Journal of Computational Physics

The Journal of Computational Physics is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1966 and devoted to the computational aspects of physical problems, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.9（Journal of Computational Physics）是由 Elsevier 出版的同行评审期刊，创刊于 1966 年，聚焦物理问题的计算研究，2025 年影响因子为 3.9。

Scope

• Advanced mathematical and numerical modeling spanning physics, mechanics, applied mathematics, statistics, applied geometry and computer science跨物理、力学、应用数学、统计学、应用几何与计算机科学的先进数学与数值建模。
• Methods that cross disciplinary boundaries and bridge mathematical modeling with algorithmization跨越学科边界、衔接数学建模与算法化的方法。
• Work at the frontier between predictive simulation and machine learning预测性模拟与机器学习交界处的研究。
• Short notes of four pages or less and letters to the editor commenting on published articles四页以内的短篇札记，以及针对已发表文章的读者来信。
• Review articles and reproducibility, with authors encouraged to share software and data综述文章与可复现性，鼓励作者公开软件与数据。

History

• The journal was founded in 1966 with Berni J. Alder as its founding editor该刊 1966 年创刊，创刊主编为 Berni J. Alder。
• It was originally published by Academic Press and is now published by Elsevier初由 Academic Press 出版，现由 Elsevier 出版。
• It encourages papers that bridge mathematical and physical modeling and does not impose a formal page limit该刊鼓励沟通数学与物理建模的论文，不设正式篇幅上限。
• Its impact factor stood at 3.8 in 2023 and 2024 and 3.9 in 2025影响因子在 2023 与 2024 年为 3.8，2025 年为 3.9。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Frederic G. Gibou of the University of California Santa Barbara and Dongbin Xiu of The Ohio State University现任主编为（University of California Santa Barbara）的 Frederic G. Gibou 与（The Ohio State University）的 Dongbin Xiu。
• Section editors and associate editors span many countries, including the United States, China, France and Italy板块编辑与副编辑来自美国、中国、法国与意大利等众多国家。
• The journal emphasises the efficacy, robustness, computational complexity and reproducibility of methods该刊强调方法的有效性、稳健性、计算复杂度与可复现性。
• Submissions undergo peer review, and substantially extended conference papers may be considered稿件经同行评审，显著扩展的会议论文亦可投稿。