Journal History | Physics

2019	The inaugural issue was released. Physics was published as a quarterly journal.
2019	Physics launched the Travel Award project.
2020	Physics established the following section: Physics Education. Physics launched the Best PhD Thesis Award project. Physics launched the 2020 Young Investigator Award project.
2021	Physics was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). In July, Physics published its 100th paper.
2022	Physics was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Physics received its first CiteScore (2021) of 2.0. In December, Physics published its 250th paper.
2023	Physics received its first Impact Factor (1.6). Physics received its CiteScore (2022) of 2.4.
2024	Physics received its 2023 Impact Factor (1.5). Physics received its CiteScore (2023) of 3.0.
2025	Physics received its 2024 Impact Factor (1.8). Physics received its CiteScore (2024) of 3.1. In April, the list of Sections were updated to: High Energy Physics Gravitation and Cosmology Astrophysics, Astronomy and Planetology Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Systems Condensed Matter Physics Statistical Physics and Nonlinear Phenomena Biophysics and Life Physics Classical Physics Atomic Physics Mathematical Physics and Mathematical Methods Detectors and Instruments Applied Physics Computational Physics Physics Education
2026	Physics received its 2025 Impact Factor (1.4). Physics received its CiteScore (2025) of 3.5. In April, Physics published its 500th paper. Physics was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier), starting with Volume 8 (Issue 4). Astrophysics, Astronomy and Planetology was renamed as Astrophysics and Astronomy. Physics established the following section: Geophysics, Solar Physics and Planetology.

Editor-in-Chief

2019–present

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Edward Sarkisyan-Grinbaum

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kirill Prokofiev for the section on High Energy Physics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maxim Y. Khlopov for the section on Astrophysics, Astronomy and Planetology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roberto Passante for the section on Atomic Physics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrey Miroshnichenko and Prof. Dr. Maurice De Gosson for the section on Classical Physics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anna Rita Bizzarri for the section on Biophysics and Life Physics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cristian-Mihail Teodorescu, Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Falci, Prof. Dr. Norbert M. Nemes and Prof. Dr. Alfonso Muñoz for the section on Applied Physics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Edward Sarkisyan-Grinbaum for the section on Physics Education

2026–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Prafulla Behera for the section on Detectors and Instruments