Applied Physics Letters
Applied Physics Letters is a letters-style physics journal published by the American Institute of Physics, founded in September 1962 and issued weekly. It is distinguished by short papers and rapid publication, carrying significant new findings across applied physics, and is one of the largest-circulation titles in the field.《应用物理快报》（Applied Physics Letters）是美国物理联合会（American Institute of Physics）出版的快报类物理学报，一九六二年九月创刊，周刊发行。该刊以篇幅精简、发表迅速为体例特色，刊载应用物理学各分支的重要新发现，是应用物理领域发行量最大的刊物之一。
Scope
Applied Physics Letters sets out to disseminate key data and new physical insight in letters form, its official scope stressing concision and rapid publication, with strict limits on article length. Its principal subject areas include:Applied Physics Letters 的取稿立场是「以快报形式传播关键数据与新物理洞见」，官方范围说明强调篇幅精简与迅速发表，文章长度受到严格限制。收文范围覆盖的主要方向包括：
- Condensed matter and materials physics: the physical properties of new materials, surface and interface physics, thin films and low-dimensional systems.凝聚态与材料物理： 新型材料的物理性质、表面与界面物理、薄膜与低维体系。
- Semiconductors and optoelectronics: semiconductor physics, optoelectronic devices, lasers and photonics, and photovoltaics and light emission.半导体与光电子： 半导体物理、光电器件、激光与光子学，以及光伏与发光。
- Superconductivity and correlated systems: superconducting materials and electronics, and new phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems.超导与强关联体系： 超导材料与超导电子学、强关联电子体系的新现象。
- Applied physics and engineering: applications of physical principles across engineering and modern technology, including instrumentation and measurement methods.应用物理工程： 物理原理在工程技术与现代科技各分支的应用，含仪器与测量方法。
- Invited sections: alongside regular papers the journal carries invited Fast Track articles, Perspectives and in-depth Editorials.邀稿栏目： 除常规论文外刊载受邀快速通道文章、观点文章与深度社论。[1]
History
- Founding (September 1962): the journal was founded as a companion to the Journal of Applied Physics, following the precedent of Physical Review splitting off a letters section, to meet the pressing need for rapid publication in applied physics创刊（一九六二年九月）： 本刊作为《应用物理杂志》的姊妹刊创办，效仿《物理评论》分出快报栏目的先例，以满足应用物理领域对快速发表的迫切需要；首任主编为小詹姆斯·克劳福德，编辑部设于橡树岭国家实验室。 the first editor-in-chief was James H. Crawford, Jr., with the editorial office at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.[2]
- Office move (1964): after Myers took over as editor the office moved to Argonne National Laboratory, where it remains, and from 1974 the editorial operations of this journal and the Journal of Applied Physics were fully separated.编辑部迁址（一九六四年）： 迈尔斯接任主编后编辑部迁至阿贡国家实验室并延续至今，一九七四年起本刊与《应用物理杂志》的编辑业务完全分立。[3]
- Publisher transition: the journal has been published by the American Institute of Physics since its founding, now operated through its wholly owned non-profit subsidiary AIP Publishing出版方沿革： 自创刊起由美国物理联合会出版，现由其全资非营利子公司 AIP 出版公司运营；联合会本身是十个物理学会的联合体，本刊非代单一学会出版。 the institute itself is a federation of ten physical societies, and the journal is not published for any single one of them.[1]
- Length limit raised (2012): at the fiftieth anniversary the journal revised its table of contents and raised its article length limit, reflecting the increasingly detailed presentation demanded by applied physics research.篇幅限制放宽（二〇一二年）： 五十周年之际官方修订目录结构并提高文章长度上限，以适应应用物理研究日益精细化的表述需求。[4]
- Metric standing: the 2025 impact factor is 3.8, with a five-year figure of 3.7, placing the journal in the second quartile of applied physics, and it publishes close to two thousand eight hundred articles a year.指标走势： 二〇二五年影响因子三点八，五年影响因子三点七，在物理应用小类列二区，年发文近二千八百篇。[1]
Editors
The journal operates under an editor-in-chief with several deputy editors and about twenty associate editors, initial screening resting with the editor-in-chief and deputies and the associates working in deputy-led teams. The official 2025 publication speed gives averages of twenty-four days to first decision, eighty-six days to acceptance and one hundred and three days to publication本刊实行主编统筹的编辑架构，配多名副编辑与约二十名副编辑，初筛由主编与副编辑负责，副编辑按副编辑分组协作。二〇二五年官方公布出版时效：平均二十四天出首次决定、八十六天录用、一百零三天发表；出版方不公布录用率。 no acceptance rate is published.[1]
- Maria Antonietta Loi (editor-in-chief since April 2024): full professor of applied physics at the University of Groningen and chair of its Photophysics and OptoElectronics group, working on novel semiconductors and optoelectronic devices, and deputy editor of the journal from 2019.玛丽亚·安东涅塔·洛伊（二〇二四年四月起任）： 格罗宁根大学应用物理正教授、光物理与光电子学研究组负责人，研究方向为新型半导体与光电器件，二零一九年升任本刊副编辑。[5]
- Lesley F. Cohen (2019-2024): professor at Imperial College London, preceded by Reuben T. Collins of the Colorado School of Mines (2014-2019).莱斯利·科恩（二〇一九至二〇二四年）： 伦敦帝国理工学院教授，其前任为鲁本·柯林斯（科罗拉多矿业学院，二〇一四至二〇一九年）。[3]
- Nghi Q. Lam (1994-2014): the journal's long-serving editor of twenty years, as the official press release confirms, preceded by editors including Perlow and Wiedersich.黎玉琦（一九九四至二〇一四年）： 执掌本刊二十年的标志性主编，官方新闻稿确认其二十年任期；更早的主编还包括佩尔洛与维德西希。[6]