Editorial Policies

Aims and Scope

“Известия Российской академии наук. Серия физическая” (Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, ISSN 0367-6765; English translation: “Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics”, ISSN 1062-8738) is a Russian peer-reviewed scientific journal established in 1936 as the Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of USSR: Physics Series. It presents full-text articles with the most recent results in miscellaneous fields of physics and astronomy: nuclear physics, cosmic rays, condensed matter physics, plasma physics, optics and photonics, nanotechnologies, solar and astrophysics, physical applications in material sciences, life sciences, etc. The journal focuses on the most relevant multidisciplinary topics in natural sciences, both fundamental and applied.

For more than 80 years, the main purpose of the journal is to provide authors with the opportunity to publish and discuss the results of relevant fundamental and applied scientific research, presented at conferences, symposiums and scientific schools, organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, which are recognized by the world scientific community and interdisciplinary experts. The journal accepts for publishing full-text articles, which are prepared on the base of best talks, recommended by program committees of the scientific events, which are of interest to a wide range of readers. Articles containing new and previously unpublished results are peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers and are published in special thematic issues of the journal. The journal is open for publishing of the most authoritative and advanced research results in the field of fundamental and applied physics, obtained in Russia and neighboring countries, as well as from authors from all over the world.

Periodicity

During the calendar year, 12 planned issues are regularly published.