Journals

This page is meant to provide an overview of (scientific) journals of relevance for fusion and plasma physics, along with a description of their focus and impact (IF = Impact factor). Such a list could be helpful to choose the optimal forum for a publication. It is in need of expansion (please help).

Fusion and plasma physics

Journal (publisher)	Description	IF (year)
Nuclear Fusion (IOP)	The journal covers all aspects of research, theoretical and practical, relevant to controlled thermonuclear fusion.	2.734 (2012)
Plasma Sources Science and Technology (IOP)	A single interdisciplinary forum for physicists, engineers and materials scientists working in the increasingly significant field of low-temperature plasma science.	2.515 (2012)
Physics of Plasmas (AIP)	Physics of Plasmas, published by the American Institute of Physics with the cooperation of The American Physical Society, Division of Plasma Physics, is devoted to original experimental and theoretical contributions to the physics of plasmas.	2.376 (2012)
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (IOP)	Covering all aspects of the physics of hot, highly ionised plasmas in the laboratory, the ionosphere and in space as well as in magnetic and inertial-confinement fusion.	2.369 (2012)
Journal of Nuclear Materials (Elsevier)	The Journal of Nuclear Materials publishes high quality papers in materials research for nuclear applications, primarily fission reactors, fusion reactors, and similar environments including radiation areas of charged particle accelerators.	1.211 (2012)
Journal of Fusion Energy (Springer)	The Journal of Fusion Energy features contributions and review papers pertinent to the development of thermonuclear fusion as a useful power source. Intended to serve as a journal of record for publication of research results, the journal also provides a forum for discussion of the broader policy and planning issues that have played, and will continue to play, a crucial role in the fusion program.	1.000 (2012)
Contributions to Plasma Physics (Wiley)	Basic physics of low-temperature plasmas; Strongly correlated non-ideal plasmas; Plasma discharges - microplasmas, reactive, and atmospheric pressure plasmas; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma-surface interaction; Plasma technology; Plasma medicine	0.934 (2012)
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (IEEE)	Plasma science and engineering, including: magnetofluid dynamics and thermionics; plasma dynamics; gaseous electronics and arc technology; controlled thermonuclear fusion; electron, ion, and plasma sources; space plasmas; high-current relativistic electron beams; laser-plasma interactions; diagnostics; plasma chemistry and colloidal and solid-state plasmas.	0.868 (2012)
Fusion Engineering and Design (Elsevier)	The journal accepts papers about experiments (both plasma and technology), theory, models, methods, and designs in areas relating to technology, engineering, and applied science aspects of magnetic and inertial fusion energy.	0.842 (2012)
Journal of Plasma Physics (Cambridge)	Journal of Plasma Physics publishes primary research articles in plasma physics, both theoretical and experimental, and its applications. Basic topics include the fundamental physics of plasmas, ionization, kinetic theory, particle orbits, stochastic dynamics, wave propagation, solitons, stability, shock waves, transport, heating and diagnostics. Applications include fusion, laboratory plasmas and communications devices, laser plasmas, technological plasmas, space physics, and astrophysics.	0.755 (2012)
Plasma Physics Reports (Springer)	The journal covers the following topics: high-temperature plasma physics related to the problem of controlled nuclear fusion based on magnetic and inertial confinement; physics of cosmic plasma, including magnetosphere plasma, sun and stellar plasma, etc.; gas discharge plasma and plasma generated by laser and particle beams. The journal also publishes papers on such related topics as plasma electronics, generation of radiation in plasma, and plasma diagnostics.	0.664 (2012)
Fusion Science and Technology (ANS)		0.517 (2012)
Plasma Science and Technology (IOP)	PST publishes novel experimental and theoretical results showing progress of interdisciplinary and application sciences in the fields related to plasma physics.	0.380 (2009)
Plasma and Fusion Research (Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research)
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES (Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research)

Computation

Journal (publisher)	Description	IF (year)
Computer Physics Communications (Elsevier)		3.078 (2012)
Journal of Computational Physics (Elsevier)		2.138 (2012)

General physics

Journal (publisher)	Description	IF (year)
Reviews of Modern Physics (APS)		44.982 (2012)
Physical Review Letters (APS)		7.943 (2012)
Europhysics Letters (IOP)		2.893 (2009)
Physical Review E (APS)	Physical Review E, interdisciplinary in scope, focuses on many-body phenomena, including recent developments in quantum and classical chaos and soft matter physics. It has sections on statistical physics, equilibrium and transport properties of fluids, liquid crystals, complex fluids, polymers, chaos, fluid dynamics, plasma physics, classical physics, and computational physics. In addition, the journal features sections on two rapidly growing areas: biological physics and granular materials.	2.313 (2012)
Review of Scientific Instruments (AIP)		1.602 (2012)
European Physical Journal D (Springer)	Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics	1.513 (2012)
Physica Scripta (IOP)		1.032 (2012)
European Journal of Physics (IOP)		0.644 (2012)

General science

Journal (publisher)	Description	IF (year)
Nature		38.597 (2012)
Science		31.027 (2012)

On-line publications

Journal (publisher)	Description	IF (year)
ArXiV	Non-refereed preprint service

Note

Journal abbreviations in citations are standardized. Consult the LTWA.

See also

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