''Physics of Fluids'' is a monthly

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covering

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, established by the

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in 1958, and is published by

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. The journal focus is the dynamics of

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es,

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s, and complex or multiphase fluids—and the journal contains original research resulting from

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, and

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studies.

History

From 1958 through 1988, the journal included

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physics. From 1989 until 1993, the journal split into ''Physics of Fluids A'' covering fluid dynamics, and ''Physics of Fluids B,'' on plasma physics. In 1994, the latter was renamed ''

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'', and the former continued under its original name, ''Physics of Fluids''. The journal was originally published by the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with the

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's Division of Fluid Dynamics. In 2016, the American Institute of Physics became the sole publisher. From 1985–2015, ''Physics of Fluids'' published the ''Gallery of Fluid Motion'', containing award-winning photographs, images, and visual

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of fluid flow. With funding from the American Institute of Physics the annual "

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Award" was established by the American Physical Society in 1984 to reward a young scientist who published a paper containing significant contributions to fluid dynamics during the previous year. The award-winning paper was chosen from ''Physics of Fluids'' until 2016, but is presently chosen from ''

Physical Review Fluids ''Physical Review Fluids'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, published monthly by the American Physical Society. The journal focuses on fluid dynamics and also covers geophysical fluid dynamics, biofluid dynamics, nanofluidics and magnetohyd ...

''. Similarly, the invited papers from plenary talks at the annual American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics were formerly published in ''Physics of Fluids'' but, since 2016, are now published in either this journal or ''Physical Review Fluids''.

Reception

''Physics of Fluids A'', ''Physics of Fluids B'', and ''Physics of Fluids'' were ranked 3, 4, and 6, respectively based on their citation impact from 1981–2004 within the category of journals on the physics of fluids and plasmas. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 4.980.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been

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: * 1958–1981: François Naftali Frenkiel * 1982–1997:

Andreas Acrivos Andreas Acrivos (born 13 June 1928) is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, Emeritus at the City College of New York. He is also the director of the Benjamin Levich Institute for Physicochemical Hydrodynamics. Education and c ...

* 1998–2015: John Kim,

L. Gary Leal Leslie Gary Leal (born 18 March 1943) is the Warren & Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is known for his research work in the dynamics of complex fluids. Leal was elected a me ...

* 2016–present:

Alan Jeffrey Giacomin Alan Jeffrey Giacomin (born April 1, 1959, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a professor of chemical engineering at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and cross-appointed in the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, and of Physic ...

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''Physics of Fluids''{{' Gallery of fluid motion
Fluid dynamics journals Publications established in 1958 Monthly journals English-language journals American Institute of Physics academic journals

History

Reception

Editors-in-chief

Further reading

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