aps 2016 journals catalog

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2016 APS Journals Catalog

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Founded in 1899, the American Physical Society (APS) strives to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. In support of this objective, APS publishes primary research and review journals, three of which are open access.

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 2

JOURNAL DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................. 3Editors’ Suggestions, Kaleidoscope, Creative Commons .................................... 4Physical Review Letters......................................................................................... 5Physical Review X.................................................................................................. 6Reviews of Modern Physics ...................................................................................7Physical Review Applied ........................................................................................ 8Physical Review A .................................................................................................. 9Physical Review B .................................................................................................10Physical Review C ..................................................................................................11Physical Review D ................................................................................................. 12Physical Review E .................................................................................................13Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams ................................. 14Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research ........................... 15PROLA ..................................................................................................................16Physics .................................................................................................................. 17BAPS & APS News .................................................................................................18

PUBLICATION SERVICES ...................................................................................19Librarians Portal, Usage Statistics, Abstracting and Indexing ............................ 20Republish Permission, CD-ROMs, Giving Credit to Your Library ......................... 21Link Manager, RSS Feeds, Email Alerting Service, Saved Search ...................... 22

INSTITUTIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS .................................................................... 23Institutional Prices, International Orders/Exclusivity ......................................... 24Site License, APS Tiers, Online Subscriptions, IP Policy ..................................... 252016 Print Add-On Prices .................................................................................... 262016 CD-ROM Prices ............................................................................................27Price-Per-Page, Price-Per-Article for PR-ALL+PRL...................................................28

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Image on the cover, page 3, 19, and 23: “Breather-to-soliton conversions described by the quintic

equation of the nonlinear Schrödinger hierarchy” [A. Chowdury et al., Phys. Rev. E 91, 032928 (2015)]

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Introduction

The journals of the American Physical Society embody the mission of the Society to “advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics.” We strive to produce journals of the highest quality and keep our journals accessible to researchers and students at institutions of all types and sizes, everywhere in the world. The 2016 Journals Catalog provides valuable information about each of the APS journals, along with an overview of the various services and resources available to librarians, subscribers, and readers.

“Self-induced mode mixing of ultraintense lasers in vacuum” [Ángel Paredes et al., Phys. Rev. A 90, 063803 (2014)] APS EDITORIAL OFFICE

Daniel T. Kulp, Editorial DirectorHernan D. Rozenfeld, Assistant Editorial Director

Journal Descriptions

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SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prl/highlights

The PRL Editors choose about one Letter in six for a Suggestion of unusual importance, interest, and clarity. PRL Editors’ Suggestions are downloaded and cited about twice as often as the average Letter and are covered by the press substantially more often.

COVER IMAGESjournals.aps.org/prl/covers

Physical Review Lettersjournals.aps.org/prl

“Observation of Parametric Instability in Advanced LIGO” [Matthew Evans et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 161102 (2015)]

IMPACT AND IMMEDIACY DATA (2014)Impact Factor: 7.512Immediacy Index: 2.531

2016 PUBLICATION PROJECTIONSNumber of articles: 2,580Number of pages: 13,290

2016 PUBLICATION FREQUENCYVolumes 116, 117 (51 issues)

ISSN0031-9007 (print)1079-7114 (online)1092-0145 (CD-ROM)

CODEN: PRLTAO

Physical Review Letters (PRL) is APS’s flagship journal and the most highly cited journal in physics. PRL publishes short reports of significant and notable results in the full arc of fundamental and interdisciplinary physics research.

Like all APS journals, PRL is international in scope, with at least two thirds of authors, reviewers, and revenue based outside the U.S. A full list of topics covered in PRL is available in the Table of Contents online.

PRL continues to reinforce its high standards by requiring referees, editors, and editorial board members to be more rigorous.

Editors’ SuggestionsIncluded in the Physical Review journal collection, Editors’ Suggestions highlight select papers of particular interest, importance, or clarity. APS Editors choose these exceptional papers weekly to encourage the exploration of other areas of physics. Editors’ Suggestions can be found on the respective online journal page.

KaleidoscopeMany Physical Review articles contain images that are both scientifically important and visually appealing. A selection of these images appears in Kaleidoscope to promote interest in the aesthetics of physics. Images are selected solely for their artistic appeal. Images from recently published papers appear on our main page and in an online archive.

Creative Commons

Authors in most Physical Review journals may pay an article-processing charge whereby their accepted manuscripts are available barrier-free and open access on publication. These manuscripts are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (CC-BY), the most permissive of the CC licenses, granting authors and others the right to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work, provided that proper credit is given. This alternative is in addition to traditional subscription-funded publication; authors may choose one or the other for their accepted papers.

