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AIP is the new online home for the 17 ASME International JournalsMELVILLE, NEW YORK, May 31, 2000 -- The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announced today that ASME International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) has chosen AIP's Online Journal Publishing Service (OJPS) as the platform to host its 17 journals online. ASME journals made their OJPS debut in April 2000. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Journal of Mechanical Design, and Journal of Vibration and Acoustics are some of the ASME publications that are now accessible on the OJPS Website. In addition to hosting ASME's 17 journals online, AIP will also provide composition services for the more than 12,000 pages ASME will publish in print in 2000. These services include typesetting, complete SGML encoding, proofreading, production of digitized graphics, electronic page makeup, and other services that combine to produce well-formatted pages for these publications. The Online Journal Publishing Service enhances the value of ASME publications by providing a number of powerful electronic features. These include:
"By mounting their journals on OJPS, ASME International greatly increases the breadth of material that their members can access," said Darlene Walters, AIP's Vice President for Publishing. Ms. Walters added, "The extensive amount of new engineering research also adds value to the OJPS platform, not only for ASME members, but for anyone in the field that visits our site. Through hyperlinking, these online journals are no longer simply digital versions of print publications, but new media with rich, new possibilities for research, discovery, and communication in science." ASME International is a 125,000-member organization focused on technical, educational and research issues. ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, holds some 30 technical conferences and 200 professional development courses each year, and sets internationally recognized industrial and manufacturing standards. The American Institute of Physics is a not-for-profit corporation chartered in 1931 to provide publishing and distribution services for scientific and technical societies. Its Online Journal Publishing Service currently hosts e-journals of the American Physical Society, Optical Society of America, American Vacuum Society, The Society of Rheology, Biomedical Engineering Society, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Association of Physics Teachers, American Society of Civil Engineers, and SPIE -- The International Society for Optical Engineering, as well as AIP's own publications. Media Contact: Frank Perugini |
