The conceptual foundations of physics have been under constant revision from the outset, and remain so today. Discussion of foundational issues has always been a major source of progress in science, on a par with empirical knowledge and mathematics. Examples include the debates on the nature of space and time involving Newton and later Einstein; on the nature of heat and of energy; on irreversibility and probability due to Boltzmann; on the nature of matter and observation measurement during the early days of quantum theory; on the meaning of renormalisation, and many others.
Today, insightful reflection on the conceptual structure utilised in our efforts to understand the physical world is of particular value, given the serious unsolved problems that are likely to demand, once again, modifications of the grammar of our scientific description of the physical world. The quantum properties of gravity, the nature of measurement in quantum mechanics, the primary source of irreversibility, the role of information in physics – all these are examples of questions about which science is still confused and whose solution may well demand more than skilled mathematics and new experiments.
Foundations of Physics is a privileged forum for discussing such foundational issues, open to physicists, cosmologists, philosophers and mathematicians. It is devoted to the conceptual bases of the fundamental theories of physics and cosmology, to their logical, methodological, and philosophical premises.
The journal welcomes papers on issues such as the foundations of special and general relativity, quantum theory, classical and quantum field theory, quantum gravity, unified theories, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, cosmology, and similar.
《Foundations Of Physics》是一本由SPRINGER出版商出版的專業物理期刊，該刊創刊于1970年，刊期Monthly，該刊已被國際權威數據庫SCI、SCIE收錄。在中科院最新升級版分區表中，該刊分區信息為大類學科：物理 4區，小類學科：物理：綜合 4區；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分區等級為Q4。該刊發文范圍涵蓋物理：綜合等領域，旨在及時、準確、全面地報道國內外物理：綜合工作者在該領域取得的最新研究成果、工作進展及學術動態、技術革新等，促進學術交流，鼓勵學術創新。2021年影響因子為1.276，平均審稿速度較慢,6-12周。
| 大類學科 | 分區 | 小類學科 | 分區 | Top期刊 | 綜述期刊 |
| 物理與天體物理 | 4區 | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 物理：綜合 | 4區 | 否 | 否 |
| JCR分區等級 | JCR所屬學科 | 分區 | 影響因子 |
| Q4 | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | Q4 | 1.276 |
| 影響因子 | h-index | Gold OA文章占比 | 研究類文章占比 | OA開放訪問 | 平均審稿速度 |
| 1.276 | 46 | 31.20% | 99.03% | 未開放 | 較慢,6-12周 |
投稿咨詢
課題、SCI/EI/SSCI怎么寫？