Physics in Perspective

Physics in Perspective |Subject |Discipline}}| History and philosophy of science

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Language| English
Edited by| Christian Joas, Climério Silva Neto, and Richard Staley
Publication details
History| 1999-present
Publisher|

Springer Nature

Frequency| Quarterly

Impact factor

| 0.625 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt1 * alt2)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Phys. Perspect.
Indexing
CODEN * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus
CODEN| PHPEF2
ISSN| 1422-6944 (print)
1939-182X (web)

LCCN| 00242000
OCLC no.| 889893508
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online archive

Physics in Perspective is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Birkhäuser. It covers historical, philosophical, and social scientific perspectives of physics.[1] The editors-in-chief are Christian Joas (University of Copenhagen), Climério Paulo da Silva Neto (Federal University of Bahia), and Richard Staley (University of Cambridge).

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Abstracting and indexing
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

The journal was established in 1999 by John S. Rigden and Roger H. Stuewer,[2][3] "to recognize historical and philosophical studies as essential to understanding the foundations of physics, to appreciating the diffusion of physics into all areas of science, and to conveying the cultural influence of physics on the arts and humanities."[4]

## Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by:

* MathSciNet
* EBSCOHost
* Scopus
* INIS Atomindex
* Inspec
* CSA Environmental Sciences
* Astrophysics Data System
* Zentralblatt MATH
* Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
* Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
* Science Citation Index Expanded
* Social Sciences Citation Index

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.625.[5]

## References

1. ↑ Rigden, John S.; Roger H. Stuewer (1999). The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler. Basel: Birkhäuser AG. ISBN 9783764389338. https://books.google.com/books?id=i4uLnMZeACsC.
2. ↑ "New Journal Seeks to Place Physics in Perspective". American Institute of Physics History Newsletter 30 (1). Spring 1998. Archived from the original on 2008-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20081010163247/http://www.aip.org/history/newsletter/spr98/persp.htm.
3. ↑ "Physics in Perspective". History of Physics Newsletter. American Physical Society. http://www.aps.org/units/fhp/newsletters/upload/february98.pdf. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
4. ↑ Rigden, John S.; Roger H. Stuewer (1999). "Editorial". Physics in Perspective 1 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1007/s000160050001. Bibcode: 1999PhP.....1....1R.
5. ↑ "Physics in Perspective". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.

## External links

* Official website

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