''Physical Review E'' is a

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, published monthly by the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

. The main field of interest is collective phenomena of many-body systems. It is currently edited by

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. While original research content requires subscription, editorials, news, and other non-research content is openly accessible.

Scope

Although the focus of this journal is many-body phenomena, the broad scope of the journal includes

quantum chaos Quantum chaos is a branch of physics which studies how chaotic classical dynamical systems can be described in terms of quantum theory. The primary question that quantum chaos seeks to answer is: "What is the relationship between quantum mech ...

, soft matter physics, classical

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, biological physics and granular materials. Also emphasized are

statistical physics Statistical physics is a branch of physics that evolved from a foundation of statistical mechanics, which uses methods of probability theory and statistics, and particularly the Mathematics, mathematical tools for dealing with large populations ...

, equilibrium and transport properties of fluids, liquid crystals, complex fluids,

polymer A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + ''-mer'', "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic a ...

s, chaos,

fluid dynamics In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids— liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ''aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) an ...

plasma physics Plasma ()πλάσμα
, Henry George Liddell, R ...

classical physics Classical physics is a group of physics theories that predate modern, more complete, or more widely applicable theories. If a currently accepted theory is considered to be modern, and its introduction represented a major paradigm shift, then the ...

, and

computational physics Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical analysis to solve problems in physics for which a quantitative theory already exists. Historically, computational physics was the first application of modern computers in science, ...

. About Physical Review E
APS. July 2010 Pubmed Journals section
NCBI, NLM, NIH. Department of Health & Human Services. July 2010.

Former names

This journal began as "''

Physical Review ''Physical Review'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1893 by Edward Nichols. It publishes original research as well as scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics. It is published by the American Physical S ...

''" in 1893. In 1913 the

took over "''Physical Review''". In 1970 "''Physical Review''" was subdivided into Physical Review A, B, C, and D. From 1990 until 1993 a process was underway which split the journal then entitled "'' Physical Review A: General Physics''" into two journals. Hence, from 1993 until 2000, one of the split off journals became ''Physical Review E: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics''. In 2001 the journal was changed, in name, to its present title. As an aside, in January 2007, the section which published works on

classical optics Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultravio ...

was transferred ''from'' "''Physical Review E''" ''to'' "''Physical Review A''". This action unified the classical and quantum parts of optics into a single journal.

Rapid Communications

''Physical Review E Rapid Communications'' was announced on June 7, 2010. This section (or feature) gives priority to results which are deemed significant, and merits a prominent display on the ''Physical Review E'' website. The specific article is displayed for several weeks, and is part of a rotation with other articles, also deemed significant.

Abstracting and indexing

''Physical Review E'' is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:Master Journal List
Thomson Reuters. 2011.CAS Source Index (CASSI)
American Chemical Society. January 2011. * Science Citation Index Expanded *

Current Contents ''Current Contents'' is a rapid alerting service database from Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Institute for Scientific Information and Thomson Reuters. It is published online and in several different printed subject sections. History ''Cur ...

/ Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences *

Chemical Abstracts Service CAS (formerly Chemical Abstracts Service) is a division of the American Chemical Society. It is a source of chemical information. CAS is located in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Print periodicals ''Chemical Abstracts'' is a periodical index tha ...

- CASSI
Current Physics Index
* Inspec *

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Physics Abstracts
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