An International Journal and Program Library for Computational Physics

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Computer Physics Communications publishes research papers and application software in the broad field of computational physics; current areas of particular interest are reflected by the research interests and expertise of the CPC Editorial Board.

The focus of CPC is on contemporary computational methods and techniques and their implementation, the effectiveness of which will normally be evidenced by the author(s) within the context of a substantive problem in physics. Within this setting CPC publishes two types of paper.
Computer Programs in Physics (CPiP)
These papers describe significant computer programs to be archived in the CPC Program Library which is held in the Mendeley Data repository. The submitted software must be covered by an approved open source licence. Papers and associated computer programs that address a problem of contemporary interest in physics that cannot be solved by current software are particularly encouraged.
Computational Physics Papers (CP)
These are research papers in, but are not limited to, the following themes across computational physics and related disciplines.
mathematical and numerical methods and algorithms;
computational models including those associated with the design, control and analysis of experiments; and
algebraic computation.
Each will normally include software implementation and performance details. The software implementation should, ideally, be available via GitHub, Zenodo or an institutional repository. In addition, research papers on the impact of advanced computer architecture and special purpose computers on computing in the physical sciences and software topics related to, and of importance in, the physical sciences may be considered.


The introduction to each paper should be directed to a general audience and the author(s) must clearly articulate the novelty and significance of the paper and how it will advance the solution of an important physics application. Papers which, in the opinion of a Principal Editor, fail to do this will not be sent for review. The editor may consult with experts in the field in making this decision.

Feature Articles are solicited by invitation and are aimed at highlighting topical subjects and providing reviews of important bodies of research work. Special and thematic issues are published on an occasional basis and enquiries should be directed to a member of the CPC Editorial Board.

If this journal is a good fit for your review article, you can find out more via the Guide for Authors. For further information or help, please visit the journal article support center.

Computational Physics Papers
Computer Programs in Physics Papers
New Version Announcements (NVA)
Features articles

Co-ordinating Principal Editor and Library Director
N. Stanley Scott
Queen's University Belfast, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, 6 Malone Road, Belfast BT9 5BN, United Kingdom Email N. Stanley Scott
Principal Editors
Stephan Fritzsche
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany Email Stephan Fritzsche
Andrew Hazel
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Email Andrew Hazel
David Landau
The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States Email David Landau
David W. Walker
Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom Email David W. Walker
Zbigniew Was
Tadeusz Kosciuszko Cracow University of Technology, Krakow, Poland Email Zbigniew Was
Technical Editor
J. Ballantyne
The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Email J. Ballantyne
Algebraic Manipulation
Edgardo S. Cheb-Terrab
Waterloo Maple Inc, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Email Edgardo S. Cheb-Terrab
Astronomy and Astrophysics
W. Dehnen
University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Email W. Dehnen
Atomic and Optical Physics
A. Kadyrov
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Email A. Kadyrov
B.I. Schneider
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United StatesEmail B.I. Schneider
S. Skupin
Intense Lasers and Applications Centre, Talence, France Email S. Skupin
Biophysics
Qiang Cui
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Email Qiang Cui
B. Montgomery Pettitt
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON, Galveston, Texas, United States Email B. Montgomery Pettitt
Chemical, Molecular and Materials Physics and Physical Chemistry
W.A. de Jong
E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States Email W.A. de Jong
M Meuwly
University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Email M Meuwly
Aiichiro Nakano
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States Email Aiichiro Nakano
Condensed Matter Physics
J. Adler
Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Email J. Adler
V. Blum
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States Email V. Blum
B.K. Clark
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States Email B.K. Clark
N. T. Maitra
Hunter College, New York, United States Email N. T. Maitra
J. A. Plascak, PhD
University of Georgia Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy, Athens, Georgia, United States Email J. A. Plascak, PhD
M. Weigel
Coventry University, Coventry, United Kingdom Email M. Weigel
Bo Zheng
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Email Bo Zheng
HPC, Grid and Novel Computing
X. Guo
Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington, United Kingdom Email X. Guo
D.S. Nikopolous
Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom Email D.S. Nikopolous
Nico Sanna
University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy Email Nico Sanna
Mathematical and Numerical Methods
A.J.C. Crespo
University of Vigo Environmental Physics Laboratory, Ourense, Spain Email A.J.C. Crespo
R. D'Ambrosio
University of Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy Email R. D'Ambrosio
T. Dodwell
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom Email T. Dodwell
L. van Veen
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Email L. van Veen
P. Vincent
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Email P. Vincent
Nuclear physics
G.R. Jansen
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States Email G.R. Jansen
I. J. Thompson
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States Email I. J. Thompson
Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields
A. Bogomyagkov
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation Email A. Bogomyagkov
T. Hahn
Max Planck Institute of Physics, Munchen, Germany Email T. Hahn
A.D. Kennedy
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Email A.D. Kennedy
Jim Linnemann
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States Email Jim Linnemann
A. Maas
University of Graz, Graz, Austria Email A. Maas
Claudio Rebbi
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Email Claudio Rebbi
Physics of Gases, Plasmas and Electric Discharges
K. Germaschewski
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States Email K. Germaschewski
T. Hender
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Abingdon, United Kingdom Email T. Hender
F. Jenko
Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany Email F. Jenko