Physics Essays

Fringe science journal

Academic journal

Physics Essays

Discipline| Physics
Language| English
Edited by| Emilio Panarella
Publication details
History| 1988–present
Publisher|

Physics Essays Publication

Frequency| Quarterly

Impact factor

| 0.6 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) * Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) * MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Phys. Essays
Indexing
CODEN (alt * alt2) * JSTOR (alt) * LCCN (alt)
MIAR * NLM (alt) * Scopus * W&L
CODEN| PHESEM
ISSN| 0836-1398 (print)
2371-2236 (web)

LCCN| cn88039057
OCLC no.| 643949195
Links

* Journal homepage
* Online archive

Physics Essays is a quarterly journal supposedly[1] covering theoretical and experimental physics. It was established in 1988 and the editor-in-chief is Emilio Panarella.

The journal has a reputation for being a "free forum where extravagant views on physics (in particular, those involving parapsychology) are welcome".[1] The journal has been accused of charging authors for publication without disclosing the fees up front.[2]

In the 1990s, the journal was published by University of Toronto Press.[2] Beginning in 2009, and for some period of time, the journal was affiliated with the American Institute of Physics, which managed subscriptions.[3][4][5][6] In 2003, the journal published a paper describing Randell Mills' hydrino theory, which is at odds with quantum mechanics and widely rejected by physicists.[7][8] In 2004, the journal published a paper claiming proof that the usual mathematical expression of mass-energy equivalence was not valid in general, a claim the author said was being ignored by the wider scientific community.[9][10] In 2017, the journal published an article from an amateur physicist who claimed to redefine the elementary charge and eliminate the fine structure constant, directly in contradiction to mainstream physics.[11]

## Abstracting and indexing

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The journal is indexed and abstracted in the following bibliographic databases:

* Chemical Abstracts Service[12]
* EBSCO databases[13]
* Emerging Sources Citation Index[14]

The journal was indexed in Current Contents/Physical, Chemical, and Earth Sciences and the Science Citation Index Expanded until it was dropped in 2015.[15] Its last impact factor, according to the 2014 Journal Citation Reports, was 0.245 for 2013.[16] Scopus similarly dropped its coverage in 2017.[17] As of 2022, it is included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index[14] with a 2023 impact factor of 0.6.[18]

In 2024, the Norwegian Scientific Index downgraded the journal from a level-1 journal to level 0, meaning that publication there no longer counts in the official academic career system or towards public funding of research institutions.[19]

## References

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1. ^ a b Sepetyi, Dmytro (2018). "Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness: No Evidence for Idealism". Filosofska Dumka (4): 95–105.
2. ^ a b King, L. A. (1992). "Page charges" (PDF). Nature. 358 (6387): 534. Bibcode:1992Natur.358..534K. doi:10.1038/358534b0. S2CID 12907853.
3. ^ "Publishing Matters" (PDF). AIP Matters. American Institute of Physics. 2008-10-06. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
4. ^ "Price List 2009" (PDF). American Institute of Physics. 2013-08-06. p. 13\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
5. ^ "Price List 2011" (PDF). AIP Publishing. p. 11\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-27.
6. ^ "Price List 2012" (PDF). AIP Publishing. 2012-05-04. p. 10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
7. ^ Jha, Alok (2005-11-04). "Fuel's paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head". the Guardian. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
8. ^ Rathke, A (2005-05-19). "A critical analysis of the hydrino model". New Journal of Physics. 7 (1): 127. arXiv:quant-ph/0505150. Bibcode:2005NJPh....7..127R. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/127.
9. ^ "Indian scientist challenges Einstein's theory". Hindustan Times. 2004-09-21. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
10. ^ "Science Tribune". The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
11. ^ Cameron, Bill (2017-03-25). "Amateur physicist makes bold claim". Pocono Record. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
12. ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
13. ^ "Physics Essays". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
14. ^ a b "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
15. ^ "JOURNAL CHANGE: PHYSICS ESSAYS: Dropped". IP & Science - Thomson Reuters. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
16. ^ "Physics Essays". 2013 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014 - via Web of Science.
17. ^ "Source details: Physics Essays". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
18. ^ "Physics Essays". 2023 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2024 - via Web of Science.
19. ^ "Journal info: Physics Essays". Norwegian Scientific Index. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

## External links

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* Official website