''Contemporary Physics'' is a

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publishing introductory articles on important recent developments in physics. Editorial screening and peer review is carried out by members of the editorial board.

Overview

''Contemporary Physics'' has been published by

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since 1959 and publishes four issues per year. The subjects covered by this journal are:

astrophysics Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline, James Keeler, said, astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the ...

, atomic and nuclear physics, chemical physics,

computational physics Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical analysis to solve problems in physics. Historically, computational physics was the first application of modern computers in science, and is now a subset of computational science ...

condensed matter physics Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid State of matter, phases, that arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms and elec ...

, environmental physics,

experimental physics Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of physics that are concerned with the observation of physical phenomena and experiments. Methods vary from discipline to discipline, from simple experiments and o ...

, general physics, particle & high energy physics, plasma physics, space science, and theoretical physics.

Aims

The journal publishes introductory review articles on a range of recent developments in physics and intends to be of particular use to undergraduates, teachers and lecturers, and those starting postgraduate studies. ''Contemporary Physics'' also contains a major section devoted to standard book reviews and essay reviews which review books in the context of the general aspects of a field which have a wide appeal.

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Thomson Reuters

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, the journal has a 2020

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of 5.185. ''Contemporary Physics'' is abstracted and indexed in

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, EBSCO Publishing,

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, Current Mathematical Publications, Mathematical Reviews, SciSearch, and SciBase.

Notable authors

''Contemporary Physics'' has attracted articles from a number of prominent scientists, including: * Jim Al-Khalili, OBE *

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (; 19 October 1910 – 21 August 1995) was an Indian Americans, Indian-American theoretical physicist who made significant contributions to the scientific knowledge about the structure of stars, stellar evolution and ...

, FRS * Leon Cooper * Otto Robert Frisch, FRS * Vitaly Ginzburg, FRS *

Stephen Hawking Stephen William Hawking (8January 194214March 2018) was an English theoretical physics, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. Between ...

, CBE, FRS * Sir Peter Knight, FRS (current Editor-in-Chief) * Sir Anthony James Leggett, KBE, FRS * Sir Nevill Francis Mott, FRS * Sir John Pendry, FRS FInstP * Abdus Salam, KBE *

Arthur Leonard Schawlow Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science. His central insight was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take m ...

References

External links

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