Physics societies announce launch of new Virtual Journal of Quantum Information

MELVILLE and RIDGE, NEW YORK, May 23, 2001 The American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS) today announce the launch of the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information. This is the third in the Virtual Journals series, in which relevant papers are collected and organized from journals published by APS and AIP, from participating publishers on AIP's Online Journal Publishing Service, as well as from other leading journals such as Science and Nature.

From the user's perspective, a virtual journal looks and feels like a "real" journal, providing browsable tables of contents and freely available abstracts, with links to full-text articles in the source journals. Subscribers to the source journal can seamlessly access the full-text articles, while non-subscribers have the option to purchase articles for immediate online delivery.

"The field of quantum information, including as it does quantum entanglement, computation, teleportation, and cryptography, is at present of considerable interest in fundamental physics as well as in potentially significant technological application. It is a most appropriate subject for a Virtual Journal," observed Martin Blume, Editor-in-Chief at the American Physical Society. "Providing researchers with a single online site containing papers from a broad range of leading physics-related journals helps specialists keep current with the latest developments, not only with title alerts' but with abstracts and full-text articles."

Articles appearing in the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information are selected by editorial board members expert in the specific fields covered. David P. DiVincenzo of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center serves as Editor.

AIP Executive Director and CEO Marc H. Brodsky noted, "As with all our Virtual Journals, the Virtual Journal of Quantum Information is a valuable resource for individuals and smaller institutions with specialized interests who do not need, or cannot afford, subscriptions to the complete range of journals from which Virtual Journal articles are chosen. Now they can keep up with an active new field and, as needed, purchase complete articles online from journals of scientific societiesinstantlyand at very low rates. I believe Virtual Journals are more cost effective than burdening libraries with the costs of new niche journals."

Two Virtual Journals launched at the start of 2000 are also accessible online. The Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology and the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research can be found at www.virtualjournals.org. Other Virtual Journals will be launched as warranted, focusing on new and developing fields that cut across a range of traditional publications.

The American Physical Society is a membership organization that is dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. APS publishes leading international physics journals, including Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, organizes major scientific meetings, and provides strong outreach programs in education and international and public affairs.

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. AIP's Online Journal Publishing Service currently hosts its own e-journals, as well as a number of online publications from AIP Member Societies and other prestigious science and engineering publishers.

For additional information see www.vjquantuminfo.org or contact vjquantuminfo@aps.org.