About the Journal

Focus and Coverage

Applied Physics Letters, published by the American Institute of Physics, features concise, up-to-date reports on significant new findings in applied physics. Emphasizing rapid dissemination of key data and new physical insights, Applied Physics Letters offers prompt publication of new experimental and theoretical papers bearing on applications of physics phenomena to all branches of science, engineering, and modern technology. Content is published online daily, collected into weekly online and printed issues (52 issues per year).

2008 Journal Citation Data from Thomson Reuters*:
The most highly cited journal in Applied Physics (Thomson Reuters, 2008)
Impact Factor = 3.726
Immediacy Index = 0.688
Cited Half-Life = 5.4
EigenFactor Score = 0.72389
Article Influence Score = 1.397

*Data from the 2008 Science Edition of Thomson Reuters's Journal Citation Reports ®.

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Editors

Editor

Nghi Q. Lam
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA

Senior Associate Editor

Jules L. Routbort  (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

Associate Editors

Orlando Auciello (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

Samuel D. Bader (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

Dongmin Chen (Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Beijing, China)

Christoph H. Grein (University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA)

Qing Hu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA)

David S. Kupperman (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

Shuit-Tong Lee (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

Kenjiro Miyano (University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)

F. Paul Mooring (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

Paul R. Okamoto  (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

David Long Price (CNRS-Centre de Recherche sur les Matériaux à Haute Température, Orleans, France)

Lynn E. Rehn (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

Susan E. Trolier-McKinstry  (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)

Linda Young (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA)

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Editorial Board

• Term ending 31 December 2010

  Michael Dudley (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA)
  Martha Pardavi-Horvath (George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA)
  Nava Setter (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland)
  Zhong-Lin Wang (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA)

• Term ending 31 December 2011

  André Anders (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA)
  Caroline A. Ross (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA)
  Victor Ryzhii (University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan)
  Andrew T. S. Wee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

• Term ending 31 December 2012

  John B. Ketterson (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA)
  James S. Speck (University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA)
  Maria Varela (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA)
  Qi-Kun Xue (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

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Editorial Office

Contact the APL Editorial Office at:

Nghi Q. Lam
Editor, Applied Physics Letters
Argonne National Laboratory
Building 203, Room R-127
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439-4843, USA
 
Telephone: 630-252-4200
Fax: 630-252-4973
E-mail: apl@anl.gov
 

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AIP Production Office

Authors of accepted manuscripts may contact the AIP Production Office at:

Editorial Supervisor
Applied Physics Letters
American Institute of Physics
Suite 1NO1
2 Huntington Quadrangle
Melville, NY 11747-4502, USA
 
Telephone: +1 516-576-2416/2436
Fax: +1 631-396-0060
E-mail: apl@aip.org

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