''Chinese Physics C'' (CPC) is a monthly

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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 ...

along with the Institute of High Energy Physics,

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

. CPC is hosted online by

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. It reports on research into the theory, experiment and applications of particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics. The journal was established in 1977 as ''High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics'', and renamed to its present title in 2008. Its current

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is 3.6 (2023). ''Chinese Physics C'' is part of the SCOAP3 initiative. In 2014 and 2016, the journal hosted the publication of the

Particle Data Group The Particle Data Group (PDG) is an international collaboration of particle physicists that compiles and reanalyzes published results related to the properties of particles and fundamental interactions. It also publishes reviews of theoretical ...

's bi-annual ''Review of Particle Physics'', the most highly cited article in the field of

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