Physics of Wave Phenomena
US periodical
Physics of Wave Phenomena is a peer-reviewed scientific journal co-published quarterly by Springer Science+Business Media and Pleiades Publishing. It covers developments in all branches of wave physics, including optics, acoustics, radiophysics, mechanics, and gravitation. Established in 1993 as a supplement to Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics under the name Physics of Vibrations, it became a separate journal in 1998. In 2003, it was renamed as Physics of Wave Phenomena. Its current editor-in-chief is Ivan A. Shcherbakov (Russian Academy of Sciences).
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 1.3.
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