Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics

Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics is a hybrid open-access review journal published by Springer for the Division of Plasma Physics of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies, launched in 2017 and devoted to review, tutorial and historical articles across all of plasma physics, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.4.《现代等离子体物理评论》（Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics）由（Springer）为亚洲太平洋物理学会等离子体物理分会出版，2017 年创刊，属混合型开放获取综述期刊，刊载等离子体物理各领域的综述、教程与历史类文章，2025 年影响因子为 5.4。

Scope

• Fundamental plasma physics covers plasma turbulence, magnetohydrodynamics and kinetic MHD, magnetic reconnection, gyrokinetic theory, collisional transport and mathematical plasma physics.基础等离子体物理涵盖等离子体湍流、磁流体力学与动理学磁流体力学、磁重联、回旋动理学理论、碰撞输运与数学等离子体物理。
• Basic plasma physics covers strongly coupled, dusty and quantum plasmas, non-neutral plasmas, plasma simulation, diagnostics, plasma sources and atomic and molecular processes.基础实验等离子体涵盖强耦合、尘埃与量子等离子体、非中性等离子体，以及等离子体模拟、诊断、等离子体源与原子分子过程。
• Applied plasma physics includes plasma processing, plasma medicine, plasma agriculture, pulsed power applications and plasma-based environmental technology.应用等离子体物理包括等离子体加工、等离子体医学、等离子体农业、脉冲功率应用与等离子体环境技术。
• Laser plasma physics spans laser fusion, laser wake-field acceleration and warm dense matter.激光等离子体物理涵盖激光聚变、激光尾场加速与温稠密物质。
• Space plasma physics and geomagnetism cover the solar wind, the magnetosphere, collisionless shocks and magnetospheric reconnection.空间等离子体物理与地磁学覆盖太阳风、磁层、无碰撞激波与磁层重联。
• Solar and astrophysical plasma physics and magnetic confinement fusion physics, from tokamak transport and stability to stellarator optimisation, complete the field list.太阳与天体等离子体物理以及磁约束聚变物理构成其余方向，涉及托卡马克输运与稳定性直至仿星器优化。
• Every review is expected to survey the worldwide state of a topic with historical background and literature, not merely the authors' own results.每篇综述均须梳理该主题的全球研究现状并交代历史背景与文献，而非仅叙述作者自身成果。

History

• The journal opened with volume 1 in 2017, its first articles appearing online in June 2017 under the Springer imprint.该刊 2017 年出版第 1 卷，首批论文于 2017 年 6 月以（Springer）名义上线。^[1]
• It is led by the Division of Plasma Physics of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies and serves as the division's flagship review title.该刊由亚洲太平洋物理学会等离子体物理分会主导，是该分会的旗舰综述刊物。
• Publication follows a one-volume-per-year model with continuous article numbering, so volume 1 covers 2017 and volume 10 covers 2026.出版采用每年一卷、文章连续编号的方式，第 1 卷对应 2017 年，第 10 卷对应 2026 年。
• Its first Journal Impact Factor was awarded in 2025 and was celebrated at the 16th Asia Pacific Physics Conference in October 2025, together with AAPPS Bulletin.该刊于 2025 年获得首个影响因子，并在 2025 年 10 月第 16 届亚太物理大会上与（AAPPS Bulletin）一同庆祝。
• The Journal Impact Factor rose from 4.5 in 2024 to 5.4 in 2025, placing the journal second among 43 titles in physics, fluids and plasmas.其影响因子由 2024 年的 4.5 升至 2025 年的 5.4，在流体与等离子体物理类 43 种期刊中位居第二。
• RMPP Letters will be introduced as an additional article type from 2027, extending the journal beyond long review articles.自 2027 年起该刊将增设（RMPP Letters）文章类型，使刊物不再局限长篇综述。

Editors

• Mitsuru Kikuchi, chairman and editor-in-chief, formerly directed the JT-60 tokamak programme at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and now heads AAPPS-DPP while holding guest professorships in Osaka and at the Southwestern Institute of Physics in China.主编（Mitsuru Kikuchi）曾任日本原子能研究开发机构（JT-60）托卡马克项目负责人，现主持亚洲太平洋物理学会等离子体物理分会，并任大阪大学与中国西南物理研究院客座教授。
• Six division chief editors head the subject sections, namely Taik Soo Hahm of Seoul National University, Tao Shao of Wuhan University, Zheng-Ming Sheng of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Yu Lin of Auburn University, Ryoji Matsumoto of Chiba University and Lu Wang of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.六位学科主编分管各方向，分别为首尔国立大学的（Taik Soo Hahm）、武汉大学的（Tao Shao）、上海交通大学的（Zheng-Ming Sheng）、奥本大学的（Yu Lin）、千叶大学的（Ryoji Matsumoto）与华中科技大学的（Lu Wang）。
• Associate editors include Patrick Diamond of the University of California San Diego and Katsumi Ida of the National Institute for Fusion Science, while Yan Feng of Soochow University handles basic plasma physics.副编辑包括加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校的（Patrick Diamond）、日本核融合科学研究所的（Katsumi Ida），基础等离子体方向由苏州大学的（Yan Feng）负责。
• The board draws members from Japan, China, South Korea, India, Taiwan, the United States, France, Germany and Australia, with each subject section keeping a board of about ten members.编委会成员来自日本、中国、韩国、印度、台湾、美国、法国、德国与澳大利亚，各学科编委约十人。
• Manuscripts are first screened by the editors for subject fit and are then assessed by two independent reviewers under single-blind peer review.稿件先经编辑按主题契合度初筛，再由两位独立审稿人在单盲评审下评估。
• Six article types are offered, namely review, special topics aimed at early-career researchers, tutorial, history, and the Chandrasekhar and Plasma Innovation lectures reserved for laureates of the division's prizes.该刊设六类文章，即综述、面向青年学者的专题短评、教程、历史，以及专供分会奖项得主撰写的（Chandrasekhar）讲座与（Plasma Innovation）讲座。