''Chinese Physics Letters'' (abbreviation: ''Chin. Phys. Lett.'', or also ''CPL'') is a peer-reviewed

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication designed to further the progress of science by disseminating new research findings to the scientific community. These journals serve as a platform for researchers, schola ...

in the fields of

chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

and

physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and related interdisciplinary fields (e.g.

biophysics Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that applies approaches and methods traditionally used in physics to study biological phenomena. Biophysics covers all scales of biological organization, from molecular to organismic and populations ...

). The journal was established in 1984, and is published by the

Chinese Physical Society The Chinese Physical Society (CPS) is a professional society of physicists established in 1932. It is part of the China Association for Science and Technology. Current membership is at around 40,000. CPS has been a member of the International Un ...

and hosted online by

IOP Publishing IOP Publishing (previously Institute of Physics Publishing) is the publishing company of the Institute of Physics. It provides publications through which scientific research is distributed worldwide, including journals, community websites, maga ...

. It is published in English and is an open access journal. ''Chinese Physics Letters'' is a part of a small group of four journals from the Chinese Physical Society, the other three are: ''

Communications in Theoretical Physics ''Communications in Theoretical Physics'' (CTP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Chinese Physical Society along with the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences hosted by IOP Publishing IOP Publ ...

'' (in English, subtitled ''Chinese Physics A''), ''

Chinese Physics B ''Chinese Physics B'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published in English by IOP Publishing. It is sponsored by the Chinese Physical Society and the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Scope ''Chinese Physics B'' is ...

'' (in English), and ''

Chinese Physics C ''Chinese Physics C'' (CPC) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Chinese Physical Society along with the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. CPC is hosted online by IOP Publishing. It reports on ...

'' (in English).

External links

''Chinese Physics Letters'' website
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