''Applied Physics Express'' or ''APEX'' is a
scientific journal
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Content
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publishing
letters
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, with usually no more than three pages per (concise) article. The main purpose is to rapidly publish original, timely, and novel
research papers
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in
applied physics
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. As part of its aim, the journal intends for papers to be novel research that has a strong impact on relevant fields and
society
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. It is notable that the journal considers satisfaction of this criterion as showing the paper merits priority handling in the
review
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and
publication processes. In keeping with this aim, its issues are published online on a weekly basis. The print version is published monthly.
[About ''APEX'']
. Apex.ipap.jp. Retrieved on 2013-06-20.
The journal is the successor of ''
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
The ''Japanese Journal of Applied Physics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1962 and is published by the Japan Society of Applied Physics. From 1982 until 2008, the journal was published in two editions, Part 1 and Pa ...
Part 2'', i.e., the ''letter'' and ''express letter'' sections.
Indexing and abstracting
APEX is abstracted and indexed in ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'',
[ ]SCImago Journal Rank
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Rationale
Citati ...
, SCOPUS
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, Science Citation Index
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, and Current Contents
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History
''Cur ...
.Thomson-Reuters SCIENCE Journal Search (Retrieved April 30, 2010)
Science.thomsonreuters.com (2013-04-02). Retrieved on 2013-06-20.
See also
*''
Optical Review
''Optical Review'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1994 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media in partnership with the Optical Society of Japan. The editor-in-chief is Masahiro Yamaguchi. The jo ...
''
*
Japan Society of Applied Physics
(JSAP) is a Japanese group of researchers in the field of applied physics. JSAP originated in 1932 from a voluntary forum of researchers belonging to the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research. During World War ...
*
Physical Society of Japan The Physical Society of Japan (JPS; 日本物理学会 in Japanese) is the organisation of physicists in Japan. There are about 16,000 members, including university professors, researchers as well as educators, and engineers.
The origins of the JP ...
*
Optical Society of Japan The Optical Society of Japan (OSJ) is professional organization of physicists conducting research in Optics. The organization was founded in 1952 as a division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP). It has nearly 2,000 members and is the bi ...
References
Physics journals
Academic journals of Japan
Monthly journals
Publications established in 2008
English-language journals
Japan Society of Applied Physics academic journals
IOP Publishing academic journals
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