Annalen der Physik

Annalen der Physik (Annals of Physics) is one of the best-known and oldest (since 1790) physics journals worldwide.

The journal publishes original papers in the areas of experimental, theoretical, applied and mathematical physics and related areas. All papers are peer-reviewed before publication and reflect the progress made in the different areas of physics. The current editor in chief is Ulrich Eckern.

Notable publications

Many very important articles about scientific discoveries have been first published in the journal, including Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis Papers in 1905 that provide much of the foundation of modern physics.

Some of the most famous papers published in Annalen der Physik were:

• on the photoelectric effect by Heinrich Hertz in Annalen der Physik 31, pp.983–1000, 1887.
• on the theory of blackbody radiation by Max Planck in Annalen der Physik 3, p.553-563, 1901.
• on capillarity by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik 4, p.513 ff, 1901.
• on energy quanta by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik 17, pp.132–148, 1905.
• on Brownian motion by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik 17, pp.549–560, 1905.
• on mass-energy equivalence by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik, 18, pp.639–641, 1905.
• on the special theory of relativity by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik, 17, pp.891–921, 1905.
• on the heat capacities of solids with quantized energy levels by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik, 22, pp.180–190 and 800 ff, 1907.
• on molecular motion near absolute zero by Albert Einstein and Otto Stern in Annalen der Physik, 40, pp.551–550, 1913.
• on the general theory of relativity by Albert Einstein in Annalen der Physik, 49, pp.769–822, 1916.

In the early 20th century Germany was the centre of physics research in the world. Annalen der Physik was published in German like most of the scientific physics-related literature of that time. Since then, English has become the dominant language in physics and the importance of Annalen der Physik has diminished. It is now published in English by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons.

Editors

Noted editors include:

• Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren (1790–1797) (as Journal der Physik and Neues Journal der Physik)
• Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1799–1824)
• Johann Christian Poggendorff (1824–1876) (as Annalen der Physik und Chemie - during this period it was also often referred to as Poggendorf's Annalen)
• Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1877–1899) (as Annalen der Physik und Chemie - often abbreviated as Wied. Ann.)
• Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (1900–1906)
• Wilhelm Wien (1907–1928)
• Max Planck (1907–1943) (associate editor from 1895)

Issues of the journal before 1900 are often referenced with the editor's name – thus Gilbert's Annalen or Wiedemann's Annalen.

Indexing

The journal is indexed in:

External links

• Homepage of the journal at Wiley's
• Editors and series numbers
• Annalen der Physik. Free access. Years 1799–1930 digitalized by the French National Library.