Physics of Fluids
Last updated ISSN 1070-6631
Physics of Fluids is published by American Institute of Physics in engineering. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Physics of Fluids concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis
- Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
- Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
- Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
- Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
- Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films
- Combustion and flame dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1070-6631, 1089-7666, 1527-2435 |
| Subject area | Engineering |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 35,881 |
| Publishing since | 1961 |
| Journal website | pof.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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