''Physical Review E'' is a

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, published monthly by the

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. The main field of interest is collective phenomena of many-body systems. It is edited by Dario Corradini as of December 2024. While original research content requires subscription, editorials, news, and other non-research content is openly accessible.

Scope

Although the focus of this journal is many-body phenomena, the broad scope of the journal includes quantum chaos, soft matter physics, classical

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, biological physics and granular materials. Also emphasized are

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, equilibrium and transport properties of fluids,

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s, complex fluids,

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, and

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. About Physical Review E
APS. July 2010 Pubmed Journals section
NCBI, NLM, NIH. Department of Health & Human Services. July 2010.

Former names

This journal began as "''

Physical Review ''Physical Review'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The journal was established in 1893 by Edward Nichols. It publishes original research as well as scientific and literature reviews on all aspects of physics. It is published by the Ame ...

''" in 1893. In 1913 the

took over ''Physical Review''. In 1970 ''Physical Review'' was subdivided into ''Physical Review A'', ''B'', ''C'', and ''D''. From 1990 until 1993 a process was underway which split the journal then entitled '' Physical Review A: General Physics'' into two journals. Hence, from 1993 until 2000, one of the split off journals became ''Physical Review E: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics''. In 2001 the journal was changed, in name, to its present title. As an aside, in January 2007, the section which published works on classical optics was transferred from ''Physical Review E'' to ''Physical Review A''. This action unified the classical and quantum parts of optics into a single journal.

Rapid Communications

''Physical Review E Rapid Communications'' was announced on June 7, 2010. This section (or feature) gives priority to results which are deemed significant, and merits a prominent display on the ''Physical Review E'' website. The specific article is displayed for several weeks, and is part of a rotation with other articles, also deemed significant.

Abstracting and indexing

''Physical Review E'' is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:Master Journal List
Thomson Reuters. 2011.CAS Source Index (CASSI)
American Chemical Society. January 2011. *

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/ Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences *

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- CASSI
Current Physics Index
*

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PubMed PubMed is an openly accessible, free database which includes primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institute ...

* NLM catalog
Physics Abstracts
* SPIN

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