Contemporary Physics
Last updated ISSN 0010-7514
Contemporary Physics is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Contemporary Physics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- History of Science and Medicine
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
Key facts
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0010-7514, 1366-5812 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,594 |
| Publishing since | 1959 |
| Journal website | www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t7133 |
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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