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Concerned with all aspects of applied physics research, the journal's coverage is deliberately broad and includes theoretical, computational and experimental studies.

J. Phys. D Publishing Team
Publisher: Sarah Quin
Publishing Editors: Gregory Smith, Adam Zienkiewicz and Olivia Roche
Publishing Administrators: Sarah Ryder and Stuart Roberts
Production Editor: Martin Beavis
Marketing Executive: Anna Szabo
Contact the team at jphysd@iop.org

About the Journal
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics contains research across many areas of applied physics, including magnetism, semiconductors, photonics, surfaces and interfaces, and plasmas. Contributions are welcome in all these areas. Please note that all papers published in J. Phys. D. must meet our strict quality and interest criteria.

What's new?
Progress in Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedicine, Cluster Review in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
A landmark selection of review articles published this month in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics; 'Progress in Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biomedicine', revisits an earlier cluster review by the same group of authors. The five year review shows how far magnetic nanoparticles for application in biomedicine have come and what exciting promise they hold for the future.

Fracture: from the atomic to the geophysical scale - Cluster Issue in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
The reviews in this Cluster Issue of Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics cover several important topics including the physical processes in fracture mechanisms, the sub–critical failure issue, dynamical fracture propagation, and the scaling laws from the micro- to the geophysical scales.

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics examines Fundamental Neutron Physics
Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics is pleased to announce the publication of a special focus section on Fundamental Neutron Physics Guest Edited by Professor Barry Holstein of the University of Massachusetts.

NEW Top paper from the NINJA project available now in Classical and Quantum Gravity
NEW Top paper from the NINJA project available now in Classical and Quantum Gravity

CERN Courier celebrates 50th anniversary
CERN Courier, the international magazine on high energy physics published for CERN by IOP Publishing, is today commemorating its 50th anniversary with the publication of a special issue celebrating the past 50 years.

Topical Reviews
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics publishes an active topical review programme in areas of current significance. See the full list of articles.

Featured articles
Featured articles are freely available online and are regularly updated. Articles are selected by our Publishers because of their topicality or popularity on the Web.

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