The Physical Review family journals (PRL, PRA, PRB, PRC, PRD, and PRE) of the American Physical Society (APS) are the bedrock journals that the international physics community relies on. But, they need the community's support and contributions to maintain their strengths. Our talk will address the question of why, and how, the journals and the physics community, including Chinese physicists, should work together more actively and effectively.

    We will first briefly discuss the journals' status and their multifaceted contribution to physics and to the international physics community. Then we will zoom in on the editorial and peer-review process and give you an insider's view of the APS editorial system: How do the editors assess new papers, choose referees, and accept and reject papers? How do they select which papers to highlight as Editors' Suggestions or in the exclusive online platform /Physics/? We will also discuss how you can maximize your chances of publishing your work in the APS journals and how you can make your scientific expertise and views really count by serving as a referee. Finally, we will provide representative statistics on publications, citations and impact measures, and make some geographic and institutional comparisons along the way.

Last May, the APS launched a new, broad-scope, fully open-access, and highly selective journal, Physical Review X (http://prx.aps.org/). What is PRX's mission? What can the new journal offer you? We'll answer these questions and others that you may have.
 

Last but not least, we want to get your feedback on the Physical Review journals and their editorial work. Such feedback will help the journals become stronger and work better for you.
美国物理学会出版的《物理评论》期刊系列 (PRL, PRA, PRB, PRC, PRD, and PRE) 对您的科研，学习，和事业是必不可缺的。如果您想跟踪和了解当前最新的研究进展，您就必需阅读这些期刊。您的科研有了好的成果，您也希望能在这些期刊上发表。但是，这些期刊的编辑是如何选稿发表或决定退稿的呢？如果您想增强您的文章在这些期刊上发表的机会，您该做到的要点又是什么呢？

我们准备先给您简单介绍一下《物理评论》系列期刊的现状以及这些期刊对于物理学和国际物理发展的多方面的贡献。然后，我们再为您介绍一下编辑以及同行审稿的流程和内情：例如，编辑是怎样判断新文章，选择审稿专家，评估和采纳专家的评价和见意，最后决定收稿发表或拒稿的呢？接下来，我们将会给您提供一些有助的建议：您应该如何针对您的研究成果选择合适的期刊去投稿？您的论文应该怎样撰写？投稿之前您应该做那些准备工作？收到了审稿专家的批评意见之后，您又该如何答复？论文怎样修改？如果您被邀审稿，您应该怎样有效地表述您的判断和意见？最后，您可能对一些刊物的影响力的评估感兴趣。我们将为您提供一些在这方面有代表性的统计数据。

去年五月，美国物理学会出版社创办了一个新的期刊 《Physical Review X》。 它的特点和使命是什么呢？它又能给您的科研和事业带来什么影响呢？我们将会为您解答这些问题。
最后，我们衷心希望能够得到您对于《物理评论》系列期刊以及我们编辑工作的坦率反馈。您的反馈能够帮助和促进我们的期刊的发展和进步, 最终也使您得益更多。