|         |    

Partnership Agreement Makes AIP Publisher of Journal of Laser Applications

Melville, NY, October 1, 2010 — The American Institute of Physics (AIP) today announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with the Laser Institute of America (LIA) to publish its flagship publication, Journal of Laser Applications (JLA).

"After a dozen years as a publishing partner, AIP's excellent track record made the decision to take our partnership to the next level an easy one,” said LIA Executive Director, Peter Baker. "What really cinched it for us were AIP's upgrades to staff, the further enhancements they made to their already robust Scitation platform, and the strong global presence they can offer JLA. In addition, AIP gave us the distinct impression throughout our meetings that this wasn't about AIP doing work for us, but rather doing work with us.”

The agreement reached with LIA closely mirrors that of other partnerships AIP is currently pursuing with a number of society publishers.

"While our mission revolves around progress in physical science, we are a highly business-driven, entrepreneurial organization with a responsibility to generate a profit for the many publishers with whom we partner,” said Robert Harington, Publisher, AIP Partnerships. This blend of business focus, with a commitment to serve the society publishing community, gives us a unique viewpoint and helps us to form strong and progressive partnerships.”

About AIP
The American Institute of Physics is a federation of 10 physical science societies representing more than 135,000 scientists, engineers, and educators and is one of the world's largest publishers of scientific information in physics. Offering full-solution publishing services for scientific societies and for similar organizations in science and engineering, AIP pursues innovation in electronic publishing of scholarly journals. AIP publishes 12 journals; two magazines, including its flagship publication Physics Today; and the AIP Conference Proceedings series. Its online publishing platform Scitation hosts nearly two million articles from more than 185 scholarly journals and other publications of 28 learned society publishers.

About Laser Institute of America
Laser Institute of America (LIA), founded in 1968, is the professional society for laser applications and safety. It is comprised of laser researchers, manufacturers, integrators, and end users working together to increase the use and safe application of laser technologies. Fulfilling its mission of fostering lasers, laser applications, and laser safety worldwide, LIA is the secretariat and publisher of the American National Standards Institute Z136 series of laser safety standards. The Journal of Laser Applications« is the official journal of the Laser Institute of America and serves as the major international forum for exchanging ideas and information in disciplines that apply laser technology.

For more information:
Robert Harington
Publisher, AIP Partnerships
Phone: 516-576-2266
E-Mail: