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EDITORGordon W. F. Drake, University of Windsor
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ASSOCIATE EDITORSDirk Jan Bukman, APS Ediorial Office
Lee A. Collins, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFranco Dalfovo, Università di Trento
Julio Gea-Banacloche, University of ArkansasMark Hillery, Hunter College
Keith B. MacAdam, University of KentuckyFrank Narducci, Naval Air Systems Command
Mark Saffman, University of Wisconsin
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PRA numbers 2010 2011 Submissions 4178 4397 Reviewed manuscripts 3578 3712 Published manuscripts 2880 2747 Referrals 11189 11935 Acceptance rates 65.4% 60.2%