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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PHOTOBIOLOGY (ASP) HISTORY: 1983–1987
Author(s) -
Jagger John
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1990.tb08704.x
Subject(s) - prestige , pace , library science , photobiology , publication , history , chemistry , political science , operations research , law , mathematics , computer science , biology , philosophy , geography , linguistics , botany , geodesy
Summary Overall, this pentad (1983‐87) was a time of relative stability. Numbers of papers published in Photochemistry and Photobiology (P&P) was nearly constant (Fig. 1). Total membership was constant, then rose 13% over the last two years (Table 4). Sustaining membership, however, has tripled in recent years. Finances showed some disturbing trends. Two of the last three years showed deficits (Table 6), and the Fund Balance was lower in the last two years than in the previous six. Library subscriptions to P&P (a major source of funding for the Society) continued its steady drop of about 12 per year since 1974 (Fig. 3). These trends suggest that the Society was beginning to grow toward the end of the period, but also becoming less financially sound. The two major functions of the ASP are to publish P&P and to hold the Annual Meeting. Both of these activities were carried out successfully. During this pentad other activities were also proceeding at a healthy pace. Efforts were made to be more responsive to such public issues as suntan salons, and to have symposia or lectures on environmental problems, such as damage to the stratospheric ozone layer. Efforts were made to advertise the Society more widely, and to encourage photochemical and photobiological publications. A research award and an archives were established. The new format of the Newsletter, its columns on history, and its airing of such issues as the role of ASP in world photo‐biology, added to the effectiveness and the prestige of the Society.