Annalen der Physik

Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox journal Annalen der Physik (English: Annals of Physics) is one of the oldest scientific journals on physics; it has been published since 1799. The journal publishes original, peer-reviewed papers on experimental, theoretical, applied, and mathematical physics and related areas. The editor-in-chief is Stefan Hildebrandt.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Prior to 2008, its ISO 4 abbreviation was Ann. Phys. (Leipzig), after 2008 it became Ann. Phys. (Berl.).

The journal is the successor to Template:Lang, published from 1790 until 1794, and Template:Lang, published from 1795 until 1797.<ref name="physik">Template:Cite web</ref> The journal has been published under a variety of names (Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Template:Lang, Wiedemann's Annalen der Physik und Chemie) during its history.

History

Originally, Template:Lang was published in German, then a leading scientific language. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the journal published in both German and English. Initially, only foreign authors contributed articles in English but from the 1970s German-speaking authors increasingly wrote in English in order to reach an international audience.Template:Cn After the German reunification in 1990, English became the only language of the journal.

The importance of Template:Lang unquestionably peaked in 1905 with Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis papers. In the 1920s, the journal lost ground to the concurrent Zeitschrift für Physik. With the 1933 emigration wave, German-language journals lost many of their best authors. During Nazi Germany, it was considered to represent "the more conservative elements within the German physics community", alongside Physikalische Zeitschrift.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Between 1944 and 1946 publication ceased due to World War II. Granted permission to restart by Soviet military authorities in August 1946, the journal subsequently maintained a policy until 1992 of co-editorship by one person from East Germany and one from West Germany.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> After German reunification, the journal was acquired by Wiley-VCH.

A relaunch of the journal with new editor and new contents was announced for 2012.<ref>Annalen der Physik (announcement). Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 17 August 2011.</ref> As a result of the 2012 relaunch, Template:Lang changed scope and updated the membership of the editorial board.Template:Cn

Editors

The early editors-in-chief were:

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren (1790–1797) (as Template:Lang and Template:Lang)
Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1799–1824) (as Template:Lang and Template:Lang)
Johann Christian Poggendorff (1824–1876) (as Template:Lang)
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1877–1899) (as Template:Lang)
Paul Karl Ludwig Drude (1900–1906) (as Template:Lang)

With each editor, the numbering of volumes restarted from 1 (co-existent with a continuous numbering, a perpetual source of confusion).<ref name="physik" /> The journal was often referred to by the editor's name: Gilberts Annalen, Poggendorfs Annalen, Wiedemanns Annalen and so on, or for short Pogg. Ann., Wied. Ann.

After Drude, the work was divided between two editors: experimentalists Wilhelm Wien (1907–1928) and Eduard Grüneisen (1929–1949) and theoretician Max Planck (1907–1943, who had been associate editor from 1895).

In these times, peer-review was not yet standard. Einstein, for example, just sent his manuscripts to Planck, who then published them.