''Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by

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, a subsidiary of the

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in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1968 from the division of the earlier title, ''

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''. It has a broad coverage, including five main focus areas: magnetism;

photonics Photonics is a branch of optics that involves the application of generation, detection, and manipulation of light in form of photons through emission, transmission, modulation, signal processing, switching, amplification, and sensing. Though ...

and

semiconductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way. ...

s; plasmas and plasma-surface interactions; applied surfaces and interfaces; structure and properties of

matter In classical physics and general chemistry, matter is any substance that has mass and takes up space by having volume. All everyday objects that can be touched are ultimately composed of atoms, which are made up of interacting subatomic part ...

and renewable energy/sustainability. The current

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is Huiyun Liu (

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

Abstracting and indexing

''Journal of Physics D'' is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.207.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://iopscience.org/jphysd Physics journals IOP Publishing academic journals Publications established in 1950 Weekly journals English-language journals 1950 establishments in the United Kingdom