The Physical Society of Japan (JPS; 日本物理学会 in Japanese) is the organisation of physicists in
Japan
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. There are about 16,000 members, including university professors, researchers as well as educators, and engineers.
The origins of the JPS go back to the establishment of the Tokyo Mathematical Society in 1877, as the first society in natural science in Japan. After being renamed twice, as Tokyo Mathematical and Physical Society in 1884 and as Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan in 1919, it eventually separated into two in 1946, and the Physical Society of Japan was formed. Takeo Shimizu (清水武雄), a contributor to the improvements to the
Wilson cloud chamber
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and the last President of the Physico-Mathematical Society, was also the first president of JPS.
Purpose
The primary purposes of the JPS are to publish research reports of its members and to provide its members with facilities relating to physics.
Reciprocal agreements
The JPS has established reciprocal agreements with seven physical societies such as the
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...
,
German Physical Society
The German Physical Society (German: , DPG) is the oldest organisation of physicists. The DPG's worldwide membership is cited as 60,547, as of 2019, making it the largest physics society in the world. It holds an annual conference () and multiple ...
,
Mexican Physical Society
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and
Korean Physical Society
The Korean Physical Society is a non-profit scientific society created to provide a forum for academic exchange among scholars and researchers in the field of Physics.
The organization, was founded in Busan in 1952 during the Korean War. In 2020, ...
so that the members of one society can participate in the activities of the other on an equal partner basis.
Publications
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
''Journal of the Physical Society of Japan'' (''JPSJ'') is a monthly, peer reviewed, scientific journal published by the Physical Society of Japan (JPS). It was first published in July 1946 (volume 1). The editor-in-chief was A. Kawabata until Au ...
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Progress of Theoretical Physics
''Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics'' (PTEP) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Physical Society of Japan. It was established as ''Progress of Theoretical Physics'' in ...
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See also
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Applied Physics Express
''Applied Physics Express'' or ''APEX'' is a scientific journal publishing letters, with usually no more than three pages per (concise) article. The main purpose is to rapidly publish original, timely, and novel research papers in applied physics. ...
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Japan Society of Applied Physics
(JSAP) is a Japanese group of researchers in the field of applied physics. JSAP originated in 1932 from a voluntary forum of researchers belonging to the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research. During World War ...
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Optical Review
''Optical Review'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1994 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media in partnership with the Optical Society of Japan. The editor-in-chief is Masahiro Yamaguchi. The jou ...
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Optical Society of Japan The Optical Society of Japan (OSJ) is professional organization of physicists conducting research in Optics. The organization was founded in 1952 as a division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP). It has nearly 2,000 members and is the bi ...
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Mathematical Society of Japan
The Mathematical Society of Japan (MSJ, ja, 日本数学会) is a learned society for mathematics in Japan.
In 1877, the organization was established as the ''Tokyo Sugaku Kaisha'' and was the first academic society in Japan. It was re-organized ...
External links The Physical Society of Japan
References
Scientific societies based in Japan
Physics organizations
1877 establishments in Japan
Scientific organizations established in 1877
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