Applied Physics Letters
Last updated ISSN 0003-6951
Applied Physics Letters 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 Applied Physics Letters concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Photonic and Optical Devices
- GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
- ZnO doping and properties
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces
- Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-6951, 1077-3118, 1520-8842 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 142,163 |
| Publishing since | 1962 |
| Journal website | apl.aip.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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