Reports on Progress in Physics (RPP) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal issued by the Institute of Physics' publishing branch, IOP Publishing, in the United Kingdom. It is a journal for the publication of reviews covering all branches of physics. The journal surveys the development of selected topics within the wider context of physics.

The editor-in-chief is Laura H Greene at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

The journal had an Impact factor of 9.549 for 2006 according to Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in, Article@INIST, INSPEC Information Services, ISI (Science Citation Index, SciSearch, ISI Alerting Services, Index to Scientific Reviews, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences), Chemical Abstracts, Geo Abstracts (Fluid Abstracts: Process Engineering, Fluid Abstracts: Civil Engineering, FLUIDEX), and VINITI Abstracts Journal.

It is a subscription journal, but all papers are freely accessible for the first 30 days after publication at the journal web site.

See also

* Journal of Physics A

* Journal of Physics B

Reports on Progress in Physics

Abbreviated title RPP

Discipline Multidisciplinary

Language English

Edited by Laura H Greene

Publication details

Publisher IOP Publishing (United Kingdom)

Publication history 1934-present

Frequency 12

Open access All papers are freely accessible for the first 30 days after publication

Impact factor 9.549 (2006)

Indexing

ISSN 0034-4885 (print)

1361-6633 (web)

Links

* Journal homepage

* IOP Publishing Electronic Journals

* Institute of Physics