The Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes review articles about nuclear and particle science. It was first created by the National Research Council's Committee on Nuclear Science, which partnered with Annual Reviews to produce the first volume in 1952. The initial title of the journal was Annual Review of Nuclear Science. Annual Reviews published all volumes independently beginning with Volume 3. In 1978, the journal's name was changed to Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. In its history, it has had six editors, four of whom had tenures of 10 or more years: Emilio Segrè, John David Jackson, Chris Quigg, and Barry R. Holstein.
History
In the early 1950s, the National Research Council's Committee on Nuclear Science announced its support for an annual volume of review articles that covered recent developments in the field of nuclear science.[2] One of the key proponents of creating the journal was Alberto F. Thompson, who had previously helped establish Nuclear Science Abstracts in 1948.[3][4] The Committee on Nuclear Science consulted the nonprofit publishing company Annual Reviews for advice, and Annual Reviews agreed to publish the initial and subsequent volumes. Members of the Committee acted as the editorial board for the first volume, which was published in December 1952. Published under the title Annual Review of Nuclear Science, it covered nuclear science developments in 1950. Beginning with Volume 2, James G. Beckerley was editor, with Martin D. Kamen, Donald F. Mastick, and Leonard I. Schiff as associate editors. From Volume 3 onward, Annual Reviews assumed all responsibility for the journal from the National Research Council.[2]
In 1978, the journal's name was changed to the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. This name was judged to be more reflective of the journal's content, which also included particle physics.[5] Under Annual Reviews's "Subscribe to Open" publishing model, it was announced that the 2020 volume of Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science would be published open access, a first for the journal.[6] As of 2020, it was published both in print and electronically.[7]
Editorial processes and authors
The Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science is helmed by the editor. The editor is assisted by the editorial committee, which includes associate editors, regular members, and occasionally guest editors. Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor, and serve terms of one year. All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms. The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.[8] Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Peer review of accepted manuscripts is undertaken by the editorial committee.[9]
Several Nobel Prize in Physics laureates have authored publications in this journal:[10]
Nobel laureate Article name Year published in Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
Murray Gell-Mann "Hyperons and Heavy Mesons (Systematics and Decay)" 1957
Robert Hofstadter "Nuclear and Nucleon Scattering of High-Energy Electrons" 1957
Owen Chamberlain "Optics of High-Energy Beams" 1960
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer "Recoilless Nuclear Resonance Absorption" 1962
Hans Albrecht Bethe "Theory of Nuclear Matter" 1971
Jerome I. Friedman and Henry Way Kendall "Deep Inelastic Electron Scattering" 1972
Aage Bohr "The Many Facets of Nuclear Structure" 1973
Georges Charpak "High-Resolution Electronic Particle Detectors" 1984
Jack Steinberger "Early Particles" 1997
Arthur B. McDonald "The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory" 2009
Takaaki Kajita "The Measurement of Neutrino Properties with Atmospheric Neutrinos" 2014
James Watson Cronin "A Life in High-Energy Physics: Success Beyond Expectations" 2014
List of editors
Nobel laureate Emilio Segrè served as editor for twenty years
James G. Beckerley 1953–1957
Emilio Segrè 1958–1977[11][12]
John David Jackson 1977–1993[13]
Chris Quigg 1994–2004[14]
Boris Kayser 2004–2009[15][16]
Barry R. Holstein 2009–present[16][17]
References
"Journal Impact Factors". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Preface". Annual Review of Nuclear Science. 1. 1952. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.1.072406.100001.
"Preface". Annual Review of Nuclear Science. 7. 1957. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.7.072406.100001.
Brownson, Helen L.; Fry, Bernard M. (1957). "Alberto F. Thompson, 1907-1957". American Documentation. 8 (4): 243–245. doi:10.1002/asi.5090080402.
"Preface". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 28. 1978. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.28.072506.100001.
"Jisc supports pioneering open access model Subscribe to Open". 10 March 2020.
"Expected Publication Dates". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
"Editorial Principles and Policies". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
"Information for Unsolicited Authors and Reviewers". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
"Annual Reviews Nobel Laureates". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Emilio Gino Segrè January 30, 1905–April 22, 1989". National Academy of Sciences biography. Archived from the original on 22 March 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Preface". Annual Review of Nuclear Science. 26 (1): annurev.ns. 1976. Bibcode:1976ARNPS..26...26.. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.26.072506.100001.
"John David Jackson". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Preface". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 44. 1994. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.44.072606.100001.
"Preface by Boris Kayser". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 54 (1): annurev.ns. 2004. Bibcode:2004ARNPS..54...54.. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.54.101404.100001.
"Preface by Barry R. Holstein". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 59 (1): annurev.ns. 2009. Bibcode:2009ARNPS..59...59.. doi:10.1146/annurev.ns.59.102109.100001.
"Our Team". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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