Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics is a quarterly peer-reviewed review journal published by Elsevier, established in 1978, covering nuclear physics, hadron physics, heavy-ion physics, particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 15.9《粒子与核物理进展》是由（Elsevier）出版、1978 年创刊的季刊同行评审综述期刊，涵盖核物理、强子物理、重离子物理、粒子物理、天体物理与宇宙学，2025 年影响因子为 15.9。

Scope

• It publishes review articles that discuss new developments at a level suitable for the general nuclear and particle physicist该刊发表综述文章，以适合普通核物理与粒子物理学者的水准讨论领域新进展。
• Most articles fall within nuclear physics, hadron physics, heavy-ion physics, particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology多数文章属于核物理、强子物理、重离子物理、粒子物理、天体物理与宇宙学领域。^[1]
• A particular effort is made to treat interface-type topics for which both particle and nuclear physics are important该刊尤重粒子物理与核物理都重要的交叉型主题。^[2]
• It explores the most important advances in greater technical depth than a general survey该刊以高于一般综述的技术深度探讨最重要的进展。^[3]
• Related topics such as detector physics and accelerator physics are treated from time to time探测器物理与加速器物理等相关主题亦时有涉及。
• Applications of nuclear physics in the medical and archaeological fields are also covered occasionally核物理在医学与考古等领域的应用也时有涉及。

History

• It was established in 1978, originally published by Pergamon Press in Oxford and now published by Elsevier该刊于 1978 年创刊，最初由牛津的（Pergamon Press）出版，现由（Elsevier）出版。
• It takes the format of four issues per year, that is a quarterly schedule该刊每年出版四期，即按季出版。
• Its impact factor was 16.281 in 2021, 12.425 in 2022, 17.9 in 2024 and 15.9 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 16.281，2022 年为 12.425，2024 年为 17.9，2025 年为 15.9。
• It ranks first among 22 journals in the JCR Physics, Nuclear category and second among 31 in Physics, Particles and Fields该刊在（JCR）核物理类别 22 种期刊中排名第一，在粒子与场物理类别 31 种中排名第二。
• It operates a hybrid open access model with an article publishing charge of USD 5060 alongside a free subscription route该刊采用混合开放获取模式，文章处理费为 5060 美元，同时保留免费的订阅出版途径。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）收录。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Christian S. Fischer of Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany现任主编为德国（Justus Liebig University Giessen）的 Christian S. Fischer。
• The editorial board has 21 members drawn from 11 countries and regions编委会共有 21 名成员，来自 11 个国家和地区。
• Board members include Mei Bei of Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre, David Blaschke of University of Wroclaw and Angela Bracco of Rome编委包括（Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre）的 Mei Bei、（University of Wroclaw）的 David Blaschke 与罗马的 Angela Bracco。
• Other members are Kenji Fukushima of the University of Tokyo, Kouichi Hagino of Kyoto University, Mei Huang, Petr Navratil of TRIUMF and Markus Schumacher其他编委包括（University of Tokyo）的 Kenji Fukushima、（Kyoto University）的 Kouichi Hagino、Mei Huang、（TRIUMF）的 Petr Navratil 与 Markus Schumacher。
• Further members include Alexandre Obertelli, Thomas Stoehlker, Zebo Tang, Anthony W. Thomas and Zhi-zhong Xing编委还包括 Alexandre Obertelli、Thomas Stoehlker、Zebo Tang、Anthony W. Thomas 与 Zhi-zhong Xing。
• The long-serving editor was Amand Faessler, and special issues were co-edited with Vadim Rodin曾长期担任编辑的是 Amand Faessler，部分专辑与 Vadim Rodin 共同编辑。