''Physica Scripta'' is an international

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for experimental and

theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...

. It was established in 1970 as the successor of ''Arkiv för Fysik'' and published by the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...

(KVA). Since 2006, it has been published by

IOP Publishing IOP Publishing (previously Institute of Physics Publishing) is the publishing company of the Institute of Physics. It provides publications through which scientific research is distributed worldwide, including journals, community websites, maga ...

with the endorsement of the KVA. The journal covers both experimental and theoretical physics, with an accent on atomic, molecular and optical physics, plasma physics, condensed matter physics and mathematical physics.

Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor

According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.487. It is indexed in the following bibliographic databases: *

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*INIS * Inspec * Ref Zh *

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External links

Official websiteIOP Publishing

References

{{Reflist Physics journals IOP Publishing academic journals Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Publications established in 1970