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Authors

List all authors' names and their first names or initials exactly as they should be known, in the order of importance of their contribution to the study. Do not include any specific titles (e.g., PhD, MD, and Prof. are not needed). "Group authorship" is allowed, with the name of a group (such as a consortium or program) to be listed as an author, with members of the group listed in the Acknowledgements section; however, the Program Director of the named group must be the one who signs for the group when the group's "author" signature is needed, i.e., on a Mandatory Submission Form or a Change of Authorship Form.

Authors who publish in APS journals may now present their names in non-Latin characters (in their native writing system) along side the standard English transliteration of their name in the main author line of the published article; for example, "Ta-Ming Wang (王大明)". We will accept any non-Latin languages that have standard Unicode characters designated for the native characters. For authors that choose this option, please only provide the native expression for the original written form of the transliterated name; that is, do not include any associated degree, rank, or title information in the native format. This feature is meant for the person's name only, not for ancillary information regarding academic achievement or institutional affiliation. To take advantage of this new feature, please insert the native expression of your name along side the English transliteration in the main title page of your manuscript submission.

http://www.the-aps.org/publications/authorinfo/elements.htm