IOPP publishes original physics research papers

IOP Publishing (IOPP) says the first four original research articles are:

• Extracting the speed of sound in quark-gluon plasma with ultra-relativistic lead-lead collisions at the LHC
• Symmetry-preserving quadratic Lindbladian and dissipation driven topological transitions in Gaussian states
• Divergence beneath the Brillouin sphere and the phenomenology of prediction error in spherical harmonic series approximations of the gravitational field
• A statistical primer on classical period-finding techniques in astronomy

IOPP says Reports on Progress in Physics covers all areas of physics and related interdisciplinary areas extending across condensed matter, atomic and molecular physics, quantum science, computational physics, chemical physics, biophysics, photonics, nuclear and particle physics and astrophysics.

The journal offers an open access (OA) option, with free OA publishing for researchers from low and lower middle-income countries. In addition, IOPP says Reports on Progress in Physics is included in its expanding programme of Transformative Agreements that now cover more than 1,000 universities and research institutions around the world.

Chief Editor of Reports on Progress in Physics, Dr David Gevaux, says: “Releasing the first original research papers in our expanded Reports of Progress in Physics journal in the year of its 90th anniversary is fantastic. The progress and innovation seen over the past nine decades promises a bright future for our evolving physical sciences journal.”

According to IOPP, the latest issue of Reports on Progress in Physics also features an editorial in which Gevaux sets out the rationale for repositioning the journal and how it will serve the physics community into the future.

The journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Professor Subir Sachdev of Harvard University, USA, says: “The quality and coverage of our first original research papers reinforces the long-standing reputation of Reports on Progress in Physics as one of the most important resources for physicists at all career stages.”

Authors publishing in Reports on Progress in Physics are not only supporting the advancement of physics in the broadest sense but also invest in the community they are a part of, added IOPP. The publisher says all funds generated by them go directly to the Institute of Physics.