''Physics Today'' is the membership
magazine
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
of the
American Institute of Physics. First published in May 1948, it is issued on a monthly schedule, and is provided to the members of ten physics societies, including 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 ...
. It is also available to non-members as a paid annual subscription.
The magazine informs readers about important developments in overview articles written by experts, shorter review articles written internally by staff, and also discusses issues and events of importance to the science community in politics, education, and other fields. The magazine provides a historical resource of events associated with physics. For example it discussed debunking the physics of the
Star Wars program of the 1980s, and the state of physics in China and the Soviet Union during the 1950s and 1970s.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
''Journal Citation Reports'' (''JCR'') is an annual publication by Clarivate. It has been integrated with the Web of Science and is accessed from the Web of Science Core Collection. It provides information about academic journals in the natur ...
'', the journal has a 2017
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field.
The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 4.370.
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Archival collections
AIP Physics Today Division miscellaneous publications, 1955–2006, Niels Bohr Library & ArchivesAIP Physics Today Division records of Irwin Goodwin, 1983–1993, Niels Bohr Library & ArchivesAIP Physics Today Division records, 1948–1971, Niels Bohr Library & ArchivesAIP Physics Today division Bertram Schwarzschild Nobel Prize files, 1954–2013, Niels Bohr Library & Archives{{American Physical Society
American Institute of Physics academic journals
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Science and technology magazines published in the United States
English-language magazines
Magazines established in 1948
Magazines published in New York (state)
Physics magazines