[Virtual Physics]

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Virtual Physics is a monthly electronic journal with an electronic editorial center located in Toronto, Canada. The journal is owned by Zbigniew Koziol, and is published with the extensive support of Internet Young Polonia, Inc., and managed with help from members of Editorial Board:
Marcel Ausloos, ausloos@gw.unipc.ulg.ac.be, Institut de Physique B5, Universite de Liege, Sart Tilman, B-4000 Liege, Belgium, tel. (+32 41) 66 37 52

Cameron L. Jones, Swinburne University of Technology, CJONES@swin.edu.au, P.O. Box 218 Hawthorn, Victoria, 3122 Australia, tel. +613 9214 8935

Kenneth Holmlund, Kenneth.Holmlund@TP.UmU.SE, Department of Theoretical Physics, Umeå University, S-907 42 Umeå, Sweden, tel. +46-(0)90-167717

Zbigniew J.Koziol ( Editor-in-Chief ), Internet Young Polonia Inc., zkoziol@is.dal.ca, 22 Galley Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M6R 1G8 Canada tel.(416)532 9509

Krzysztof P. Wroblewski, chris@nmr.biophys.upenn.edu, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Rm. C-501 Richards Bldg., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6089, U.S.A., tel. (215) 898-6396

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The overall aim of Virtual Physics is to provide an up-to-date perspective on issues relevant to the physics community, to promote electronic communication between students and scientists, and improve the exchange of scientific information, by providing:

  • timely information on issues relevant to physicists
  • comment on current theories, experiments or viewpoints
  • rapid publication of peer-reviewed experimental notes, letters and articles
  • tutorials on multimedia content development of material suitable for education and research
  • book and software reviews

At the time of writing (January 1997), the WWW pages of the main Virtual Physics site have been visited more than 7000 times. The electronic mailing list has grown rapidly and contains more than 1200 addresses of scientists, students, teachers and publishers world-wide. This is the first journal to the best of our knowledge, where multimedia presentations are published using electronic mail and WWW browser efficiency to this extent. All journal issues are also available in the form of GNU compressed PostScript files which are downloadable from the main WWW page to fascilitate hard-copy printing.

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Virtual Physics publishes research results, essays, review articles, letters, announcements and other materials which are accepted for publishing by the editors, or recommended by outside referees based upon their merit of usefullness to the scientific community of physicists. Here is an approximate list of submissions which are acceptable for publication in Virtual Physics :
[o] short articles, abstracts of scientific works and brief announcements of research results
[o] letters and discussions relevant to the problems of the scientific community
[o] critical comments on scientific results published elsewhere
[o] reviews of books and scientific research works
[o] student articles for public evaluation by specialists
[o] critical reviews from other physics WWW sites
[o] articles, review information, and critical comment concerning the use of the internet for communication within the scientific community;
[o] announcements regarding job openings or post-doctoral fellowships

While the emphasis in this work is focussed principally on material which is suitable for solid-state physics researchers and students, other disciplines within contemporary science which impact on Physics will be addressed as well. Submitted materials should be intelligible to readers from various Physics disciplines and must be brief and clearly written.

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All submitted materials will be published as promptly as possible, usually within two weeks after acceptance. More information for Contributors is detailed below :
[o] The recommended method of submission for text and binary data is by e-mail. It is prefered that binary files are sent as email attachments. We should be able to deal with most popular text-processing and image file formats, however this cannot always be guaranteed. It is therefore recommended that plain-text format is used whenever possible, but we will work with, e.g., Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, TeX/LaTeX formats. We prefer images files in GIF or JPEG format but we do not have difficulty dealing with XBM, TIFF, PCX, PostScript, Corel Draw or other standard image file formats.

[o] Printed hard-copies of proposed manuscripts are also acceptable. This concerns both text material and figures or diagrams. However, if we encounter serious problems during conversion to an electronic form, we would not be able to accept the submission. If in doubt the Authors are encouraged to consult the editor prior to submission.

[o] It is the sole responsibility of the Authors to ensure that all materials submitted are not under copyright by third parties, and that all submissions are eligible to be made available for electronic publication and distribution in Virtual Physics. While the rules for content publication over the Internet are somewhat in flux compared against alternative publishing media, we shall do our best to avoid any problems related to unlawful publishing.

[o] Permission to reprint illustrations or tables from other publications must be obtained by the Author from the original copyright owner (usually the publisher).

[o] Submitted materials will be edited to conform to the style of Virtual Physics.

[o] By submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author accepts full responsibility that all authors have agreed to be listed, and have seen and approved of the manuscript and its content for submission to Virtual Physics.

[o] In most cases, Virtual Physics will consider a manuscript for publication only if its main findings have not been reported elsewhere.

[o] Please submit all materials together, including correct and full information regarding the names, affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses for all contributing authors.

[o] Manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, Zbigniew Koziol, Virtual Physics, 22 Galley Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M6R 1G8 Canada.

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To receive FREE copies of e-mail issues of Virtual Physics please fill in the subscription form at the main WWW page of the journal or write to the editor, Zbigniew Koziol, vp@iyp.org. At any time, if you do not wish to continue receiving subsequent issues, please send a short message to vp@iyp.org requesting your removal from the mailing list.

Remember that this journal is a ground-breaker in many ways and deserves to be supported. Scientific thought and Research are collective efforts which are enhanced by different viewpoints and collaboration. It is our intention to foster this spirit, and encourage new ideas through the electronic forum of Virtual Physics !

While Virtual Physics is available for free subscription in an email format, and also freely available for browsing on WWW - it is anticipated that appreciation for this work will result in support from public institutions and/or individuals. If you wish to help support the journal, please send a check in dollars, made out to

Zbigniew Koziol, Editor of Virtual Physics, 22 Galley Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M6R 1G8 Canada.

For the Editors of Virtual Physics,
Sincerely yours,
Zbigniew Koziol
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