''Physics of Fluids'' is a monthly

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covering

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, established by the

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in 1958, and is published by AIP Publishing. The journal focus is the dynamics of gases,

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s, and complex or multiphase fluids—and the journal contains original research resulting from theoretical,

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, and

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studies.

History

From 1958 through 1988, the journal included plasma physics. From 1989 until 1993, the journal split into ''Physics of Fluids A'' covering fluid dynamics, and ''Physics of Fluids B,'' on plasma physics. In 1994, the latter was renamed '' Physics of Plasmas'', and the former continued under its original name, ''Physics of Fluids''. The journal was originally published by the American Institute of Physics in cooperation with the

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's Division of Fluid Dynamics. In 2016, the American Institute of Physics became the sole publisher. From 1985 to 2015, ''Physics of Fluids'' published the ''Gallery of Fluid Motion'', containing award-winning photographs, images, and visual

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of fluid flow. With funding from the American Institute of Physics the annual " François Naftali Frenkiel Award" was established by the American Physical Society in 1984 to reward a young scientist who published a paper containing significant contributions to fluid dynamics during the previous year. The award-winning paper was chosen from ''Physics of Fluids'' until 2016, but is presently chosen from '' Physical Review Fluids''. Similarly, the invited papers from plenary talks at the annual American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics were formerly published in ''Physics of Fluids'' but, since 2016, are now published in either this journal or ''Physical Review Fluids''.

Reception

''Physics of Fluids A'', ''Physics of Fluids B'', and ''Physics of Fluids'' were ranked 3, 4, and 6, respectively based on their citation impact from 1981 to 2004 within the category of journals on the physics of fluids and plasmas. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 4.1.

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been

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: * 1958–1981: François Naftali Frenkiel * 1982–1997: Andreas Acrivos * 1998–2015: John Kim, L. Gary Leal * 2015–2025: Alan Jeffrey Giacomin * 2025–present: André Anders (interim)

References

External links

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''Physics of Fluids'' Gallery of fluid motion
{{Authority control Fluid dynamics journals Academic journals established in 1958 Monthly journals English-language journals American Institute of Physics academic journals

History

Reception

Editors-in-chief

See also

References

Further reading

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