Journal of Physics A

The Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by IOP Publishing. It is part of the Journal of Physics series and covers theoretical physics focusing on sophisticated mathematical and computational techniques. It was established in 1968 from the division of the earlier title, Proceedings of the Physical Society.

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Discipline	Physics
Language	English
Edited by	Joseph A Minahan
Publication details
History	1968–1972: Journal of Physics A: General Physics 1973–1974: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical, Nuclear and General 1975–2006: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 2007–present: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Frequency	50/year
Open access	Hybrid[1]
License	CC BY 3.0 (open access part)
Impact factor	2.132 (2020)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Phys. A
Indexing CODEN · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
CODEN	JPAMB5
ISSN	1751-8113 (print) 1751-8121 (web)
LCCN	2007252300
OCLC no.	78212172
Links
Journal homepage

The journal is divided into six sections covering: statistical physics; chaotic and complex systems; mathematical physics; quantum mechanics and quantum information theory; classical and quantum field theory; fluid and plasma theory.

The editor in chief is Joseph A Minahan (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.132.[2]