Communications Physics

Communications Physics is a fully open access journal published by Nature Portfolio that launched in 2018 and covers the whole of physics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.5.《通讯物理学》（Communications Physics）由（Nature Portfolio）出版，为完全开放获取期刊，2018 年创刊，覆盖物理学的各个分支，2025 年影响因子为 5.5。

Scope

• The journal covers all areas of physics, from condensed matter and quantum science to astrophysics and cosmology.本刊覆盖物理学的所有领域，从凝聚态与量子科学到天体物理与宇宙学。
• Condensed matter physics, materials physics and quantum information are among its most active areas.凝聚态物理、材料物理与量子信息是其最活跃的领域之一。
• Atomic, molecular and optical physics and photonics are represented.原子、分子与光物理以及光子学均有收录。
• Statistical physics, complex systems, nonlinear dynamics and soft matter are within scope.统计物理、复杂系统、非线性动力学与软物质均在其范围之内。
• Particle physics, nuclear physics and the physics of plasmas are published.粒子物理、核物理以及等离子体物理均予发表。
• Astrophysics, gravitation and cosmology are covered, including both observation and theory.天体物理、引力与宇宙学均有收录，兼含观测与理论。
• Applied and interdisciplinary physics, including biophysics and the physics of energy and climate, also appears.应用与交叉物理，包括生物物理以及能源与气候相关的物理，同样收录。

History

• Communications Physics was launched in 2018 by Nature Portfolio as a sub-journal of Nature Communications, alongside Communications Biology and Communications Chemistry.（Communications Physics）由（Nature Portfolio）于 2018 年创办，是（Nature Communications）的子刊，与（Communications Biology）、（Communications Chemistry）同时面世。
• It publishes exclusively online and releases articles under Creative Commons licences, making it fully open access.本刊仅在线出版，并以知识共享许可发布文章，属完全开放获取期刊。
• Elena Belsole, previously an executive editor at the New Journal of Physics, was appointed chief editor at the launch and continues to lead the journal.此前在（New Journal of Physics）任执行编辑的 Elena Belsole 于创刊时获任首席编辑，并继续主持本刊。
• Papers appear on a continuous basis upon acceptance rather than in fixed issues.论文在录用后连续发表，而非按固定期次编排。
• Its impact factor was 6.368 in 2021 and 5.5 in 2025, with the title ranked in the first quartile of multidisciplinary physics.其影响因子在 2021 年为 6.368，2025 年为 5.5，本刊位居多学科物理类第一分区。
• The journal has grown into one of the larger open access venues for physics, publishing several hundred articles a year.本刊已成长为物理学领域规模较大的开放获取平台之一，年发文数百篇。

Editors

• Elena Belsole leads an editorial team of full-time professional editors, in the manner of the Nature research journals.Elena Belsole 带领一支由全职专业编辑组成的团队，沿用（Nature）研究期刊的运作方式。
• Decision-making is handled by the in-house editors rather than by an external academic board.稿件决定由内部编辑作出，而非依赖外部的学术编委会。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, with referees selected by the editors for each submission.稿件经同行评审，审稿人由编辑逐篇选定。
• As a fully open access journal, it charges article processing charges, and a CC BY licence is used by default.作为完全开放获取期刊，本刊收取文章处理费，默认采用（CC BY）许可。
• The journal publishes research articles, reviews and perspectives across the physical sciences.本刊发表物理科学领域的研究论文、综述与观点文章。
• Editors encourage work that spans traditional physics boundaries and studies that focus on reproducibility.编辑鼓励投递跨越传统物理边界的研究，以及注重可复现性的研究。