Physics Reports-review Section of Physics Letters

Physics Reports is a peer-reviewed review journal published by Elsevier, founded in 1971 as the review section of Physics Letters, presenting long and in-depth reviews across all branches of physics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 27.5《物理学报告》是由（Elsevier）出版、1971 年作为（Physics Letters）的综述部分创办的同行评审综述期刊，俗称（Physics Reports），以长篇深入的综述覆盖物理学各个分支，2025 年影响因子为 27.5。

Scope

• It publishes timely reviews that are more extensive than literature surveys yet normally less than a full monograph该刊刊载比文献综述更深入、通常短于专著的及时综述。
• Each report deals with one specific subject and is generally published in a separate volume每篇报告针对一个特定主题，通常单独成卷出版。
• Reviews are specialist in nature but contain enough introductory material to make the main points intelligible to non-specialists综述具专业性，同时包含足够的导引材料，使非专业读者亦能理解其要点。
• Topics include astrophysics and cosmology, atomic molecular and optical physics, biological physics, condensed matter physics, high energy physics, nanoscience, nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, nuclear and hadronic physics, plasma physics and statistical physics主题包括天体物理与宇宙学、原子分子与光学物理、生物物理、凝聚态物理、高能物理、纳米科学、非线性动力学与复杂系统、核物理与强子物理、等离子体物理与统计物理。^[1]
• In 2025 it inaugurated a Rapid Reviews section for shorter reviews of emerging subjects2025 年该刊新设「快速综述」栏目，刊载关于新兴课题的较短综述。
• Submission is by invitation only, and prospective authors first send a short proposal to the editorial office投稿仅限受邀，拟投稿者须先向编辑部提交一份简短提案。
• It appears in both print and online editions, each with its own ISSN该刊同时出版印刷版与在线版，二者各有独立的 ISSN。

History

• It was founded in 1971 as the review section of Physics Letters该刊于 1971 年作为（Physics Letters）的综述部分创办。
• It has been published by Elsevier throughout its history and is commonly known simply as Physics Reports该刊自创办起一直由（Elsevier）出版，通常简称为（Physics Reports）。
• Its records in Crossref begin in 1971, and the journal has deposited several thousand articles since then该刊在（Crossref）中的文献记录始于 1971 年，此后已沉积数千篇文章。
• Each report is generally issued as a separate volume, so the journal comprises many volumes per year每篇报告通常单独成卷，故该刊每年出版多卷。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 27.5, placing it third among 112 journals in multidisciplinary physics其 2025 年影响因子为 27.5，在 112 种综合物理期刊中位列第三。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Claudia de Rham of Imperial College London现任主编为（Imperial College London）的 Claudia de Rham。
• The journal has about twenty editors and editorial board members drawn from nine countries该刊在九个国家拥有约二十位编辑与编委会成员。
• Editors are organized by subfield, covering astrophysics and cosmology, atomic molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics, high energy physics, nuclear and hadronic physics and statistical physics, among others编辑按子领域分工，涵盖天体物理与宇宙学、原子分子与光学物理、凝聚态物理、高能物理、核与强子物理以及统计物理等方向。
• Notable editors include Marc Kamionkowski for astrophysics and cosmology and Naoto Nagaosa for condensed matter theory主要编辑包括负责天体物理与宇宙学的 Marc Kamionkowski 与负责凝聚态理论的 Naoto Nagaosa。
• The managing editors are Lulu Bai and Eva Novakova of Elsevier责任编辑为（Elsevier）的 Lulu Bai 与 Eva Novakova。
• Proposals are assessed by the appropriate subject editor, and accepted reviews undergo peer review提案由相应方向的编辑评估，获接受的综述须经同行评审。