Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
Last updated ISSN 1364-503X
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences is published by Royal Society in engineering. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Climate variability and models
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Royal Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1364-503X, 1471-2962 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 8,783 |
| Publishing since | 1939 |
| Journal website | rsta.royalsocietypublishing.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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