Physical Review E
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| Title | Physical Review E |
| Discipline | Physics |
| Abbreviation | Phys. Rev. E |
| Publisher | American Physical Society |
| Country | United States |
| History | 1993–present |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Issn | 1063-651X |
| Eissn | 1095-3787 |
Physical Review E
Physical Review E is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Physical Society that concentrates on research in statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, soft matter, and related areas. Established in the early 1990s as a reorganization of the Physical Review series, the journal serves as a principal venue for authors from institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge, Stanford University, Princeton University, and University of Tokyo. It interfaces with communities involved in collaborations like the Large Hadron Collider research infrastructure for methodology cross-fertilization and with awards such as the Boltzmann Medal through shared disciplinary focus.
History
Physical Review E emerged in 1993 following a reconfiguration of the Physical Review family that created focused titles for distinct subfields represented historically within Physical Review A, Physical Review B, Physical Review C, and Physical Review D. The founding editors drew on traditions established by figures affiliated with institutions like Bell Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Its evolution traces connections to milestones such as the development of renormalization group methods, the formalization of chaos theory exemplified by work related to the Lorenz attractor, and community activities surrounding meetings held by the American Physical Society's Division of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Over decades the journal adapted editorial policies in response to electronic publishing trends pioneered by organizations including arXiv and initiatives linked to the National Science Foundation's data policies.
Scope and topics
The journal covers theoretical, computational, and experimental research in areas including statistical mechanics, soft condensed matter physics, biophysics at the molecular and cellular level, nonequilibrium thermodynamics, granular materials, complex networks, and nonlinear dynamics. Typical subjects include studies on phase transitions, critical phenomena, percolation theory, Brownian motion, polymer physics, colloids, active matter, pattern formation, and turbulence with methods drawing from analytic techniques used in work by researchers associated with Princeton University and computational approaches akin to those developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Interdisciplinary linkages connect submissions to topics common at conferences like the Statistical Mechanics Conference and institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research.
Editorial structure and publication process
The journal is managed by an editor-in-chief appointed by the American Physical Society with an editorial board comprising associate editors and subject editors based at universities and laboratories such as Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Manuscripts undergo initial editorial triage followed by peer review by referees who are active researchers affiliated with entities like Imperial College London and the University of Chicago. The process includes steps for editorial decisions, reviewer selection, revision, and final acceptance, reflecting standards similar to those used by other APS journals including Physical Review Letters. Appeals and editorial comments are handled through established APS procedures and governance linked to the society's council and topical divisions.
Abstracting and indexing
Physical Review E is indexed in major databases and services such as Web of Science, Scopus, and the INSPIRE-HEP database for overlap areas, and its metadata are harvested by aggregators including CrossRef and initiatives linked to the Digital Object Identifier system. Abstracting services employed by libraries at institutions like the University of California and cataloguing used by organizations including the Library of Congress ensure discoverability. Citation metrics reported by platforms such as Journal Citation Reports and measures tracked by Google Scholar reflect the journal's integration into scholarly communication infrastructures.
Impact and reception
The journal has been influential within communities studying critical phenomena, soft matter physics, and nonequilibrium systems, with citation patterns paralleling those of established titles such as Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Review Letters. Its impact factor and related metrics have been monitored by research offices at universities including Columbia University and funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health when assessing interdisciplinary work. The journal's reception among researchers has emphasized rigorous peer review and a track record of publishing methodological advances used in studies connected to laboratories like Argonne National Laboratory.
Notable papers and contributions
Physical Review E has published influential articles on topics including scaling theories of fractals and criticality, computational frameworks for molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation techniques, and landmark reports on active matter models that influenced experimental programs at places like the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems. Papers that advanced understanding of turbulence statistics, anomalous transport, and network theory have been widely cited alongside foundational works by authors associated with University of Oxford, University of Michigan, and École Normale Supérieure.
Access and licensing
As an American Physical Society journal, the publication offers hybrid access models with options for authors to publish open access under Creative Commons licenses consistent with APS policy and mandates from funders such as the Wellcome Trust and the European Research Council. Subscription access is maintained for institutional subscribers including university libraries at Yale University and national consortia, while author-pays open-access routes and green open archive practices align with policies of repositories like arXiv.
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