The Journal of Applied Physics is an influential international journal publishing full-length Articles, new or improved Methods, comprehensive Reviews, forward-looking Perspectives, and educational Tutorials.

Topics covered in the journal are diverse and reflect the most current applied physics research, including:

  • Dielectrics, ferroelectrics, and multiferroics
  • Electrical discharges, plasmas, and plasma-surface interactions
  • Emerging, interdisciplinary, and other fields of applied physics
  • Energy and Sustainability
  • Magnetism, spintronics, and superconductivity
  • Organic-Inorganic systems, including organic electronics
  • Photonics, plasmonics, photovoltaics, lasers, optical phenomena, materials, and metamaterials
  • Physics of devices and sensors
  • Physics of materials, including electrical, thermal, mechanical and other properties
  • Physics of matter under extreme conditions
  • Physics of nanoscale, 2D materials, and low-dimensional systems
  • Physics of semiconductors
  • Quantum physics and technology
  • Soft matter, fluids, and biophysics
  • Thin films, interfaces, and surfaces

Please refer to the Editorial Policies section for detailed publication criteria in Journal of Applied Physics.

2022 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate, 2023)*:

Five-Year Impact Factor

2.8

Impact Factor

3.2

Immediacy Index

0.7

Cited Half-Life

14.1

EigenFactor Score

0.05541

Article Influence Score

0.616
Total Citations 158,127

* Data from the 2022 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Clarivate, 2023).

ISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Journal of Applied Physics is 0021-8979 for the printed edition and the electronic ISSN (E-ISSN) is 1089-7550 for the online edition.

The CODEN is JAPIAU.