''Chinese Physics B'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published in English by

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. It is sponsored by the

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and the

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Scope

''Chinese Physics B'' is devoted to rapid publication of original research papers, rapid communications, and

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on the latest developments and achievements in all branches of

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worldwide except

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, as well as the physics of

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s and fields. Specific areas of interest include condensed matter physics,

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, atomic and

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optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics (AMO) is the study of matter-matter and light-matter interactions; at the scale of one or a few atoms and energy scales around several electron volts. The three areas are closely interrelated. AMO theory in ...

, and

plasma physics Plasma ()πλάσμα
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History

The journal was established in 1992 as ''Acta Physica Sinica (Overseas Edition)'', publishing papers different from those of "Acta Physica Sinica" (in Chinese) in both language and content. The journal title was changed to ''Chinese Physics'' in 2000, and changed to ''Chinese Physics B'' in 2008.

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is abstracted and indexed in

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, Inspec,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 1.494.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://iopscience.iop.org/cpb Physics journals English-language journals Monthly journals Publications established in 1992 IOP Publishing academic journals Chinese Physical Society academic journals