CHINESE PHYSICS C 2014 RPP PUBLISHERS Caitriana Nicholson, on behalf of the Chinese Physics C team PDG Collaboration Meeting, 6th November 2014

OUTLINE Introduction to Chinese Physics C (CPC) The 2014 PDG Publication Thoughts on Future PDG Publications Summary & Thanks Apologies that the time difference between Beijing and Berkeley does not allow me to present this personally!

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE PHYSICS C Monthly English-language journal focusing on High Energy and Nuclear Physics: Particle Physics Nuclear & Heavy Ion Physics Particle & Nuclear Astrophysics & Cosmology Detectors & Experimental Methods Accelerators Synchrotron Radiation, Free Electron Lasers, Applications etc Published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP) and Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), in association with the Chinese Physical Society (CPS) and Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP)

INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE PHYSICS C First issue in 1977, Chinese 1988 – 1997, English quarterly “High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics” published translated highlights 1999, mixed English / Chinese publication 2002, joined Chinese Physical Society series of journals 2008, fully English publication, renamed “Chinese Physics C” 2009, began collaboration with IOP Publishing for international distribution 2012, joined SCOAP3 – qualifying HEP articles now fully Open Access 2013 JCR Impact Factor 0.819

2014 PDG PUBLICATION

CPC were delighted to win the tender for publication of the 2014 PDG Book and Booklet It has been an honour to work with Michael, Piotr and the rest of the PDG team to produce the RPP Our small editorial team has worked hard to meet requirements and produce a high-quality publication

Let’s take a tour…

2014 PDG PUBLICATION

Checking proofs

Printing begins

Page printing completed

2014 PDG PUBLICATION Binding

Leaving the factory

Arrival in San Francisco (by M. Barnett)

THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE PDG products are greatly valued by HEP and wider community Based on our experience at IHEP: Book is useful as reference, but nowadays the website is often used instead Booklet used much more frequently by physicists, often seen on desks and at research group meetings May be better use of resources to reduce or drop the printed Book, have full Reviews and Data Listings online (website + pdgLive + App) and only print Booklet?

THOUGHTS FOR THE FUTURE From journal point of view: Publishing RPP is good for us (high citations), but costs a lot (in finance and time / manpower) Booklet is much cheaper to produce and ship If journal publication needed for citations / funding, print / publish Book with Reviews only? Publisher involvement earlier in process of producing RPP may be helpful to iron out technical / editing issues (fonts, PostScript etc)

SUMMARY & THANKS Chinese Physics C are proud to be the first Asian publisher of the Review of Particle Physics Thank you for the opportunity to work with you on this, and to share some thoughts at this meeting Submissions for regular articles are always welcome!

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