Academic Journal
Q2Physics of Plasmas
About Physics of Plasmas
Physics of Plasmas is a scholarly journal published by American Institute of Physics. SCImago 2025 places it in Q2 with an SJR of 0.658 and an H-index of 187.
Its listed coverage is 1994-2026 and its research categories include Condensed Matter Physics (Q2). The 2025 dataset reports 933 documents and 5400 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Magnetic confinement fusion research, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Plasma Diagnostics and Applications.
Recent Research Articles
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Concept of a megawatt power-level G-band planar gyrotron with transverse energy extraction
V. Yu. Zaslavsky, I. V. Zheleznov, M. N. Vilkov, A. S. Sergeev et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0340370Study of apparent effective ionization coefficient in Ar:CH4 gas mixtures using the steady-state Townsend discharge
Rasmus Talviste, Christian Robin Reino, Peeter Paris, Jüri Raud et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0340050An adiabatic model for electron heat flux along magnetic field lines in Hall effect thrusters
Declan G. Brick, Parker J. Roberts, Benjamin A. Jorns
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0328116Modeling hohlraum wall expansion with higher-moment multi-species fluid model
C. D. Decker, C. J. Bruulsema, W. A. Farmer, J. Harte et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0323815Effects of collisions and ( r , q ) distributions on shear-driven instability in dusty plasma
Dong-Ning Gao, Xiao-Juan Zhen, Yuan Jie
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0342662Lithium droplet transport in tokamak edge plasmas
A. Diaw, J. D. Lore, S. Smolentsev
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0336832Likelihood topology and applicability limits of spatial anti-aliasing inversion for folded electron drift instability dispersion in hall thrusters
Zilong Peng, Baisheng Wang, Zhongping Zhao, Daren Yu et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0346205Existence of electrostatic solitary waves during dayside reconnection at Mars
Nivedita Chakraborty, S. Devanandhan, Satyavir Singh, Gurbax Singh Lakhina et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0335580Wavelength-tuned stability in high-radiance diode laser-sustained plasma sources
Yangguang Dai, Jingzhen Shao, Shuizhi Liu, Qihui Shen et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0344192Generation of aluminum K -line in devices based on explosive magnetic generator
B. G. Repin, A. P. Orlov, M. Sh. Ibragimov, A. A. Agapov et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0339704Effect of magnetic field strength on magnetized inductively coupled plasmas: A PIC/MCC simulation study
Minglun Tian, Pengze Xiao, Zhaoyu Chen, Zili Chen et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0344363Effect of dual-pulse laser incident angle on the characteristics of tin plasma
Yiyi Chen, Chongxiao Zhao, Qikun Pan, Ranran Zhang et al.
2026-09-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0323317On the possibility of low-threshold decay of an obliquely propagating ordinary wave into electron and ion Bernstein waves in ITER ECRH experiments
E. Z. Gusakov, A. Y. Popov
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0338725Constraints on the magnetic field evolution in tokamak power plants
Allen H. Boozer
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0322714The influence of ion flux during plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition on the sp3/sp2 ratio of diamond-like carbon deposited on alumina particles
Junping Zhao, Zhengjie An, Hongru Zhang, Chengyan Han et al.
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0335206Publisher's Note: “Numerical thermalization in n -D particle-in-cell simulations” [Phys. Plasmas 33 , 073906 (2026)]
R. M. Park, C. H. Moore, S. D. Baalrud
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0356136Global plasma modeling of an air-breathing gridded-ion thruster for very low Earth orbit applications
Charlélie Carer, Solène Verdier, Léo Flack, Adrien Scemama et al.
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0327675Nonlinear current-driven terahertz surface plasmons in metallic nanotubes via optical beating
Maitri Libber, Deepak Kumar, Pawan Kumar
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0340374Guest editorial: Dynamics of quantum plasmas
M. Bonitz, A. D. Baczewski, T. Dornheim
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0354825Simulations of self-accelerating electron phase space holes in an applied electric field
Ran Guo
2026-08-01 · DOI: 10.1063/5.0342531Reviews
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