''Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal covers "all areas of physical sciences including

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physical chemistry Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistica ...

, cosmophysics and

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" in both English and German. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 0.886. The

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is Martin Holthaus ( Carl von Ossietzky Universität).

History

The '' Zeitschrift für Naturforschung'' (English: ''Journal for Nature Research'') was established in 1946 by the

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and the physical sciences papers (Part A) were separated from the other natural sciences ( Part B) in 1947. Over the years, the titles used for Part A have been: * ''Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, Astrophysik, Physik und physikalische Chemie''. (, 1947–1971) * ''Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. Teil A, Physik, physikalische Chemie, Kosmophysik''. (1972–1987) * ''Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A Journal of Physical Sciences''. (, 1987–present)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung A Physics journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1947 Multilingual journals De Gruyter academic journals