A journal for work that asks the foundational questions
The Natural Philosophy Journal exists to give careful, critical work in physics and cosmology something it has largely lacked: a permanent, citable, indexed record. For decades this community's research has lived in conference proceedings, personal websites and the Natural Philosophy Wiki — valuable archives, but not a journal. Work there cannot be cited with a DOI, is not indexed by libraries, and carries no record of having been reviewed.
This journal is the answer to that. Every article receives a permanent identifier, a dated record of submission and review, and a stable home that libraries and search engines can find.
Sections
Our subject boundaries were drawn from what this community actually writes — nearly 5,000 papers catalogued in the Natural Philosophy Wiki — rather than from an abstract taxonomy.
- Relativity and GravitationRelativity, gravitation, inertia and the nature of time.
- Aether and Unified Field TheoryAether models, vortex and structural theories of matter.
- Cosmology and AstrophysicsRedshift, large-scale structure, alternatives to the Big Bang.
- Electrodynamics, Light and OpticsExtended electrodynamics; the nature and propagation of light.
- Quantum, Atomic and Nuclear PhysicsFoundations of quantum theory; atomic and nuclear structure.
- Plasma and the Electric UniverseElectrical models of astrophysical phenomena; plasma cosmology.
- Energy, Propulsion and ApplicationsNovel energy conversion, LENR, propulsion. Strictest evidence bar.
- Earth and Planetary ScienceExpansion tectonics and catastrophism, reviewed by geologists.
- Philosophy and Foundations of ScienceMethodology, theory choice, the logic of scientific evidence.
- Commentary and Historical NotesNot peer reviewed. Biography, history, reviews, correspondence.
What we ask of authors
A journal is only worth as much as its review. We are open to work that challenges consensus — that is the point of this journal — but being unorthodox is not the same as being unaccountable. We ask that submissions state their claims clearly, show their derivations, report measurement uncertainty where measurements are involved, and engage honestly with the evidence against them. Papers making experimental claims must describe a route by which an independent group could check the result.
Reviewers are asked to judge whether the argument is sound and the evidence sufficient for the claim being made — not whether they agree with the conclusion.
Open access
Every article is free to read from the day it is published. There are no subscription fees and no article processing charges. Authors retain copyright.
