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Tatsuzo Dazai
(Japan Society of Applied Physics)

The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
Name of society: The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)
http://www.jsap.or.jp/english/index.html
Founded: 1946 (journal Oyo Buturi [Applied Physics] published since 1932)
Membership: 24,300 individual members (as of Sept., 1, 2010)
780 sustaining members (as of Sept.,1,2010)
Journal titles:

(1) Applied Physics Express (APEX), monthly

(2) Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (JJAP), monthly

(3) Optical Review (OR), bimonthly, edited by the Optical Society of Japan, a division of the JSAP

Field: Applied physics
Platforms used:
APEX: APEX Online 
JJAP: JJAP Online, J-STAGE
OR: Optical Review Digital Archive, SpringerLink, J-STAGE
URLs: APEX
JJAP

OR



http://apex.jsap.jp/
http://jjap.jsap.jp/
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jjap
http://jasosx.ils.uec.ac.jp/OR/index.html
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1340-6000/
http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/or
E-journal specifications:

APEX / JJAP Articles (full-text; PDF files), citation metadata, bibliographic metadata, and full-text search

Electronic submissions system: JSAP has its own submissions and review system.
Copyright policy: http://www.jsap.or.jp/profile/copyrightpolicy.html


Measures Needed to Further Improve the Journals
  • Aiming to further accelerate publication while maintaining high quality (APEX).
  • Raising the level of the journal as a whole by establishing a feature section containing high-quality articles on the latest topics (JJAP).
  • Further improvement of our special issues linked to international conferences (JJAP).
  • Launched a new review section linked to JSAP’s Japanese-language journal (JJAP).
  • Raising recognizability and visibility in the field of optics (OR).
  • Continuous improvement and development of our online journal platform (APEX/JJAP).
  • Continuous improvement and development of our submission and review system (APEX/JJAP).
  • Monitoring trends among overseas journals in the same field (APEX/JJAP).
E-journal Sales Promotion to University Libraries
  • For APEX/JJAP, archives from the first issues onward are accessible (bibliographic metadata and full-text PDFs).
  • We provide access statistics.
Promotion to Authors to Further Increase Submissions
  • To raise our name recognition, especially among overseas researchers, since 2009 we have actively exhibited at international conferences in related fields, for example, the Materials Research Society's Spring and Fall Meetings.
  • We are strengthening our editorial structure to make the review process faster and fairer (APEX/JJAP).
  • We provide free access for a limited period to certain content, such as the year’s ten most cited articles and the winners of the JSAP Outstanding Paper Award (APEX/JJAP).
  • The Editorial Board selects noteworthy articles and brings them to readers’ attention by an e-mail alert service (APEX/JJAP).