當代物理學提供權威和清晰的介紹性評論文章的重要最新發展的物理學。這些文章是專門委托他們領域的專家撰寫的。作者的目的是全面審查其學科的現狀，并將其置于當代研究、工業可能性和應用的更廣泛的背景下，以一種可獲得的方式。該雜志特別適合本科生、教師和講師，以及那些希望被介紹到一個新領域開始研究生學習的人。讀者應該能夠在不參考其他材料的情況下理解該綜述，盡管作者提供了完整的參考資料，以便那些希望進一步探索的人可以這樣做。所有那些希望了解自己所在領域之外的領域的人，或者那些需要了解新領域的人，都可以閱讀這些評論，并從中獲益。文章面向廣泛的讀者，無論他們是物理學家、物理科學家還是受雇于高等教育、教學、工業或政府的工程師。當代物理學也包含一個主要的部分專門用于標準的書評和論文評論，這些評論是在一個領域的一般方面的背景下評論書籍。在該雜志的歷史上，許多杰出的物理學家，包括諾貝爾獎得主，都寫過介紹性的評論。《當代物理學》50周年特刊收錄了這類論文，每一篇都附有評論。

Contemporary Physics presents authoritative and lucid introductory review articles on important recent developments in physics. The articles are specially commissioned from experts in their field. The authors aim to review comprehensively the current state of their subject and place it within a broader context of contemporary research, industrial possibilities and applications in an accessible way.The Journal is of particular use to undergraduates, teachers and lecturers and those starting postgraduate studies who wish to be introduced to a new area. Readers should be able to understand the review without reference to other material, although authors provide a full set of references so that those who wish to explore further can do so. The reviews can also be profitably read by all those who wish to keep abreast of the fields outside their own, or who need an accessible introduction to a new area.Articles are written for a wide range of readers, whether they be physicists, physical scientists or engineers employed in higher education, teaching, industry or government.Contemporary Physics also contains a major section devoted to standard book reviews and essay reviews which review books in the context of the general aspects of a field.Over the Journal’s history, introductory reviews have been written by many distinguished physicists, including Nobel Prize winners. Contemporary Physics’ 50 th Anniversary Special Issue is a collection of such papers, each of which is accompanied by a commentary.