Applied Physics Letters

Applied Physics Letters is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by the American Institute of Physics. Its focus is rapid publication and dissemination of new experimental and theoretical papers regarding applications of physics in all disciplines of science, engineering, and modern technology. Additionally, there is an emphasis on fundamental and new developments which lay the groundwork for fields that are rapidly evolving.^[1][2][3]

Applied Physics Letters

Discipline	Applied physics
Language	English
Edited by	Maria Antonietta Loi
Publication details
History	1962–present
Publisher	American Institute of Physics (United States)
Frequency	Weekly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	3.5 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Appl. Phys. Lett.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	APPLAB
ISSN	0003-6951 (print) 1077-3118 (web)
OCLC no.	1580952
Links
Journal homepage

The journal was established in 1962.^[4] The editor-in-chief is physicist Maria Antonietta Loi of the University of Groningen.^[5]

Abstracting and indexing

This journal is indexed in the following databases:

• Chemical Abstracts Service
• Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences
• Science Citation Index Expanded

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.5.^[6]