November 2011
Byline addresses in the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters are intended to indicate the institution where the research was done. These addresses (usually consisting of department, institution, city, state or country) are set directly under the names of the authors.
Footnotes to an author's name or address are intended to facilitate locating or communicating with an author, for example by indicating that an author's address has changed (either temporarily or permanently). In many cases, it can be helpful to identify an author as "spokesperson'' or "author to whom correspondence should be addressed.'' Footnotes giving email addresses of one or more corresponding authors are strongly encouraged.
Information concerning financial support (funding agencies or programs) is inappropriate in bylines and footnotes, and should be listed in the Acknowledgment section.
The Acknowledgment section should be used for the recognition of those contributing individuals and institutions who might otherwise go unnoticed. However, not all types of acknowledgments are appropriate for journals such as the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, even though they may be quite appropriate for an internal report or for a Ph.D. thesis.
For example, we do not include acknowledgments to those who may have helped in the preparation of the manuscript itself (typists, draftspersons, etc.), or to those who contributed general encouragement or moral support (family, friends, etc.) or services that were not directly a part of the research (grant coordinators, budget directors, etc.). We also do not print notices of fulfillment of requirements for theses. Examples of suitable acknowledgments are thanks to other scientists for scientific guidance given in discussions or by the communication of results, mention of technical assistants who helped in the actual research, and citations of funding agencies that sponsored the work. Acknowledgments to individuals should be a simple statement of thanks for help received and not a dedication or a memorial.
Memberships, positions, titles, and awards may be mentioned in acknowledgments only if they are sources of funding for the research presented and the financial support is stated explicitly. For example, say “A. B. acknowledges support as a Guggenheim Fellow,” but do not say only “A. B. is a Guggenheim Fellow.”