Contemporary Physics presents authoritative and lucid introductory review articles on important recent developments in physics. The articles are specially commissioned from experts in their field. The authors aim to review comprehensively the current state of their subject and place it within a broader context of contemporary research, industrial possibilities and applications in an accessible way.
The Journal is of particular use to undergraduates, teachers and lecturers and those starting postgraduate studies who wish to be introduced to a new area. Readers should be able to understand the review without reference to other material, although authors provide a full set of references so that those who wish to explore further can do so. The reviews can also be profitably read by all those who wish to keep abreast of the fields outside their own, or who need an accessible introduction to a new area.
Articles are written for a wide range of readers, whether they be physicists, physical scientists or engineers employed in higher education, teaching, industry or government.
Contemporary Physics also contains a major section devoted to standard book reviews and essay reviews which review books in the context of the general aspects of a field.
Over the Journal’s history, introductory reviews have been written by many distinguished physicists, including Nobel Prize winners. Contemporary Physics’50 th Anniversary Special Issue is a collection of such papers, each of which is accompanied by a commentary.
Peer Review Policy Contemporary Physics publishes commissioned reviews, which are subject to peer review by expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized.
Publishing Ethics The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilizes CrossRef for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here.
Readership: Researchers, educators, undergraduate and postgraduate students in physics; all professionals within the physical or natural sciences.
Journal metrics
Usage
82K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
3.0 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
7.5 (2023) 5 year IF
2.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.907 (2023) SNIP
0.709 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
95% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors
who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief: Stephen Blundell - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Book Reviews Editor: Peter Török - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Editors: F. Close OBE - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK J. P. Conlon - University of Oxford, Oxford, UK K. Dholakia -University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK J. H. Eberly - University of Rochester, Rochester, USA R. EllisUniversity College London, London, UK L. Green- University College London, London, UK P. Knight- Imperial College London, London, UK A. J. Leggett KBE FRS- University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA G. Leuchs - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen, Germany P. V. E. McClintock- University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK G. J. Milburn- University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia M. Plenio - University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany W. C. K. Poon - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK A. Stefanovska- University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK R. C. Thompson- Imperial College London, London, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Contemporary Physics is abstracted and indexed in:
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