Physical Review C

Physical Review C is the American Physical Society journal for nuclear physics, established in 1970 as one of the sections into which the Physical Review was divided. It publishes experimental and theoretical work across the whole field, appears every month, and its 2025 impact factor is 3.3 against a CiteScore of 5.9.《物理评论 C 辑》是美国物理学会的核物理期刊，1970 年随《物理评论》分辑而创办。该刊刊发覆盖整个领域的实验与理论研究，每月出版，2025 年影响因子为 3.3，CiteScore 为 5.9。

Scope

• The journal covers experimental and theoretical results in all aspects of nuclear physics.该刊覆盖核物理各个方面的实验与理论成果。

• The nucleon-nucleon interaction and few-body systems form one of its stated areas.核子与核子之间的相互作用以及少体系统是它列出的方向之一。

• Nuclear structure is a second area.核结构是第二个方向。

• Nuclear reactions make up a third.核反应构成第三个方向。

• Relativistic nuclear collisions are covered as well.相对论性核碰撞同样在覆盖之列。

• Hadronic physics and quantum chromodynamics are named among the journal subjects.强子物理与量子色动力学也被列为该刊的选题。

• The electroweak interaction and symmetries appear on the same list.电弱相互作用与对称性出现在同一份清单里。

• Nuclear astrophysics closes the range the journal sets out.核天体物理补足了该刊划定的范围。

• Detailed research articles are published alongside Letters, which are short and accessible papers of particular importance, and the journal keeps a flexible approach to article length so that longer papers with depth can be taken.详尽的研究论文与 Letters 一同刊发，后者是篇幅简短，易读而特别重要的文章，该刊对论文长度保持灵活，以便容纳有深度的长文。

• A submitted manuscript is expected to add to existing knowledge of nuclear physics, to make a significant contribution within a specific research area and to stand as an authoritative addition to the literature.投稿被期望能增进已有的核物理知识，在具体研究方向上作出重要贡献，并成为文献中具有权威分量的补充。

• Structured abstracts are supported, and selected papers are highlighted as Editors Suggestions, which are picked to lead readers towards important work outside their usual interests.该刊支持结构化摘要，并挑出部分论文作为编辑推荐，用以把读者引向其惯常兴趣之外的重要工作。

• Editors also notify the society news publication about important papers, which may then be covered as a Synopsis, a Focus or a Viewpoint, and a Perspective article type was added in 2026.编辑还会把重要论文通报给学会的新闻刊物，后者可能以概要，焦点或观点栏目加以报道，并在 2026 年新增了展望类文章。

• The journal coordinates with the other titles in the Physical Review family so that new subspecialties find a place as they come into being.该刊与《物理评论》系列的其他刊物相互协调，让新出现的细分方向各得其所。

History

• The journal was established in 1970, when the Physical Review was divided into sections, and it has carried the nuclear physics section since.该刊创办于 1970 年，当时《物理评论》按学科分辑，此后它一直承担核物理这一辑。

• Until 2015 the title carried the words Nuclear Physics after the journal name, and from volume 93 in 2016 the title was shortened while the print and online editions moved to the numbers 2469-9985 and 2469-9993.2015 年以前，该刊题名在主名之后还带有 Nuclear Physics 字样，自 2016 年第 93 卷起题名缩短，印本与电子本改用 2469-9985 与 2469-9993 两个刊号。

• The earlier print number, 0556-2813, had been carried since the journal began, and the linking number 9115-8990 links the old and the current editions in the serials network.更早的印本刊号 0556-2813 自创刊起使用，连续出版物网络中的连接号 9115-8990 把旧本与现行本关联在一起。

• The journal is published by the American Physical Society, which is a founding member of the Purpose-Led Publishing coalition and keeps a common set of editorial policies across the Physical Review family.该刊由美国物理学会出版，该学会是宗旨导向出版联盟的创始成员，并在《物理评论》系列中采用一套共同的编辑政策。

• Since 2018 the journal has taken part in the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics, so high-energy physics articles that are posted on the arXiv under a hep designation are made open access under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.自 2018 年起该刊加入粒子物理开放出版资助联盟，凡在 arXiv 上按高能物理主分类发布的高能物理论文都以知识共享署名许可开放获取。

• Authors may also pay an article publication charge to make an accepted manuscript immediately readable under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, and waivers are offered for authors from lower income countries.作者也可以支付文章出版费，使被接收的稿件立即以知识共享署名许可开放阅读，来自低收入国家的作者可获减免。

• Articles are published electronically one at a time and are identified by volume number together with a six-digit article number rather than by page ranges.文章以电子方式逐篇发布，标识方式是卷号加六位文章编号，而不是页码范围。

