American Journal of Physics
Last updated ISSN 0002-9505
American Journal of Physics is published by American Institute of Physics in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in American Journal of Physics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
- Experimental Learning in Engineering
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Mechanical and Optical Resonators
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Scientific Research and Discoveries
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0002-9505, 1943-2909 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 26,232 |
| Publishing since | 1901 |
| Journal website | ajp.aapt.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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