More information about the APS article-processing charges can be found online at journals.aps.org/author-information.

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EDITORSPierre MeystreUniversity of ArizonaRobert GaristoAmerican Physical SocietySamindranath MitraAmerican Physical SocietyReinhardt B. Schuhmann*American Physical Society

A full list of editors is available online at journals.aps.org/prl/staff.

* Managing Editor


Reviews of Modern Physicsjournals.aps.org/rmp

COVER IMAGESjournals.aps.org/rmp/covers

EDITORAchim RichterTechnische Universität Darmstadt (Emeritus), Germany

COLLOQUIA EDITORA. H. Castro NetoNational University of Singapore

JOURNAL MANAGERDebbie BrodbarAmerican Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORSAvailable via journals.aps.org/rmp/staff

“Colloquium: Geometry and optimal packing of twisted columns and filaments” [Gregory M. Grason, Rev. Mod. Phys. 87, 401 (2015)]


2016 PUBLICATION PROJECTIONSNumber of articles: 35Number of pages: 1,890

2016 PUBLICATION FREQUENCYVolume 88 (4 issues)


CODEN: RMPHAT

Reviews of Modern Physics (RMP) brings the broad fundamental physics literature in established topical areas together and places it within the context of current trends in research and applications. RMP serves students and established researchers in physics and related fields.

Review articles offer:• In-depth treatment of a research area• Surveys of recent work• Introductions of topics aimed at graduate students and nonspecialists

Shorter Colloquia describe recent work of interest to all, especially work at the frontiers of physics, which may impact several different subfields.

Physical Review Xjournals.aps.org/prx

EDITORSJorge Pullin Louisiana State University (term ending 12-31-2015)Ling Miao* American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORSLazaros Gallos Rutgers UniversityYiming Xu American Physical Society

ASSISTANT EDITORSDario Corradini American Physical SocietyAlessandro Villar American Physical Society

“Defect Formation beyond Kibble-Zurek Mechanism and Holography” [Paul M. Chesler et al., Phys. Rev. X 5, 021015 (2015)]




ISSN2160-3308 (online)

CODEN: PRXHAE

Physical Review X (PRX) is APS’s highly selective, online-only, fully open access journal that publishes a limited number of key papers from all areas of pure, applied, and interdisciplinary physics that merit broad dissemination and high visibility. PRX’s mission is to disseminate innovative and impactful research advances to the broad science and engineering communities.

Features:• Science-based stringent selection of KEY papers • Small volume, high visibility, broad dissemination• Particular attention to innovative cross-topic, cross-field, and cross-disciplinary research of wide impact• Personalized and efficient editorial/review process• Flexible article length• Popular Summaries for a broad readership• Global free access supported by its open-access publishing model

* Managing Editor


EDITORSGordon W.F. DrakeUniversity of Windsor, CanadaThomas Pattard* American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORSDirk Jan BukmanAmerican Physical SocietyLee A. Collins Los Alamos National LaboratoryFranco Dalfovo Universita di Trento, ItalyMark Hillery Hunter College

Keith B. MacAdam University of Kentucky Frank Narducci Naval Air Systems CommandMark Saffman University of WisconsinBarry Sanders University of Calgary, Canada

“Magic distances in the blockade mechanism of Rydberg p and d states” [B. Vermersch et al., Phys. Rev. A 91, 023411 (2015)]





CODEN: PLRAAN

Physical Review A (PRA) provides a dependable resource of worldwide developments in the rapidly evolving area of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, quantum information, and related fundamental concepts.

Sections Include:• Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics • Quantum Information • Atomic and Molecular Structure and Dynamics• Atomic and Molecular Collisions and Interactions • Atomic and Molecular Processes in External Fields• Matter Waves• Optics, both Quantum and Classical

KALEIDOSCOPE SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/pra/kaleidoscope journals.aps.org/pra/highlights

Physical Review A Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physicsjournals.aps.org/pra

SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prapplied/highlights

EDITORSTroy ShinbrotRutgers University Julie Kim-Zajonz*American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORMatthew EagerAmerican Physical Society

“Entropy-Driven Clustering in Tetrahedrally Bonded Multinary Materials” [Paweł Zawadzki et al., Phys. Rev. Applied 3, 034007 (2015)]

IMMEDIACY DATA (2014)Immediacy Index: 0.585



ISSN2331-7019 (online)1538-4527 (CD-ROM)

CODEN: PRAHB2

Physical Review Applied is dedicated to publishing the highest quality research at the intersection of physics and engineering. Physical Review Applied welcomes papers in conventional applied physics, including research into materials science, surface and interface physics, device physics, condensed matter physics, and optics.

