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Experimental Physics

Journals & Databases

Top recommended Journals for Experimental Physics

  1. New Journal of Physics publishes important new research of the highest scientific quality with significance across a broad readership.
  2. Foundations of Physics an International Journal Devoted to the Conceptual Bases and Fundamental Theories of Modern Physics.
  3. Advances in Physics: x A concise review of developments at the intersection of physics and other disciplines including biology, chemistry and materials sciences.
  4. JETP is a peer reviewed journal from the American Institute of Physics.
  5. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics publishes original papers on fundamental theoretical and experimental research in all fields of physics: from solids and liquids to elementary particles and astrophysics.

You can search for other academic journals by typing the title of the journal into LibrarySearch below.

How to reference a Journal Article

(in the Harvard style)

In-Text Reference: used when you are quoting or paraphrasing a source in the body of your essay. It follows an author-date format. The above reference would appear as (Markey, 2008) in-text.

For more information on how to reference online resources see our Referencing Guide
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Journals & Databases

What are they?

Journal: An academic journal is a specialist publication where academics and researchers can publish and communicate their work. A journal publishes articles, research papers and reviews of a high quality that have been reviewed by experts in the subject.

Databases: Library databases contain information about published academic research. Like journals, they contain peer reviewed articles but also reports, datasets, facts and figures, theses and dissertations and all manner of academic information related to your subject.

Using journals and databases should form part of your Search Strategy. For more information, see our Successful Searching Guide.

It is important for students and researchers of Subject to have access to the latest peer review research. On this page, you can find the library’s most recommended journals and databases for Subject.

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When you find the journal article you need, click on the Title or Full Text Online to read it. If you have difficulty accessing journal articles or databases, let us know through our query form.

Recommended Databases for Experimental Physics

Featured Experimental Physics Database

Institute of Physics Electronic Journal

Full text access to all IOP journal content including some of the most vital scientific, technical and medical research ever published, in one fully integrated resource.

What is Peer Review?

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“The evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field” – Oxford English Dictionary

You are expected to use Peer Review research in your work.

Explore Peer Review in more detail in our Successful Searching Guide.