New Journal of Physics

New Journal of Physics
Title	New Journal of Physics
Discipline	Physics
Publisher	Institute of Physics and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
Country	United Kingdom
History	1998–present
Frequency	Continuous
Issn	1367-2630

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New Journal of Physics New Journal of Physics is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal publishing research across the field of Physics with an emphasis on interdisciplinary work linking areas such as Condensed matter physics, Quantum mechanics, Optics, Statistical mechanics, and Biophysics. Established through collaboration between the Institute of Physics and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, the journal aims to serve researchers associated with institutions like the University of Cambridge, Max Planck Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and the California Institute of Technology while engaging scientific communities connected to events such as the European Physical Society meetings and the International Conference on Quantum Optics.

History

The journal was launched in 1998 by partners including the Institute of Physics and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft during a period of growth in electronic publishing influenced by developments at organizations such as arXiv, American Physical Society, Elsevier, Springer Nature, and Oxford University Press. Early editorial leadership drew on figures affiliated with universities like University of Oxford, Imperial College London, University of California, Berkeley, University of Tokyo, and ETH Zurich, and editors engaged peer reviewers connected to societies including the Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences (United States), Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and European Research Council. Over subsequent decades the title adapted to shifts marked by initiatives from Plan S, negotiations involving Wellcome Trust, policy changes at the European Commission, and evolving metrics from entities like Clarivate and Scopus.

The journal covers core and emerging topics spanning Atomic physics, Molecular physics, Condensed matter physics, Nanotechnology, Quantum information, Laser physics, Nonlinear dynamics, Statistical mechanics, Soft matter, and Biophysics. Contributions often intersect with research programs at institutions such as CERN, Riken, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and relate to large-scale initiatives including the Human Genome Project in bio-related physics, the Large Hadron Collider in particle-adjacent work, and collaborations tied to the National Institutes of Health when experiments cross disciplinary boundaries. The journal publishes original articles, rapid communications, tutorials, and topical collections reflecting themes from conferences like the International Conference on Atomic Physics and workshops convened by the Royal Society or the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Editorial oversight is provided by an international editorial board composed of researchers affiliated with universities and laboratories such as University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Chicago, Seoul National University, and Peking University. Peer review follows standard single- or double-blind procedures employed across publishers including American Institute of Physics and Institute of Physics Publishing, with policies informed by guidelines from organizations such as the Committee on Publication Ethics and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. Production workflows leverage infrastructure similar to platforms used by arXiv and commercial providers, coordinating copyediting, typesetting, and dissemination in tandem with indexing services from Web of Science, Scopus, and INSPIRE-HEP.

Articles are indexed in major databases and services including Web of Science, Scopus, INSPIRE-HEP, CrossRef, Google Scholar, and specialist repositories used by communities tied to SPIE, Optical Society of America, and American Physical Society. Metadata is distributed via standards promoted by organizations such as CrossRef and the Open Archives Initiative, enabling discoverability through aggregators used by libraries at institutions like Harvard University, University of Toronto, National University of Singapore, and national consortia including JISC and the China Academic Library & Information System.

The journal's impact has been assessed by citation indices compiled by entities such as Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier, with impact metrics used in evaluations at institutions like Imperial College London, University of California system, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and funding decisions by bodies such as the European Research Council and National Science Foundation (United States). Reception among researchers is shaped by comparisons with titles published by American Physical Society, Nature Portfolio, Science (journal), Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review X, and by endorsement or critique voiced at meetings organized by the European Physical Society and national academies including the Royal Society and the National Academy of Sciences (United States).

As an open-access journal, the publication model aligns with policies advocated by funders like the Wellcome Trust, UK Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, and consortia such as cOAlition S. Articles are typically published under Creative Commons licenses used across publishers including Springer Nature and Elsevier, facilitating reuse by researchers at organizations such as NASA, European Space Agency, JAXA, and national laboratories like Argonne National Laboratory. Libraries and institutions manage agreements and article processing charges through consortia similar to Project DEAL, Knowledge Exchange, and national negotiation frameworks.

Category:Physics journals