Beyond the conventional description, we especially invite papers by physicists working on problems in engineering and by engineers investigating systems involving physical mechanisms. We anticipate that by combining the best in physics with the best in engineering, we will strengthen both disciplines as well as provide new insights, foster new approaches, and promote new collaborations in a forum not available elsewhere.

Topics Include:• Applications of quantum mechanics in computers,

electronics, and nanocrystals• Biophysics, bioengineering, and biomedical materials • Device physics• Energy technology, including renewable energy, energy

storage, and energy generation• High-pressure and geophysics • Magnetics and spintronics• Materials science and engineering, including polymers,

semiconductors, superconductors, interfaces and surfaces, and metamaterials

• Morphogenesis and pattern formation in nature and in manufactured materials

• Nanoscience and nanotechnology• Optics, optoelectronics, photonics, and laser physics • Soft matter physics, including fluid, granular, and colloidal

dynamics, jamming and glasses, complex fluids, and active matter

Physical Review Appliedjournals.aps.org/prapplied

* Managing Editor * Managing Editor


KALEIDOSCOPE SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prc/kaleidoscope journals.aps.org/prc/highlights

EDITORSBenjamin F. Gibson Los Alamos National LaboratoryChristopher Wesselborg* American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORSIraj R. Afnan Flinders University, Australia Simon Capstick Florida State UniversityRichard F. Casten Yale University Bradley W. Filippone California Institute of Technology

William R. Gibbs New Mexico State UniversityJoseph I. Kapusta University of MinnesotaD. John Millener Brookhaven National Laboratory Rob G. E. TimmermansUniversity of Groningen, The Netherlands

“Beyond-mean-field study of elastic and inelastic electron scattering off nuclei” [J.M. Yao et al., Phys. Rev. C 91, 024301 (2015)]




ISSN0556-2813 (print)1089-490X (online)1538-4497 (CD-ROM)

CODEN: PRVCAN

Physical Review C (PRC) publishes leading research articles that report experimental and theoretical results in all aspects of nuclear physics. PRC publishes approximately 75% of all the nuclear research found in peer-reviewed, international, archival journals.

Sections Include:• Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction• Few-Body Systems• Nuclear Structure • Nuclear Reactions• Relativistic Nuclear Collisions• Hadronic Physics and QCD• Electroweak Interactions• Symmetries• Nuclear Astrophysics

Physical Review CNuclear Physicsjournals.aps.org/prc

EDITORSLaurens W. MolenkampUniversität W�urzburg, GermanyAnthony M. Begley* American Physical Society

A full list of editors is available online at journals.aps.org/prb/staff.

KALEIDOSCOPE SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prb/kaleidoscope journals.aps.org/prb/highlights

“Scanning gate microscopy of quantum contacts under parallel magnetic field: Beating patterns between spin-split transmission peaks or channel openings” [Andrii Kleshchonok et al., Phys. Rev. B 91, 125416 (2015)]




ISSN1098-0121 (print)1550-235X (online)1538-4489 (CD-ROM)

CODEN: PRBMDO

Physical Review BCondensed Matter and Materials Physicsjournals.aps.org/prb

Physical Review B (PRB) is the largest and most comprehensive international journal specializing in condensed matter and materials physics. PRB is ranked number one in total citations in condensed matter physics.

Features:• Run by full-time experienced editors dedicated to

high editorial standards and a quality review process• Editors backed by a large international Editorial Board of

active well-known condensed matter scientists • Detailed feedback provided by referees to ensure

the highest-quality papers• The Rapid Communications section contains short papers of

highest caliber and considered by the editors and referees to be of high importance

• The pre-eminent source for detailed comprehensive regular articles that are the mainstay of scientific communication

• Thorough but timely production process• 90% of papers are published within 25 days of acceptance • The best 5% of papers are prominently highlighted as Editors’ Suggestions

PRB publishes papers on a wide range of condensed matter topics, including multiferroics, magnetism, alloys, phase transitions, structure, superconductivity, superfluidity, electronic structure, topological insulators, graphene, mesoscopic systems, nanoscience, photonics and plasmonics, semiconductors, and surfaces. PRB also publishes papers in many other fields that relate to condensed matter.



