Physical Review E
Last updated ISSN 1539-3755
Physical Review E is published by American Physical Society 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 Physical Review E concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
- Material Dynamics and Properties
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
- Complex Network Analysis Techniques
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Key facts
| Publisher | American Physical Society |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1539-3755, 1550-2376 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 30,068 |
| Publishing since | 1992 |
| Journal website | journals.aps.org/pre/ |
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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