Frequency: 12 issues per year.

Superconductor Science and Technology is an international multidisciplinary journal for papers on all aspects of superconductivity. The coverage includes theories of superconductivity, the basic physics of superconductors, the relation of microstructure and growth to superconducting properties, the theory of novel devices, and the fabrication and properties of thin films and devices. It also encompasses the manufacture and properties of conductors, and their application in the construction of magnets and heavy current machines, together with enabling technology.

Papers. These are high-quality and internationally-competitive regular papers reporting original research in superconductivity and its application. There are no formal length restrictions although the length of papers should proportionate to the amount of their content.

Rapid communications. These articles should report very substantial new advances in superconductivity in superconductivity and its applications. They should be no longer than 5 journal pages or 4500 words including figures. Authors will also need to provide a letter of justification outlining reasons why the work is urgent and requires rapid publication. Each rapid communication will be assessed for suitability by our Rapid Communications Editor before full peer-review takes place.

Topical reviews. Review articles commissioned by the Editorial Board.

Below is a list of subject areas welcomed by Superconductor Science and Technology. It is by no means comprehensive and the journal welcomes papers from other areas of superconductivity.

Please note, Superconductor Science and Technology does accept theoretical papers but only if they are clearly linked to experiments reported either in the paper itself or in the current literature.

Materials and Basic Properties
Small-Scale Devices and Electronics
Wires and Tapes
Large Scale Applications

Materials and Basic Properties including:

• cuprates, MgB₂, pnictides, chalcogenides and other superconducting materials
• new superconducting materials
• bulk materials and single crystals
• thin films, multilayers and low dimensional structures
• theoretical aspects (including theories of HTS) and simulation
• the effects of material synthesis, doping and microstructure on superconducting properties
• the effects of disorder, pressure and irradiation on superconducting properties
• proximity effects and Andreev reflection
• transport properties

Small-Scale Devices and Electronics including:

• Josephson junctions and SQUIDs (including arrays)— fabrication and characterization
• nanoSQUID and SQUID microscopy
• SN and SNS junctions
• quantum computing including control circuitry
• digital electronics
• superconduction detectors including infrared, submillimeter, millimeter, optical, x-ray and γ-ray detectors (SIS, NIS, transition edge)
• superconducting nanowire single photon detectors
• microwave devices
• bioapplications including ULF-NMR/MRI
• novel devices

Wires and Tapes including:

• coated conductors including second generation wires
• Bi-2212 and Bi-2223
• MgB₂
• AC losses and stability
• low T_c conductors including A-15 conductors

Large-Scale Applications including:

• motors and generators
• bearings and flywheels
• superconducting fault current limiters and transformers
• accelerator magnets and undulators
• SRF cavities
• magnets and magnet technology including fusion technology, energy storage
• power cables
• levitation and transportation