KALEIDOSCOPE SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/pre/kaleidoscope journals.aps.org/pre/highlights

EDITORSEli Ben-Naim Los Alamos National LaboratoryDirk Jan Bukman* American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORSAlex Arenas Universitat Rovira i Virgili, SpainRalf Bundschuh The Ohio State University

Ronald Dickman Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, BrazilBruno Eckhardt Philipps-Universität, Marburg, GermanyHenrik Flyvbjerg Technical University of Denmark-DTUAntal Jákli Kent State University

Brant M. Johnson Brookhaven National Laboratory Julian D. Maynard Pennsylvania State University Thomas Pattard American Physical Society Antonio Politi University of Aberdeen, UKHernan D. Rozenfeld, American Physical SocietyAlexander Wagner North Dakota State University

“Wide localized solutions of the parity-time-symmetric nonautonomous nonlinear Schrödinger equation” [L.E. Arroyo Meza et al., Phys. Rev. E 91, 013205 (2015)]





CODEN: PLEEE8

Physical Review E (PRE), broad and interdisciplinary in scope, focuses on collective phenomena of many-body systems, with statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics as its central themes. PRE’s professional and fair editorial process ensures consistent quality across all published articles.

Sections Include:• Statistical Physics• Granular Materials• Colloids and Complex Fluids • Films, Interfaces, and Solids • Liquid Crystals• Polymers• Biological Physics• Networks and Interdisciplinary Physics • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos• Fluid Dynamics• Plasma Physics• Classical Physics• Computational Physics

Physical Review EStatistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physicsjournals.aps.org/pre

KALEIDOSCOPE SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prd/kaleidoscope journals.aps.org/prd/highlights

EDITORSErick J. Weinberg Columbia UniversityUrs M. Heller* American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORSAnsar Fayyazuddin American Physical SocietyRobert D. Pisarski Brookhaven National LaboratoryRashmi Ray American Physical SocietyAlin Tirziu American Physical SocietyRobert Wimmer American Physical Society

CONSULTING EDITORDennis L. Nordstrom American Physical Society

Physical Review D (PRD) publishes leading research in elementary particle physics, field theory, gravitation, and cosmology. Committed to serving the physics community, PRD provides a fair review while maintaining its high standards.

Content Includes:• Experimental High-Energy Physics• Phenomenologically Oriented Theory

of Particles and Fields• Cosmic-Ray Physics• Electroweak Interactions• Applications of QCD• Lattice Gauge Theory• General Relativity • Quantum Theory of Gravitation• Cosmology• Particle Astrophysics • Formal Aspects of Theory of Particles and Fields• General and Formal Development in Gauge Field Theories

and String Theories

“Relativistic superfluidity and vorticity from the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation” [Chi Xiong et al., Phys. Rev. D 90, 125019 (2014)]





CODEN: PRVDAQ

Physical Review DParticles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmologyjournals.aps.org/prd



EDITORCharles HendersonWestern Michigan University

JOURNAL MANAGERDebbie Brodbar American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORPaula HeronUniversity of Washington, Seattle

EDITORIAL BOARDSaalih Allie University of Cape Town, South Africa Eugenia Etkina Rutgers University

Rachel ScherrUniversity of WashingtonJohn R. Thompson University of Maine, OronoEdit Yerushalmi Weismann Institute of Science, Israel Genaro ZavalaTecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

“Patterns in Illinois education school data” [Cacey Stevens et al., Fig. 1a, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 11, 010113 (2015)]


2016 PUBLICATION PROJECTIONSNumber of articles: 70Number of pages: 870



CODEN: PRSTCR

Physical Review Special Topics – Physics Education Research (PRST-PER) is a peer-reviewed, online-only, open access journal covering the full range of experimental and theoretical research related to the teaching and/or learning of physics. PRST-PER is financed by article-processing charges to the author or to the author’s institution to defray editorial, hosting, and archiving expenses.

The criteria for acceptance of articles include the high scholarly and technical standards of our other Physical Review journals.

Authors may submit:• Review Articles• Replication Studies• Descriptions of the Development and Use of New Assessment Tools• Presentations of Research Techniques and Methodology Comparisons/Critiques

SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prstper/highlights

Physical Review Special Topics Physics Education Researchjournals.aps.org/prstper

EDITORFrank Zimmermann CERN, Switzerland

JOURNAL MANAGERDebbie Brodbar American Physical Society

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jean Delayen Old Dominion University and Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Brant M. Johnson Brookhaven National LaboratoryKazuhito Ohmi KEK, Japan

KALEIDOSCOPE SUGGESTIONSjournals.aps.org/prstab/kaleidoscope journals.aps.org/prstab/highlights

“Advanced simulations of optical transition and diffraction radiation” [T. Aumeyr, et al., Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 18, 042801 (2015)]





CODEN: PRABFM

Physical Review Special Topics – Accelerators and Beams (PRST-AB) is a peer-reviewed, online-only, open access journal funded by contributions from domestic and international laboratories and other partners.

