AIP Advances

AIP Advances is an open-access peer-reviewed scientific mega journal published by the American Institute of Physics. It was established in March 2011. It covers all aspects of physics, both experimental and theoretical.
Submissions are peer-reviewed to assess accuracy and originality, while impact, timeliness, and interest are judged a posteriori through online discussion and ranking tools. All articles are published under a Creative Commons License, with the author retaining the copyright and paying a publication fee.
The editors-in-chief are Vincent H. Crespi (Pennsylvania State University), Bernard S. Gerstman (Florida International University), A. T. Charlie Johnson (University of Pennsylvania), Masaaki Tanaka (University of Tokyo), and Enge G. Wang (Peking University). The journal is abstracted and indexed by the Science Citation Index Expanded and Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences. According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.579.