《自然物理》雜志發表的論文在物理學的各個領域，無論是純的還是應用的，都具有最高的質量和最高的意義。該期刊的內容反映了核心的物理學科，但也開放的主題范圍廣泛，其中心主題屬于物理的范圍。理論物理學，特別是與實驗有關的理論物理學，也具有一些特點。《自然物理》致力于通過公平嚴謹的評審過程，發表頂級的物理學原創研究成果。它為讀者和作者提供了高可視性、廣泛的讀者群、高標準的編輯和制作、快速出版以及獨立于學術團體和其他既得利益。該雜志有兩種主要的研究論文格式:信件和文章。除了發表主要的研究成果，《自然物理》還通過評論文章、新聞和觀點、對物理文獻中發表的重要進展的研究重點、評論、書評和通信，為物理學界提供高質量的信息。

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