哲学杂志的编辑考虑发表文章，描述原始的实验和理论结果，计算模拟和有关凝聚态结构和性质的概念。鼓励提交关于新测量、相位、现象和新材料类型的论文。A部分(材料科学)的论文一般都是在微观或原子尺度上对现象和解释进行研究的，例如通过电子显微镜、压痕、差示扫描量热法和红外光谱等技术研究的物理、机械和缺陷相关特性。B部分(凝聚态物理学)载有论文，一般来说，这些现象和解释是在电子尺度上进行的，例如通过电导率、磁化率、核磁共振和光发射光谱等技术研究的光学和电学性质。上述划分不具有约束力，关于量子相关现象的论文，即使是在原子尺度上，也更有可能被归类为“物理学”，并在B部分发表，而报告光学测量特性的论文(例如，玻璃态合金作为成分的函数)将被视为“材料科学”，并出现在a部分。《哲学杂志通讯》是哲学杂志的快速传播部分，在同一领域发表短而及时的文章。手稿被认为是在严格的条件下，他们只提交给哲学杂志，他们还没有出版，他们没有考虑在其他地方出版。哲学杂志的稿件必须是原创的研究报告，并将接受审稿人员的自由裁量权。通过向哲学杂志提交一份手稿，作者们同意交叉检验软件可以用于筛选他们的作品中非原创的材料。所有的同行评审都是单盲的，通过ScholarOne手稿在线提交。大学和研究机构的物理学家、材料科学家和物理化学家。
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