The AIP in 1976

Abstract

In forty-five years of operation the American Institute of Physics has achieved a preeminent position in the scientific publishing business. The statistics tell the story: AIP publishes almost 90% of the research articles published in physics journals in the United States (about 16 000 articles in 1976), and has become the world's largest publisher of primary journals in any one science (about 97 000 pages in 1976). Developments related to AIP publishing activities are accordingly emphasized in this report of Institute activities in 1976. But AIP is more than just a journal publisher; it seeks to serve the Member Societies—and the entire physics and astronomy communities—in many other ways too. This report therefore surveys also the contributions to this goal made by the public-relations division, the Center for History of Physics, manpower statistics and placement divisions, and the Society of Physics Students.