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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ3595365 ↗
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res.) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1957 as Nuclear Instruments. It focuses on detectors descriptions and data analysis methods.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1957—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1957-01-01. For this dossier, Nuclear, Instruments and Methods is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.