About the journal
- Scope
- Article types
- Special requirements
- Frequency
- Editorial policy
- Ethics
- Research data
- Copyrights and permissions
- Abstracting and indexing services
Scope
Chinese Physics C covers the latest developments and achievements in the theory, experiment and applications of:
- Particle physics
- Nuclear physics
- Particle and nuclear astrophysics
- Cosmology
The journal publishes original research papers, letters and reviews. The Letters section covers short reports on the latest important scientific results, published as quickly as possible. Such breakthrough research articles are a high priority for publication.
The Editorial Board is composed of about fifty distinguished physicists, who are responsible for the review of submitted papers and who ensure the scientific quality of the journal.
The journal has been awarded the Chinese Academy of Sciences ‘Excellent Journal’ award multiple times, and is recognized as one of China's top one hundred key scientific periodicals by the General Administration of News and Publications.
Article types
Chinese Physics C welcomes submssions of the following article types:
- Papers: reports of high-quality original research with conclusions representing a significant advance in the field.
- Letters: outstanding concise articles, reporting important, new and timely developments.
- Topical Reviews: written by leading researchers in their fields, these articles present the background to and overview of a particular field, and the current state of the art. Topical Review articles are normally invited by the Editorial Board.
- Comments: comment or criticism on work previously published in the journal. These are usually published with an associated Reply.
Special requirements
Letters should be deserving of priority review, and authors are required to upload a justification statement along with their submission.
Frequency
Chinese Physics C publishes 12 issues per year.
Editorial policy
Information about the publication criteria for Chinese Physics C and the peer review process can be found on our author page.
Ethics
Chinese Physics C maintains the highest standards of publication and research ethics. Authors are expected to comply with the Ethical policy.
Research data
Many research funders now require authors to make all data related to their research available in an online repository. Information about research data, data repositories and data citation can be found on our Publishing support website.
Copyright and permissions
We work with our authors to make sure that they understand their rights and responsibilities when they publish in Chinese Physics C. Information about copyright, permissions and our copyright form can be found on the Journal's website.
Abstracting and indexing services
We work with our authors to help make their work as easy to discover as possible. Chinese Physics C is currently included in the following abstracting and discovery services:
- Baidu Scholar
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- CNKI
- CSCD (Chinese Science Citation Database)
- GeoRef
- INIS (International Nuclear Information System)
- Inspec
- INSPIRE - HEP
- J-Gate
- JST
- MyScienceWork
- NASA Astrophysics Data System
- Naver Academic
- R Discovery
- Scilit
- Scopus
- Semantic Scholar
- Wanfang Data
- Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences, Essential Science Indicators)
- x-mol