Physics World
Last updated ISSN 0953-8585
Physics World is published by IOP Publishing in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Physics World concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- International Science and Diplomacy
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Space exploration and regulation
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Key facts
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0953-8585, 2058-7058 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 18,329 |
| Publishing since | 1988 |
| Journal website | www.iop.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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