VJS

New Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity Now Online

The new AIP/APS Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity is now available online (http://www.vjsuper.org). Edited by John R. Clem of Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University, this semi-monthly online collection of articles will feature the latest developments on applications of superconductivity to electronics and large-scale systems; materials and properties important to applications are also covered. Articles that appear in the Virtual Journal are selected from recent issues of nearly 50 participating source journals. The journals of AIP, APS and 11 other publishers are currently contributing source material to the AIP/APS series of Virtual Journals in Science and Technology (http://www.virtualjournals.org).

From the user's perspective, the virtual journals look and feel like "real" journals, providing useful features such as:

Tables of Contents

Freely available abstracts

Links to source journal home pages, abstracts, and full-text articles

E-mail alerting

Subscribers to a given source journal can seamlessly access the full-text articles from that journal, while non-subscribers will have the option to purchase articles for immediate online delivery. Any user with a subscription to at least one source journal can search the virtual journals.

Underlying objectives of the virtual journals series are to provide:

Quick access to large sets of papers in cutting-edge fields

Affordable access to those with specialized interests

Alerts about newly published research in key areas

An alternative to the creation of new, expensive niche journals

New virtual journals will continue to be launched as warranted, focusing on new and developing fields that cut across a range of traditional publications.