A Multitude of Physics in Annalen der Physik
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Abstract
2017 has been a great year for physics. Almost everybody will certainly remember the advent ofmultimessenger astronomy as one of the key events. This entirely new research approach in astrophysics was largely triggered by the achievements of the LIGO Scientific and VIRGO Collaborations and their (by now) series of gravitational wave observations. The basic physics behind the first detected binary black hole merger coded as GW150914 was explained in their article.[1] It is the very first article in Annalen der Physik with a thousand authors that even made it into the scientific background document[2] published by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to justify the Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 awarded to our authors Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, and Kip S. Thorne. So, congratulations again from the AdP Editorial Office and we look forward to many more exciting as well as gradually more “routine” findings! Overall, the last year has been quite successful for AdP as we have seen more diverse and qualitatively better submissions, and we have been able to strongly increase (almost double) our output. So it seems that five years after the launch of the ‘New Annalen’[3] word ofmouth is spreadingmore widely and the journal is again being recognized as amajor player in general physics publications. Here, clearly our series of 14 special issues have played a key role, so let’s briefly look back on these. The recent issue Science and Technology ofGraphene,[4] edited by Thomas Seyller, provides an overview on the progress in this research field which was funded in Germany as a Priority Programme. Evidently, as activities on graphene and other 2D materials continue on a large scale around the world, this is highly relevant and will raise considerable attention. Moreover, we are particularly proud of having published the “phone book-heavy” (if still seen in print) Special Issue ManyBody Localization,[5] edited by Jens H. Bardarson, Frank Pollmann, Ulrich Schneider and Shivaji Sondhi, with 11 Review/ Feature Articles and 20 Rapid Research Letters/Original Papers giving a broad status update on this intense physics topic. Out of these articles, Web of Science has now classified 3 as ‘Hot Papers’ (ranging among the top 0.1% of papers in physics) and 5 as ‘Highly Cited Papers’ (top 1%). Altogether the special issue contributions have already been cited 128 times to date. Now, new tasks, challenges and changes are ahead of us. So what’s in store for the New Year? After 219 years of continuous printing, 2018 sees the end of an era, namely that of routinely produced journal hardcopies in the fast-paced internet age. Without change, AdP remains of course available online at www.ann-phys.org, and we also continue to offer printed editions on request. Consequently there are also no color charges anymore. In this respect, we recommend that our readers make greater use of the HTML online version of our articles. The ‘Anywhere