Why publish here

• A fair hearing Reviewers are asked whether the argument is sound and the evidence sufficient for the claim, not whether they agree with the conclusion.
• Double-anonymous review Your paper is judged on what it says. Reviewers don't see who wrote it, and you don't learn who reviewed it.
• A permanent, citable record Published papers get a stable home and a dated record of review, so libraries and search engines can find them. Accepted papers appear in a quarterly issue, published both online and in print.
• Free and open No submission or publication fees. Every article is free to read from the day it is published, and you keep your copyright.
• Present your work on YouTube Authors of accepted papers are eligible to present their work on the Chappell Natural Philosophy Society YouTube channel, which puts it in front of a far wider audience than a journal page alone.

What we publish

Original research in physics, cosmology and the foundations of science, with particular attention to work that questions, reformulates or offers alternatives to established theory. Our sections cover relativity and gravitation; aether and unified field theory; cosmology and astrophysics; electrodynamics, light and optics; quantum, atomic and nuclear physics; plasma and the electric universe; energy, propulsion and applications; earth and planetary science; and the philosophy and foundations of science. A separate, non-refereed section takes commentary and historical notes.

What we ask of you

Unorthodox is welcome. Unaccountable is not. A paper that meets these standards gets a serious reading, whatever its conclusion.

• State your central claim explicitly, early, and in plain language.
• Show your derivations rather than asserting results.
• Give the method, the instrument and the uncertainty for every measurement.
• Engage with the strongest evidence against your position.
• For experimental claims, describe how an independent group could check the result.
• Include an abstract of no more than 300 words, and up to six keywords.

The full rules are in the Author Guidelines.

Preparing your paper

• Use the free LaTeX template Every paper is typeset with the journal's template. It works with a free Overleaf account, with nothing to install. Get the template and guide.
• Need help with formatting? We'll do it for you If you'd rather not work in LaTeX, send your paper as a Word (DOCX) or ODT file and we will put it into LaTeX for you for $10 per page. You pay only if your paper is accepted, and nothing if it is not. How the formatting service works.