Contemporary Physics

Volume Number: 51. Published By: Taylor & Francis
Discipline	Physics
Language	English
Edited  by	Peter Knight (scientist)
Publication details
History	1959–present
Publisher	Taylor & Francis (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	5.185 (2020)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Contemp. Phys.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0010-7514  (print) 1366-5812  (web)
Links
Journal homepage Table of contents, Taylor & Francis Online

Contemporary Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal 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 Taylor & Francis since 1959 and publishes four issues per year. The subjects covered by this journal are: astrophysics, atomic and nuclear physics, chemical physics, computational physics, condensed matter physics, environmental physics, experimental physics, general physics, particle & high energy physics, plasma physics, space science, and theoretical physics.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[1]

Abstracting and indexing

According to the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.185. ^[2] Contemporary Physics is abstracted and indexed in Inspec, EBSCO Publishing, Current Contents, 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 ^[3]
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS ^[4]
• Leon Cooper ^[5]
• Otto Robert Frisch, FRS ^[6]
• Vitaly Ginzburg, FRS ^[7]
• Stephen Hawking, CBE, FRS ^[8]
• Sir Peter Knight, FRS (current Editor-in-Chief) ^{[9] [10]}
• Sir Anthony James Leggett, KBE, FRS ^[11]
• Sir Nevill Francis Mott, FRS ^[12]
• Sir John Pendry, FRS FInstP ^[13]
• Abdus Salam, KBE ^[14]
• Arthur Leonard Schawlow ^[15]

References

1. "Journal Metrics: Contemporary Physics". Taylor & Francis . 2010. Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
2. "Contemporary Physics". 2020 Journal Citation Reports . Web of Science (Science ed.). Web of Science Group. 2021.
3. Al-Khalili, Jim (2015-04-03). "Advances in optics in the medieval Islamic world". Contemporary Physics. 56 (2): 109–122. Bibcode:2015ConPh..56..109A. doi:10.1080/00107514.2015.1028753. ISSN   0010-7514. S2CID   122012108.
4. Chandrasekhar, S. (2009-01-01). "The black hole in astrophysics: the origin of the concept and its role". Contemporary Physics. 50 (1): 105–128. Bibcode:2009ConPh..50..105C. doi:10.1080/00107510902734672. ISSN   0010-7514. S2CID   123140103.
5. Scofield, Christopher L.; Cooper, Leon N. (1985-03-01). "Development and properties of neural networks". Contemporary Physics. 26 (2): 125–145. Bibcode:1985ConPh..26..125S. doi:10.1080/00107518508210744. ISSN   0010-7514.
6. Frisch, O. R. (2009-01-01). "Take a photon…". Contemporary Physics. 50 (1): 59–67. Bibcode:2009ConPh..50...59F. doi:10.1080/00107510902734706. ISSN   0010-7514. S2CID   218541434.
7. Ginzburg, V. L. (1968-07-01). "The problem of high temperature superconductivity". Contemporary Physics. 9 (4): 355–374. Bibcode:1968ConPh...9..355G. doi:10.1080/00107516808220090. ISSN   0010-7514.
8. Hawking, S. W. (2009-01-01). "Gravitational radiation: the theoretical aspect". Contemporary Physics. 50 (1): 93–102. Bibcode:1972ConPh..13..273H. doi:10.1080/00107517208205681. ISSN   0010-7514.
9. Horvath, G. Zs K.; Thompson, R. C.; Knight, P. L. (1997-01-01). "Fundamental physics with trapped ions". Contemporary Physics. 38 (1): 25–48. Bibcode:1997ConPh..38...25H. doi:10.1080/001075197182540. ISSN   0010-7514.
10. "Contemporary Physics - Editorial board". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
11. Leggett, A. J. (2009-01-01). "Schrödinger's cat and her laboratory cousins". Contemporary Physics. 50 (1): 243–258. Bibcode:2009ConPh..50..243L. doi:10.1080/00107510902734748. ISSN   0010-7514. S2CID   218543031.
12. Mott, N. F. (1977-05-01). "Electrons in glass". Contemporary Physics. 18 (3): 225–245. Bibcode:1977ConPh..18..225M. doi:10.1080/00107517708231483. ISSN   0010-7514. PMID   17729558. S2CID   121097963.
13. Pendry, J. B. (2009-01-01). "Negative refraction". Contemporary Physics. 50 (1): 363–374. Bibcode:2009ConPh..50..363P. doi:10.1080/00107510902734771. ISSN   0010-7514. S2CID   218548966.
14. Salam, Abdus (1960-06-01). "Elementary particles". Contemporary Physics. 1 (5): 337–354. Bibcode:1960ConPh...1..337S. doi:10.1080/00107516008204430. ISSN   0010-7514.
15. Schawlow, Arthur L. (1963-12-01). "Optical and infra-red masers". Contemporary Physics. 5 (2): 81–102. Bibcode:1963ConPh...5...81S. doi:10.1080/00107516308205319. hdl: 2060/19710024964 . ISSN   0010-7514.

External links

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