Abbreviation | APS |
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Formation | May 20, 1899 |
Type | Scientific society |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
Purpose | To advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics |
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Membership | 50,000 |
Young-Kee Kim [1] | |
Key people | Jonathan A. Bagger (CEO) [2] |
Website | www |
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 knowledge of physics.[3] It publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the prestigious Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than twenty science meetings each year. It is a member society of the American Institute of Physics.[4] Since January 2021, it is led by chief executive officer Jonathan Bagger.[5]