Explore Education With AIP Publishing

Discover our extensive collection of journals, conference proceedings, and books that span education and its intersections with other disciplines.

As your partner in publishing, whether you’re just beginning your journey or have years of experience, we’re here to provide you with the best home for your work and the tools and resources you need to elevate and amplify your research.

Featured Journals

Journals dedicated to physics education:

The Physics Teacher

Provides peer-reviewed materials to be used in classrooms and instructional laboratories    

.5 Impact Factor*
11.2 Years cited half-life*
1.1 CiteScore™†
295+ Avg. views/article annually
Topics covered: Education, general physics, society and organization, classical mechanics, classical electromagnetism, interdisciplinary physics, electronics
98 Days avg. time to first decision
Article types: Articles, Letters, Columns
Access type: Subscription with open access option
Indexed In: Web of Science, Scopus

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American Journal of Physics

The definitive peer-reviewed journal for physics education

.8 Impact Factor*
25 Years cited half-life*
1.8 CiteScore™†
1069+ Avg. views/article annually
26 Days avg. time to first decision
Topics covered: General physics, society and organization, classical electromagnetism, classical mechanics, electronics, education
Article types: Articles, Letters, Book Reviews, Comments, Notes
Access type: Subscription with open access option
Indexed In: Web of Science, Scopus

Published in collaboration with:

Interdisciplinary Journals

Journals at the intersection of education and related disciplines:

Journal of Applied Physics

Significant results in cutting-edge applied physics

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The Journal of Chemical Physics

The most cited in chemical physics

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The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

The leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary subject of sound since 1929

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JASA Express Letters

Rapidly publishing gold open access research in acoustics

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AIP Advances

A peer-reviewed, open access journal covering all areas of the physical sciences

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APL Quantum

Bridging fundamental quantum research with technological applications

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APL Machine Learning

Machine Learning for Applied Physics
Applied Physics for Machine Learning

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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A

Understanding interfaces and surfaces at a fundamental level and using this understanding to advance the state-of-the-art in various technological applications

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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B

Devoted to publishing reports of original research, letters and review articles on microelectronics and nanometer structures and devices

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APL Photonics

Promotes fundamental, applied, and multidisciplinary research anchored in photonics

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Biointerphases

Understanding biological and biomaterial interfaces through quantitative characterization, modeling and mechanisms

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Physics of Fluids

Highly cited leader in mechanics and fluid physics

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Physics of Plasmas

The most highly cited journal devoted fully to plasma physics

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Structural Dynamics

An open access, peer-reviewed journal on structural determination and dynamics

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Featured AIP Conference Proceedings

AIP Conference Proceedings has been a trusted publishing partner for more than 40 years, delivering fast, affordable, and versatile publishing for maximum exposure of your meeting’s key research.  Below are just a few of the Proceedings that are rooted in education research. 

	Women in Physics: 7th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics
	Preface: III International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering and Digital Education (ASEDU-III 2022)
	Preface: International Conference on Technics, Technologies and Education ICTTE 2021

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Highlighted Research

On cat–human interaction from the viewpoint of physics: An equation of motion

This paper provides an enjoyable example through which several concepts of classical mechanics can be understood. We introduce an equation that models the motion of a cat in the presence of a person. The cat is considered as a point particle moving in a potential induced by the person.

Young's double-slit interference demonstration with single photons

The interference of single photons going through a double slit is a compelling demonstration of the wave and particle nature of light in the same experiment. Single photons produced by spontaneous parametric down-conversion can be used for this purpose.

The physics of “everesting” on a bicycle

Among cycling enthusiasts the word “everest” has also become a verb over the last few years. “To everest” means going up and down the same hill or mountain until the elevation of Mount Everest (8848 m) has been accumulated in the course of the repeated ascents.

It is time to honor Emmy Noether with a momentum unit

I have been teaching physics, on and off, for 30 years now, and every time I get to momentum and start writing “kg m/s” for the unit, my students ask if there is some official unit they can use instead. And every time, I have to inform them that, sadly, there is not.

Resource Letter DM1: Dark matter: An overview of theory and experiment

Dark matter remains one of the most significant scientific mysteries of our time. This Resource Letter provides an overview of the astrophysical evidence for dark matter and describes the broad set of theoretical dark matter candidates that have been proposed. Results from dark matter searches are discussed, with a focus on direct detection experiments.

A Simple and Cost-Effective Fluid Dynamics Apparatus to Engage Students in the Classroom and Laboratory

Fluid mechanics is a subject commonly encountered in undergraduate- to graduate-level classes. The most common method of communicating the physics dictating the behavior of fluids is by reference to classroom slides or board examples and formal presentation of formulae and relationships.

A “Perpetual Motion Machine” Powered by Electromagnetism

“Perpetual motion” is a hypothetical type of motion that continues forever without any external energy input contributing to the system. Students should know that this is generally impossible because of energy losses due to friction or other nonconservative forces, or because some assumption has been made that violates the first or second law of thermodynamics (or both).

Strategies for Supporting Equitable Group Work

Science is a collaborative activity, making group work an important element of many science classrooms.1 However, group work is also frequently a source of inequity, especially when there is minimal structure.2 The ways students interact during group work are shaped by status, which students assign based on factors including perceived ability, race, gender, economic status, and even perceived social savvy.

The Scientific Graphic Organizer for Lab Work

Secondary school students frequently engage in lab work. Often, they are asked to write a report afterwards. But if we just want to know whether they did what they were supposed to do and learned what was intended, is it then necessary to have students write an extensive lab report?

Repurposing Concept Inventories to Help Students Find Gaps in Explanations

Much of physics class time is spent helping students learn the explanations generally accepted by the scientific community. Concept inventories have become a key tool in this effort. Assessments like the Force Concept Inventory1 and Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment2 are valuable resources for instructors to gauge students’ understanding of core concepts in physics.

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*Data from the 2023 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Clarivate, 2024).
†CiteScore™ 2023 for AIP Publishing Journals Calculated by Scopus