| Discipline | Plasma physics, space physics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Alex Schekochihin |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1967—present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Yes | |
| 2.5 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Plasma Phys. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JPLPBZ |
| ISSN | 0022-3778 (print) 1469-7807 (web) |
| Links | |
Journal of Plasma Physics is a peer-reviewed and open access scientific journal published bimonthly by Cambridge University Press. Established in 1967, it covers research on plasma physics, with a focus on magnetically confined plasmas, inertial confinement fusion, space physics and astrophysical plasmas. Its current editor-in-chief is Alex Schekochihin (University of Oxford).
Former editors-in-chief of the journal include George H. Miley (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Padma Kant Shukla (Ruhr University Bochum), Bill Dorland (University of Maryland, College Park) and Nuno Loureiro (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.5.