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{{Infobox journal
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| editor = E. Panarella
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| discipline = [[Physics]]
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| abbreviation = Phys. Essays
| abbreviation = Phys. Essays
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| discipline = [[Physics]]
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| editor = Emilio Panarella
| publisher = Physics Essays Publication
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| history = 1988–present
| frequency = Quarterly
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| history = 1988-present
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| impact = 0.245
| impact = 0.6
| impact-year = 2013
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| ISSN = 0836-1398
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'''''Physics Essays''''' is a [[peer-reviewed]] [[scientific journal]] covering [[Theoretical physics|theoretical]] and [[experimental physics]]. It was established in 1988 and the [[editor-in-chief]] is E. Panarella.
'''''Physics Essays''''' is a quarterly journal supposedly<ref name=dumka/> covering [[Theoretical physics|theoretical]] and [[experimental physics]]. It was established in 1988 and the [[editor-in-chief]] is Emilio Panarella.

The journal has a reputation for being a "free forum where extravagant views on physics (in particular, those involving [[parapsychology]]) are welcome".<ref name=dumka>{{cite journal |last1=Sepetyi |first1=Dmytro |title=Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness: No Evidence for Idealism |journal=Filosofska Dumka |date=2018 |issue=4 |pages=95–105 |url=https://dumka.philosophy.ua/index.php/fd/article/view/430 |language=en }}</ref> The journal has been accused of [[Article processing charge|charging authors for publication]] without disclosing the fees up front.<ref name=pagecharges>{{cite journal |last=King |first=L. A. |title=Page charges |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/358534a0.pdf |journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]] |volume=358 |issue=6387 |year=1992 |doi=10.1038/358534b0 |pages=534 |bibcode=1992Natur.358..534K |s2cid= 12907853}}</ref>

In the 1990s, the journal was published by [[University of Toronto Press]].<ref name=pagecharges/> Beginning in 2009, and for some period of time, the journal was affiliated with the [[American Institute of Physics]], which managed subscriptions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Publishing Matters |url=https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/aipcorp/aipmatters/2008-10-06.pdf |work=AIP Matters |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2023-07-10 |publisher=[[American Institute of Physics]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Price List 2009 |publisher=[[American Institute of Physics]] |date=2013-08-06 |url=http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2009NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806154811/http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2009NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-10|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://journals.aip.org/aip_2011_prices.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127211233/http://journals.aip.org/aip_2011_prices.pdf |title=Price List 2011 |publisher=[[AIP Publishing]] |page=11 |archive-date=2011-11-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Price List 2012 |publisher=[[AIP Publishing]] |date=2012-05-04 |url=http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2012NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504060300/http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2012NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-10 |page=10}}</ref>
In 2003, the journal published a paper describing [[Brilliant Light Power|Randell Mills' hydrino theory]], which is at odds with [[quantum mechanics]] and widely rejected by physicists.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jha |first=Alok |title=Fuel's paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head |website=the Guardian |date=2005-11-04 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/nov/04/energy.science |access-date=2023-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Rathke |first=A |title=A critical analysis of the hydrino model |journal=New Journal of Physics |volume=7 |date=2005-05-19 |issue=1 |doi=10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/127 |pages=127 |arxiv=quant-ph/0505150 |doi-access=free | bibcode=2005NJPh....7..127R}}</ref> In 2004, the journal published a paper claiming proof that the usual mathematical expression of [[mass-energy equivalence]] was not valid in general, a claim the author said was being ignored by the wider scientific community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian scientist challenges Einstein's theory |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2004-09-21 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/indian-scientist-challenges-einstein-s-theory/story-Tvs0UcDwaJJwogYGfddt7L.html |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Science Tribune |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune, Chandigarh, India]] |url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040924/science.htm#2 |access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> In 2017, the journal published an article from an amateur physicist who claimed to redefine the [[elementary charge]] and eliminate the [[fine structure constant]], directly in contradiction to mainstream physics.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cameron |first=Bill |title=Amateur physicist makes bold claim |website=[[Pocono Record]] |date=2017-03-25 |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/local/2017/03/25/amateur-physicist-makes-bold-claim/21790885007/ |access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref>


== Abstracting and indexing ==
==Abstracting and indexing==
The journal is or has been [[indexed and abstracted]] in the following [[bibliographic database]]s:
The journal is [[indexed and abstracted]] in the following [[bibliographic database]]s:
*[[Chemical Abstracts Service]]<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=[[American Chemical Society]] |work=[[Chemical Abstracts Service]] |access-date=2024-09-01}}</ref>
*[[Chemical Abstracts Service]]
*[[EBSCO Information Services|EBSCO databases]]<ref name=MIAR>{{cite MIAR |title=Physics Essays |issn=0836-1398 |access-date=2023-06-27}}</ref>
*[[China National Knowledge Infrastructure]]
*[[EBSCO Information Services]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Journal Information for "Physics Essays " |url=https://www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/a9h-journals.htm|access-date=Dec 25, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Physics Essays|url=https://www.ebsco.com/title-lists#search|access-date=Feb 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Emerging Sources Citation Index]]<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Web of Science Master Journal List |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2023-06-27}}</ref>
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The journal was indexed in [[Current Contents]]/Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences and the [[Science Citation Index Expanded]] until it was dropped in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlchange.cgi?Full=PHYSICS+ESSAYS |title=JOURNAL CHANGE: PHYSICS ESSAYS: Dropped |work=IP & Science - Thomson Reuters |date=2015 |accessdate=2015-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928232422/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlchange.cgi?Full=PHYSICS+ESSAYS |archive-date=2015-09-28}}</ref> Its last [[impact factor]], according to the 2014 ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', was 0.245 for 2013.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2014 |chapter=Physics Essays |title=2013 Journal Citation Reports |title-link=Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |edition=Science |via=[[Web of Science]]}}</ref> [[Scopus]] similarly dropped its coverage in 2017.<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/29201 |title=Source details: Physics Essays |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |work=Scopus Preview |access-date=2023-06-27}}</ref> As of 2022, it is included in the [[Emerging Sources Citation Index]]<ref name=ISI/> with a 2023 impact factor of 0.6.<ref name=WoS2>{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Physics Essays |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Clarivate]] |edition=Science |via=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref>
*[[Emerging Sources Citation Index]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Physics Essays|url=https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results|access-date=Feb 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[INSPIRE-HEP]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Physics Essays|url=http://inspirehep.net/record/1214222?ln=enn|access-date=Feb 25, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Scopus]], up to 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=Physics Essays|url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/29201|access-date=Feb 25, 2020}}</ref>


