Journal of Applied Physics

Journal of Applied Physics
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Title	Journal of Applied Physics
Abbreviation	J. Appl. Phys.
Discipline	Applied physics
Publisher	American Institute of Physics
History	1931–present
Frequency	Biweekly

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Journal of Applied Physics The Journal of Applied Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics that disseminates experimental and theoretical research in applied physics and related technological fields. The journal serves as a venue for work intersecting with institutions such as Bell Labs, MIT, Stanford University, Caltech, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and connects research communities involved with National Institute of Standards and Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Authors affiliated with organizations including IBM Research, Siemens, General Electric, NASA, and European Organization for Nuclear Research have contributed to its pages.

History

Established in 1931 under the auspices of the American Institute of Physics, the journal emerged during a period of rapid development in applied electronics and solid-state physics that involved figures associated with Bell Laboratories, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Cambridge, and University of Chicago. Over decades the journal paralleled milestones such as the postwar expansion of Massachusetts Institute of Technology research, collaborations reminiscent of the Manhattan Project era laboratories like Los Alamos National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the rise of semiconductor research at centers including Stanford University and Caltech. Editorial stewardship has overlapped with movements in professional societies like the Optical Society and collaborations with publishers connected to American Physical Society initiatives and international partners such as Elsevier-hosted conferences and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers symposia.

The journal covers applied research in areas connected to devices, materials, and instrumentation studied at places like Bell Labs, IBM Research, Intel, Broadcom, and Samsung Electronics. Typical topics include thin films and interfaces studied in work affiliated with National Renewable Energy Laboratory, nanostructures and quantum devices with links to Institute of Physics, microelectromechanical systems researched at Carnegie Mellon University, photonics and optoelectronics with ties to Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and Microsoft Research, and energy materials connected to Argonne National Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Contributions often relate to superconductivity research done at Los Alamos National Laboratory and ETH Zurich, magnetic materials studied at Max Planck Society institutions, and electronic transport investigations from University of Pennsylvania and Northwestern University groups. Cross-disciplinary work intersects with instrumentation from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, sensors developed at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and computational methods influenced by collaborations with Sandia National Laboratories and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Published by the American Institute of Physics on a biweekly schedule, the journal uses peer review processes similar to standards upheld by Nature Publishing Group and Science-family journals, and editorial procedures echo practices from editorial boards at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters. Editors and reviewers frequently hail from universities such as University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, Yale University, Imperial College London, and University of Tokyo. The journal accepts submissions from industrial research labs including General Electric Research Laboratory and governmental research organizations including National Institutes of Health when work overlaps with applied instrumentation. Production and dissemination have interacted with indexing services like Web of Science, Scopus, and repositories maintained by institutions like Cornell University.

Work published in the journal has influenced technology development at corporations such as Intel, Samsung, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and NVIDIA, and informed standards-setting organizations including IEEE and IEC. High-impact articles have been cited in policy reports from agencies like U.S. Department of Energy, European Commission, and advisory panels connected to National Science Foundation priorities. The journal's publications have been discussed in review venues at American Physical Society meetings, Materials Research Society conferences, SPIE conferences, and lectures at universities including Columbia University and Cornell University. Its reception in the research community is reflected by citations in works associated with awardees of honors such as the Nobel Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science, and Wolf Prize in Physics.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major databases and services used by researchers at Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, and University of Toronto, including Web of Science, Scopus, Inspec, and Google Scholar. Libraries and consortia such as HathiTrust, JSTOR-linked collections, and university repositories at MIT Libraries and Stanford Libraries provide archival access. The journal's metadata is incorporated into tools used by research offices at Max Planck Society, CNRS, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, and other funding-linked institutions.

Seminal papers published in the journal have advanced semiconductor device physics connected to developments at Bell Laboratories and Intel, thin-film photovoltaics linked to National Renewable Energy Laboratory research, and nanomaterials studies related to IBM Research and Rice University. Contributions have impacted superconductivity studies at Los Alamos National Laboratory and ETH Zurich, magnetotransport work associated with Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, and microfabrication techniques used at Carnegie Mellon University and EPFL. The journal has hosted influential experimental reports that informed technologies adopted by Sony, Panasonic, General Motors Research Laboratories, and Boeing Research & Technology, and theoretical analyses cited by scholars at Princeton University and California Institute of Technology.

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