Applied Physics A
Last updated ISSN 0947-8396
Applied Physics A is published by Springer Science+Business Media in engineering. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,790.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Applied Physics A concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Laser Material Processing Techniques
- ZnO doping and properties
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
- Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Multiferroics and related materials
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
- Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0947-8396, 1432-0630 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,790 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 25,497 |
| Publishing since | 1973 |
| Journal website | www.springer.com/materials/journal/339 |
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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