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Member Societies

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is an umbrella organization with 10 Member Societies and 25 Affiliate Societies, working together to advance the physical sciences and to serve the physical sciences community. AIP is one of the world's largest publishers of physics journals and provides a spectrum of publishing services and community resources for its Member Societies, individual scientists, and the general public.

Member Society members represented within the AIP (currently numbering 134,000), are invited to take advantage of AIP resources as well as the exclusive benefits you receive from Society membership:

Physics Today magazine

Member Society membership includes a non-deductible subscription to Physics Today, AIP's flagship publication that delivers original articles and timely news on groundbreaking research in physics and related sciences. New material is posted to Physics Today Online daily. Make Physics Today your homepage, or sign up for Physics Today's RSS feeds or news alerts.

Discounts on AIP Publications

Journals: Only members of AIP Member and Affiliated Societies are eligible to purchase individual subscriptions to ten AIP scholarly journals, including:

Article Packs: Article Packs give you flexible online access to key research articles spanning from 1931 to the present. Select and download articles in PDF format from across the collection of 10 AIP Online Journals as well as AIP Conference Proceedings Online. Packs are available in 12, 25, and 50 articles. You are entitled to the member price if you are a member of one of the 10 AIP Member Societies. During the registration process you will have the option of entering your society membership ID number which will entitle you to a special discount price for Article Packs.

AIP offers a diverse set of resources to the scientific community, several are free of charge. Member Society members may find the following resources most useful:

UniPHY
UniPHY is the world's first literature-based professional social networking site for physical scientists. More than a quarter of a million scientists, engineers, and other colleagues in an array of related disciplines are networked through UniPHY. Register for free, and you'll discover who has published in areas that interest you, who has collaborated with these individuals, and who has collaborated with them. You'll also learn where your peers and potential colleagues are located in more than 100 countries across the globe.

Inside Science News Service
Keep up to date on the latest happenings in research, current affairs and the science behind the news. Subscribe to this weekly digest of news stories from Inside Science News Service.

FYI—Bulletin of Science Policy News
AIP monitors science policy developments in Washington, and publishes regular FYI news bulletins informing the physical sciences community of opportunities for science and funding decisions that affect them. Summaries are issued two or more times every week. Sign up.

E-Updates from AIP's Statistical Research Center
Keep abreast of the latest data on education and employment in physics and related fields. Choose from among 16 topics covered by our Center's studies. Join the listserv to be notified whenever new data are available.

Physics Today Career Network
For those looking to hire or be hired, visit the PT Career Network to find more than 3,000 jobs in industry, academia, and government, and more than 5,000 resumes of highly trained job seekers holding physics degrees from B.S. to Ph.D.

Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Explore a matchless collection of printed works of historical importance, including monographs, textbooks, laboratory manuals, instrument catalogs, and published correspondence–14,000 titles in all. The Emilio Segrè Visual Archives includes collection of more than 30,000 historical photographs, and other visual materials. Online History Exhibits examine critical issues and luminary figures.

A full list of AIP resources is outlined in the AIP Products & Services Quick Guide - 127 KB

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