Started in 1963, this journal publishes Original Research Contribution as full papers, notes and reviews on classical and quantum physics, relativity and gravitation; statistical physics and thermodynamics; specific instrumentation and techniques of general use in physics, elementary particles and fields, nuclear physics, atomic and molecular physics, fundamental area of phenomenology, optics, acoustics and fluid dynamics, plasmas and electric discharges, condensed matter-structural, mechanical and thermal properties, electronic, structure, electrical, magnetic and optical properties, cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology, geophysics, astrophysics and astronomy. It also includes latest findings in the subject under News Scan.
National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources�(NISCAIR), located at�New Delhi,�India, is one of the premier information science institutes in India under the umbrella of CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) that comprise 36 other labs/institutes of different disciplines spread across the country.