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David K. Christen named new Editor of Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity

Melville, NY, May 14, 2010 — American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS) named Dr. David K. Christen as the new Editor of Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity. Dr. Christen is currently Group Leader of the Superconductive & Energy Efficient Materials Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Christen was also a recipient of the "Nano-50 Award" by Nanotech Briefs magazine in 2006. The award recognized “the top 50 technologies, innovators, and products that have significantly impacted, or will impact, the state of the art in nanotechnology.” AIP and APS would like to extend a warm welcome to him along with thanks for his willingness to serve the applied superconductivity community in his new role as Editor.

Dr. Christen succeeds Dr. John R. Clem, who as the founding editor of Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity (VJAS), was at the helm of the journal from 2001 through April 2010. AIP, APS, and the broad community of applied superconductivity researchers deeply thank Dr. Clem for his service and dedication and wish him the best in the future.

VJAS features critical research articles, updated twice monthly, along with postings of news items and conferences of interest to the community. Articles are selected from recent issues of nearly 90 participating source journals from AIP, APS, and more than a dozen other publishers. Readers can sign up for tables of contents alerts via e-mail and subscribe to RSS feeds. VJAS offers free searching, browsable tables of contents, and freely available abstracts, with links to full-text articles in the source journals. Subscribers to the source journals can seamlessly access the full-text articles, while non-subscribers have the option to purchase articles for immediate online delivery.

About American Institute of Physics
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 the physical sciences. AIP is a leader in the field of electronic publishing of scholarly journals. It publishes 12 journals (some of which are the most highly cited in their respective fields), 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 American Physical Society
American Physical Society is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. APS represents more than 47,000 physicists worldwide and is a leader in the creation of e-journals. It publishes leading international physics journals, including Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, Physical Review A-E, Physical Review Special Topics, and Physics – a new, free, online publication spotlighting exceptional research. APS also organizes major scientific meetings and provides strong outreach programs, including education and both international and public affairs.

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American Institute of Physics
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