In 2024, the [[Norwegian Scientific Index]] downgraded the journal from a level-1 journal to level 0, meaning that publication there no longer counts in the official academic career system or towards public funding of research institutions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kanalregister.hkdir.no/publiseringskanaler/KanalTidsskriftInfo.action?id=445805 |title=Journal info: Physics Essays |website=[[Norwegian Scientific Index]] |access-date=2024-07-24}}</ref>
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The journal was indexed in [[Current Contents]]/Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences and the [[Science Citation Index Expanded]] until it was dropped in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlchange.cgi?Full=PHYSICS+ESSAYS |title=JOURNAL CHANGE: PHYSICS ESSAYS: Dropped |work=IP & Science - Thomson Reuters |date=2015 |accessdate=2015-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928232422/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlchange.cgi?Full=PHYSICS+ESSAYS |archive-date=2015-09-28}}</ref> After re-evaluation, it is now included in the [[Emerging Sources Citation Index]].<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]] |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2018-11-28}}</ref> According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal had a 2013 [[impact factor]] of 0.245.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2014 |chapter=Physics Essays |title=2013 Journal Citation Reports |title-link=Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]]}}</ref>


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
*{{Official website}}


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Latest revision as of 14:29, 1 September 2024

Physics Essays
DisciplinePhysics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byEmilio Panarella
Publication details
History1988–present
Publisher
Physics Essays Publication
FrequencyQuarterly
0.6 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Phys. Essays
Indexing
CODENPHESEM
ISSN0836-1398 (print)
2371-2236 (web)
LCCNcn88039057
OCLC no.643949195
Links

Physics Essays is a quarterly journal supposedly[1] covering theoretical and experimental physics. It was established in 1988 and the editor-in-chief is Emilio Panarella.

The journal has a reputation for being a "free forum where extravagant views on physics (in particular, those involving parapsychology) are welcome".[1] The journal has been accused of charging authors for publication without disclosing the fees up front.[2]

In the 1990s, the journal was published by University of Toronto Press.[2] Beginning in 2009, and for some period of time, the journal was affiliated with the American Institute of Physics, which managed subscriptions.[3][4][5][6] In 2003, the journal published a paper describing Randell Mills' hydrino theory, which is at odds with quantum mechanics and widely rejected by physicists.[7][8] In 2004, the journal published a paper claiming proof that the usual mathematical expression of mass-energy equivalence was not valid in general, a claim the author said was being ignored by the wider scientific community.[9][10] In 2017, the journal published an article from an amateur physicist who claimed to redefine the elementary charge and eliminate the fine structure constant, directly in contradiction to mainstream physics.[11]

Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases:

The journal was indexed in Current Contents/Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences and the Science Citation Index Expanded until it was dropped in 2015.[15] Its last impact factor, according to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports, was 0.245 for 2013.[16] Scopus similarly dropped its coverage in 2017.[17] As of 2022, it is included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index[14] with a 2023 impact factor of 0.6.[18]

In 2024, the Norwegian Scientific Index downgraded the journal from a level-1 journal to level 0, meaning that publication there no longer counts in the official academic career system or towards public funding of research institutions.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sepetyi, Dmytro (2018). "Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness: No Evidence for Idealism". Filosofska Dumka (4): 95–105.
  2. ^ a b King, L. A. (1992). "Page charges" (PDF). Nature. 358 (6387): 534. Bibcode:1992Natur.358..534K. doi:10.1038/358534b0. S2CID 12907853.
  3. ^ "Publishing Matters" (PDF). AIP Matters. American Institute of Physics. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ^ "Price List 2009" (PDF). American Institute of Physics. 2013-08-06. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  5. ^ "Price List 2011" (PDF). AIP Publishing. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-27.
  6. ^ "Price List 2012" (PDF). AIP Publishing. 2012-05-04. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. ^ Jha, Alok (2005-11-04). "Fuel's paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  8. ^ Rathke, A (2005-05-19). "A critical analysis of the hydrino model". New Journal of Physics. 7 (1): 127. arXiv:quant-ph/0505150. Bibcode:2005NJPh....7..127R. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/127.
  9. ^ "Indian scientist challenges Einstein's theory". Hindustan Times. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  10. ^ "Science Tribune". The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  11. ^ Cameron, Bill (2017-03-25). "Amateur physicist makes bold claim". Pocono Record. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  12. ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
  13. ^ "Physics Essays". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  14. ^ a b "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  15. ^ "JOURNAL CHANGE: PHYSICS ESSAYS: Dropped". IP & Science - Thomson Reuters. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  16. ^ "Physics Essays". 2013 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014 – via Web of Science.
  17. ^ "Source details: Physics Essays". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  18. ^ "Physics Essays". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024 – via Web of Science.
  19. ^ "Journal info: Physics Essays". Norwegian Scientific Index. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
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