• The 2025 metrics reported 951 published papers, 61314 total citations, an h5-index of 77 and 271682 downloads, with a first decision before review in six days and after review in 42 days.2025 年的指标报告刊出论文 951 篇，总被引 61314 次，h5 指数为 77，下载量 271682 次，含评审前的首次决定为 6 天，含评审后为 42 天。

• Submission to acceptance was put at 110 days and submission to publication at 142 days.投稿至接收为 110 天，投稿至出版为 142 天。

• The journal is indexed by the science citation index, Scopus and Inspec, and it is recorded for PubMed in the United States National Library of Medicine catalogue.该刊被科学引文索引，Scopus 与 Inspec 收录，并在美国国立医学图书馆的目录中登记为PubMed 收录。

• A Perspective article type was launched in April 2026, and the journal marked fifty years of publication with a special feature in the society news publication.展望类文章于 2026 年 4 月推出，该刊还曾在学会新闻刊物中以专题形式纪念创刊五十周年。

• The journal carries a leading role in the physical review family, and it is a founding title in the society's open science programme.该刊在《物理评论》系列中居于前列，也是学会开放科学计划的创始刊物之一。

Editors

• (Joe Kapusta) of the University of Minnesota is chief editor, having served as an associate editor from 1997 to 2021 before taking the lead role in 2022.（Joe Kapusta）是该刊主编，任职于明尼苏达大学，他自 1997 年至 2021 年担任副编辑，2022 年出任主编。

• (Chris Wesselborg) and (Brad Rubin) serve as managing editors for the American Physical Society.（Chris Wesselborg）与（Brad Rubin）在美国物理学会担任责任编辑。

• (Maria Colonna) of the Southern National Laboratory of the Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics works on nuclear reaction theory and the nuclear equation of state.（Maria Colonna）任职于意大利核物理研究院南方国家实验室，研究核反应理论与核状态方程。

• (Bradley Filippone) of the California Institute of Technology works on nuclear astrophysics and nucleon spin structure, and (Alexandra Gade) of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams works on the structure of rare isotopes.（Bradley Filippone）任职于加州理工学院，研究核天体物理与核子自旋结构，（Alexandra Gade）任职于稀有同位素束流装置，研究稀有同位素的结构。

• (Charles Gale) of McGill University works on hadronic physics and high-energy heavy-ion collisions.（Charles Gale）任职于麦吉尔大学，研究强子物理与高能重离子碰撞。

• (Calvin Johnson) of San Diego State University works on nuclear structure and on quantum computing applied to nuclear problems.（Calvin Johnson）任职于圣迭戈州立大学，研究核结构以及量子计算在核问题上的应用。

• (Andrea Jungclaus) of the Institute of Structure of Matter in Madrid works on the structure of exotic nuclei.（Andrea Jungclaus）任职于马德里的物质结构研究所，研究奇特核的结构。

• (Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo) of the GSI Helmholtz Centre and the Technical University of Darmstadt works on theoretical nuclear astrophysics.（Gabriel Martínez-Pinedo）任职于亥姆霍兹重离子研究中心与达姆施塔特工业大学，研究理论核天体物理。

• (Rob Timmermans) of the University of Groningen works on low-energy hadron physics and on tests of the symmetries of the standard model, and (Ramona Vogt) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory works on heavy flavour phenomenology and nuclear fission.（Rob Timmermans）任职于格罗宁根大学，研究低能强子物理与标准模型对称性检验，（Ramona Vogt）任职于劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室，研究重味现象学与核裂变。

• (Lin Zhang) serves as an assistant editor for the society and handles manuscripts across several Physical Review titles.（Lin Zhang）在学会担任助理编辑，处理多份《物理评论》刊物的稿件。

• The editorial board is a global group of active scientists appointed by the executive editor for three-year terms, and its members may be asked to advise at any stage of review or to sit as adjudicators in formal appeals.编委会由活跃的科学家组成，成员来自世界各地，由执行主编任命，任期三年，可应邀在评审的任何阶段提供意见，或在正式申诉中担任裁决人。

• Board members at the end of 2026 include (Catherine M. Deibel) of Louisiana State University, (Nicole d'Hose) of CEA Saclay and (Sofia Quaglioni) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and later terms bring in (Karlheinz Langanke) of the GSI Helmholtz Centre and (Furong Xu) of Peking University.2026 年底在任的编委包括路易斯安那州立大学的（Catherine M. Deibel），萨克雷原子能委员会的（Nicole d'Hose）与劳伦斯利弗莫尔国家实验室的（Sofia Quaglioni），随后的任期里还有亥姆霍兹重离子研究中心的（Karlheinz Langanke）与北京大学的（Furong Xu）。

• The journal is managed by a professional editorial team of doctoral scientists with research experience at major institutions, and every editorial decision rests on the acceptance criteria that the journal sets out.该刊由一支专业编辑团队管理，成员都是曾在重要机构从事研究工作的博士级科学家，一切编辑决定都以该刊公布的接受标准为依据。