PRST-AB covers the full range of accelerator science and technology:• Subsystem and Component Technologies• Beam Dynamics• Design, Operation, and Improvement of Accelerators

Used in Science and Industry• Accelerator Applications• Accelerators for High Energy and Nuclear Physics• Synchrotron-Radiation Production • Spallation Neutron Sources • Medical Therapy • Intense Beam Applications

A full list of PRST-AB sponsors can be found online:journals.aps.org/prstab/sponsors

Physical Review Special TopicsAccelerators and Beamsjournals.aps.org/prstab


EDITORJessica Thomas American Physical Society

DEPUTY EDITORMatteo Rini American Physical Society

FOCUS EDITORDavid Ehrenstein American Physical Society

SENIOR EDITORAna LopesAmerican Physical Society

CONTRIBUTING EDITORKatherine WrightAmerican Physical Society

“Strange Nonchaotic Stars” [John F. Lindner et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 054101 (2015)]

Synopsis: Stars That Act Irrational (Physics, 2015)

2016 PUBLICATION PROJECTIONSNumber of articles: 300

2016 PUBLICATION FREQUENCYVolume 8 (daily)


CODEN: PHYSGM

Physics provides daily online-only news and commentary about a selection of papers from the APS journal collection. The website is aimed at the reader who wants to keep up with highlights of physics research with explanations that don’t rely on jargon and technical detail.

Physics publishes several types of articles:• Viewpoints: Commentaries on papers written by prominent

experts in a given field• Focus stories: Explanations of research papers geared toward

students and non-experts • Synopses: Brief news summaries about papers • Notes from the Editors: Discussions of topics relevant to the

physics community, but not necessarily covered in the APS journals

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through the Physics website• One of APS’s most visited websites with more than 160,000

visits per month• Regular postings and conversations on APS social media

outlets• Occasional highlighting of classic papers from the

APS online archive

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“Narrowband inverse Compton scattering x-ray sources at high laser intensities” [D. Seipt et al., Phys. Rev. A 91, 033402 (2015)]

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Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA) ensures the immediate and long-term accessibility of journal content published by APS.

2016 PROLA, APS -ALL, and PR -ALL package subscribers will receive online access to the complete archive of all publications, including:• Physical Review Series I and II, in their entirety (1893 –1969)• Physical Review A –D from 1970 –2012• Physical Review E from 1993 –2012• Physical Review Letters from 1958 –2012• Reviews of Modern Physics from 1929 –2012

At the end of each calendar year, PROLA adds another year of content.

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in Google and Google Scholar• All PDFs contained in the scanned portion of PROLA

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Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA)journals.aps.org/prola

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PRA1970–2012

PRB1970–2012

PRC1970–2012

PRD1970–2012

PRE1993–2012

PRL1958–2012

RMP1929–2012

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Price-Per-Page and Price-Per-Article For PR-ALL + PRL

YEAR MANUSCRIPTS MANUSCRIPTS PAGES TIER 1 TIER 4 TIER 1 TIER 4 RECEIVED PUBLISHED PUBLISHED Online only Online only Price-Per-Page Price-Per-Article ($US) published ($US)

2002 25,809 16,418 119,885 0.105 - 0.768 -

2003 27,274 14,867 106,785 0.118 0.170 0.858 1.236

2004 28,687 16,067 117,719 0.112 0.169 0.819 1.239

2005 30,323 17,843 132,564 0.096 0.149 0.715 1.110

2006 31,566 17,442 130,296 0.095 0.155 0.710 1.158

2007 32,991 17,384 131,038 0.092 0.159 0.691 1.197

2008 34,388 18,660 143,981 0.083 0.149 0.644 1.149

2009 35,052 18,322 141,809 0.078 0.153 0.603 1.182

2010 32,523 18,760 149,520 0.075 0.156 0.595 1.241

2011 33,985 19,023 150,300 0.075 0.164 0.592 1.297

2012 34,092 19,260 159,104 0.072 0.164 0.597 1.358

2013 34,109 18,125 152,036 0.077 0.182 0.647 1.530

2014 35,211 17,330 154,018 0.078 0.192 0.696 1.710

2015* 35,915 16,240 135,669 0.091 0.231 0.762 1.926

2016* 36,634 16,134 135,575 0.094 0.247 0.790 2.073

* estimated

28%

37%

31%

4%

31%

44%

22%

3%

2014 MANUSCRIPTSRECEIVED

2014 MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED

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