<s>
distributed	O
by	O
the	O
American	O
Physical	O
Society	O
with	O
auxiliary	O
files	O
and	O
a	O
user	O
support	O
guide	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
toolbox.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
to	O
submit	O
papers	O
to	O
journals	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
American	O
Physical	O
Society	O
(	O
APS	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
American	O
Institute	O
of	O
Physics	O
(	O
AIP	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Optical	O
Society	O
of	O
America	O
(	O
OSA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
is	O
accepted	O
by	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
technical	O
publishers	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
was	O
created	O
by	O
APS	O
to	O
support	O
its	O
authors	O
in	O
the	O
editorial	O
process	O
and	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
APS	O
journals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
publishing	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
collaborative	O
effort	O
of	O
the	O
APS	O
,	O
AIP	O
,	O
OSA	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
American	O
Astronomical	O
Society	O
(	O
AAS	O
)	O
was	O
initiated	O
to	O
coordinate	O
a	O
revision	O
to	O
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
and	O
to	O
AASTeX	O
(	O
used	O
by	O
AAS	O
authors	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
was	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
that	O
APS	O
,	O
AIP	O
,	O
and	O
OSA	O
authors	O
could	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
minimal	O
impact	O
to	O
authors	O
who	O
submitted	O
to	O
multiple	O
scholarly	O
journals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
LaTeX	B-Application
Project	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
project	O
was	O
begun	O
in	O
1986	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
American	O
Physical	O
Society	O
was	O
exploring	O
how	O
to	O
support	O
standardized	O
electronic	O
submission	O
of	O
scientific	O
papers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
launched	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
in	O
1988	O
,	O
naming	O
it	O
after	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
the	O
Physical	O
Review	O
journals	O
and	O
the	O
TeX	B-Application
typesetting	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
APS	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
REVTeX	B-General_Concept
submissions	O
accounted	O
for	O
around	O
25%	O
of	O
submissions	O
to	O
APS	O
journals	O
.	O
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