Physics of Plasmas
Last updated ISSN 1070-664X
Physics of Plasmas is published by American Institute of Physics 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 Physics of Plasmas concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Plasma Diagnostics and Applications
- Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | American Institute of Physics |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1070-664X, 1089-7674, 1527-2419 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 28,890 |
| Publishing since | 1994 |
| Journal website | pop.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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