Speaker: Dr. Ling Miao（Physical Review X，American Physical Society）

Moderator: Prof. LOU Xinchou

Time: 10:00 AM, April 24

Place: Room C305, IHEP Main Building

Abstract:

You know about Physical Review Letters, Physical Review C, Physical Review D, and Physical Review Special Topics -- Accelerators and Beams and have relied on them for references and for publishing your own papers. But, do you know how many journals there are in the entire Physical Review family? How many papers do the journals receive, and publish? How many from China? How well are the journals being used by the international physics community? The speaker will answer these questions with representative statistics on publications, citations and impact measures as well as some geographic and institutional comparisons (China and IHEP included).

You have submitted to and published in the Physical Review journals, or you plan to do that. On what basis do the editors evaluate new papers, choose referees, and accept and reject papers? How do you deal with editors and referees productively to achieve your aim of publishing your paper? The speaker will give you an editor's view and tips.

You may have heard about PRX (http://prx.aps.org/), a four-year old member in the Physical Review family. But, what is really PRX? Why should you care about it? The speaker will answer these questions and others that you may have about PRX.

Last but not least, the speaker has some questions for you. What do you think about the Physical Review journals and their editorial/review processes? What changes or improvements do you want to see? What can the journals do for the Chinese physics community? Your answers and feedback will help the journals become stronger and work better for you.

About the speaker:

Ling Miao received her B.Sc. in theoretical high-energy physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and her Ph.D. in statistical physics, soft condensed matter physics, and biophysics from Simon Fraser University in Canada. She also has a strong interest in a broad range of subject areas of physics beyond those of her specialization. She was an Associate Professor in Physics at the University of Southern Denmark before joining Physical Review Letters as an editor in 2005. She was a founding editor of Physical Review X and has been in charge of its editorial operation since its launch in May 2011.