Kürzlich wurde unser Kollege Axel Maas zu einem hervorragenden Gutachter (einer von 142 im Jahre 2015) der Journale Physical Review and Physical Review Letter gewählt. Dies ist in mehrerlei Hinsicht bemerkenswert: Diese beiden Journale sind die traditionell top Physikjournale der American Physical Society (APS). Dementsprechend groß ist der Pool an Referees. Weiters erfolgt das Verfassen von Gutachten auf freiwilliger Basis und bleibt finanziell unbelohnt. Die Bedeutung dieser Auszeichnung wird wohl durch die offizielle E-Mail (siehe unten) am besten dargelegt.
Axel, wir gratulieren!
Dear Dr. Poetz:
It is with pleasure that I am able to inform you that the following member of your faculty is among the 142 Outstanding Referees of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals, as chosen by the journal editors for 2015.
Axel Maas
Initiated in 2008, the Outstanding Referee program expresses appreciation for the essential work that anonymous peer reviewers do for our journals. Each year a small percentage of our 65,000 active referees are selected and honored with the Outstanding Referee designation. Selections are made based on the number, quality, and timeliness of referee reports as collected in a database over the last 30 years. The program will recognize about 150 referees each year, although larger groups were selected in 2008 and 2009. A full listing and further details on the program are available here:http://publish.aps.org/OutstandingReferees. I am also attaching a press release that your institution might use if it wishes to publicize the honor that your faculty member has received.
Please allow me to congratulate you and your faculty member on this honor, and thank you for your support and contributions to the APS journals and to the physics community.
Sincerely,
Gene D. Sprouse
Editor in Chief
American Physical Society