as a division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics...