Contemporary Physics
| File:Contemporary Physics Introducing Recent Developments in Physics.jpg Volume Number: 51. Published By: Taylor & Francis | |
| Discipline | Physics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Peter Knight (scientist) |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1959–present |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 5.185 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Contemp. Phys. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0010-7514 (print) 1366-5812 (web) |
| Links | |
Contemporary Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing introductory articles on important recent developments in physics. Editorial screening and peer review is carried out by members of the editorial board.
Overview
[edit | edit source]Contemporary Physics has been published by Taylor & Francis since 1959 and publishes four issues per year. The subjects covered by this journal are: astrophysics, atomic and nuclear physics, chemical physics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, environmental physics, experimental physics, general physics, particle & high energy physics, plasma physics, space science, and theoretical physics.[citation needed]
Aims
[edit | edit source]The journal publishes introductory review articles on a range of recent developments in physics and intends to be of particular use to undergraduates, teachers and lecturers, and those starting postgraduate studies. Contemporary Physics also contains a major section devoted to standard book reviews and essay reviews which review books in the context of the general aspects of a field which have a wide appeal.[1]
Abstracting and indexing
[edit | edit source]According to the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.185.[2] Contemporary Physics is abstracted and indexed in Inspec, EBSCO Publishing, Current Contents, Current Mathematical Publications, Mathematical Reviews, SciSearch, and SciBase.
Notable authors
[edit | edit source]Contemporary Physics has attracted articles from a number of prominent scientists, including:
- Jim Al-Khalili, OBE[3]
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS[4]
- Leon Cooper[5]
- Otto Robert Frisch, FRS[6]
- Vitaly Ginzburg, FRS[7]
- Stephen Hawking, CBE, FRS[8]
- Sir Peter Knight, FRS (current Editor-in-Chief) [9][10]
- Sir Anthony James Leggett, KBE, FRS[11]
- Sir Nevill Francis Mott, FRS[12]
- Sir John Pendry, FRS FInstP[13]
- Abdus Salam, KBE[14]
- Arthur Leonard Schawlow[15]
References
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