The Physics Teacher
Last updated ISSN 0031-921X
The Physics Teacher is published by American Association of Physics Teachers 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 The Physics Teacher concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Experimental Learning in Engineering
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics
- Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Educational Leadership and Practices
Key facts
| Publisher | American Association of Physics Teachers |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0031-921X, 1943-4928 |
| Subject area | Physics and Astronomy |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 17,886 |
| Publishing since | 1949 |
| Journal website | scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/tpt |
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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