Journal de Physique Archives

The Journal de Physique (and its archives) is one of the numerous predecessor journals that now constitute the European Physical Journal EPJ B, D, E, AP, ST and EPL (Europhysics Letters).

Introduction

Researchers seek the highest quality physics regardless of where or when it was published or the language of publication. The Journal de Physique archives are full of the biggest names in physics including Curie, Langevin, de Broglie and, more recently, Alain Aspect. This bi-lingual e-resource spans 1872-1997 – undoubtedly, one of the most exciting and influential periods in physics research.

Find out more about the history of the Journal de Physique archives.

Timeline

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Information and contact

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“Resources such as the EDP Sciences archives demonstrate that English is not the sole language of science. Moreover, given the high quality and wide availability of translation technology, materials in languages other than English are no longer inaccessible to English-only readers. Scientific findings reported in languages other than English enrich science and its communication.”

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Who’s who in the Journal de Physique archives

• Henri Becquerel – Nobel Prize in Physics 1903
• Marie Curie – Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911
• Ernest Rutherford - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908
• Max Planck – Nobel Prize in Physics 1918
• Louis de Broglie – Nobel Prize in Physics 1929
• Irène Joliot-Curie – Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1935
• Alfred Kastler - Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966
• Louis Néel - Nobel Prize in Physics 1970
• Ilya Prigogine - Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977
• Georges Charpak - Nobel Prize in Physics 1992
• Claude Cohen-Tannoudji - Nobel Prize in Physics 1997
• Albert Fert - Nobel Prize in Physics 2007
• Serge Haroche - Nobel Prize in Physics 2012
• Gérard Mourou - Nobel Prize in Physics 2018
• Giorgio Parisi - Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
• Alain Aspect - Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

Top-cited articles in the Journal de Physique archives

• A cellular automaton model for freeway traffic by Kai Nagel and Michael Schreckenberg, J. Phys. I France, 2 12 (1992)
• Théorie quantique des courants interatomiques dans les combinaisons aromatiques by F. London, J. Phys. Radium, 8 10 (1937)
• Density of states on fractals: « fractons » by S. Alexander and R. Orbach, J. Physique Lett., 43 17 (1982)
• Mouvement brownien d'un ellipsoide - I. Dispersion diélectrique pour des molécules ellipsoidales by Francis Perrin, J. Phys. Radium, 5 10 (1934)
• Ferroelectric liquid crystals by R.B. Meyer, L. Liebert, L. Strzelecki and P. Keller, J. Physique Lett., 36 3 (1975)
• Adsorption of chain molecules with a polar head a scaling description by S. Alexander, J. Phys. France, 38 8 (1977)
• Superconductivity in a synthetic organic conductor (TMTSF)2PF 6 by D. Jérome, A. Mazaud, M. Ribault and K. Bechgaard, J. Physique Lett., 41 4 (1980)
• Anisotropie magnétique superficielle et surstructures d'orientation by Louis Néel, J. Phys. Radium, 15 4 (1954)
• Star shaped polymers: a model for the conformation and its concentration dependence by M. Daoud and J.P. Cotton, J. Phys. France, 43 3 (1982)
• Caractérisation des surfaces par réflexion rasante de rayons X. Application à l'étude du polissage de quelques verres silicates by L. Névot and P. Croce, Rev. Phys. Appl. (Paris), 15 3 (1980)