Journal of Applied Physics
Last updated ISSN 0021-8979
Journal of Applied Physics is published by American Institute of Physics in physics and astronomy. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,500.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Applied Physics concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Semiconductor materials and devices
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
- Magnetic Properties and Applications
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces
- ZnO doping and properties
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-8979, 1089-7550, 1520-8850 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,500 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 153,451 |
| Publishing since | 1937 |
| Journal website | aip.scitation.org/journal/jap/ |
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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