Physics Essays

{{Short description|Fringe science journal}}{{Infobox journal

| title = Physics Essays

| cover = Physics Essays Cover Page PNG.png

| former_names =

| abbreviation = Phys. Essays

| discipline = Physics

| editor = Emilio Panarella

| publisher = Physics Essays Publication

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| history = 1988–present

| frequency = Quarterly

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| impact = 0.6

| impact-year = 2023

| ISSN = 0836-1398

| eISSN = 2371-2236

| CODEN = PHESEM

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| LCCN = cn88039057

| OCLC = 643949195

| website = http://physicsessays.org

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| link2 = https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/pe/pe

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Physics Essays is a quarterly journal supposedly covering theoretical and experimental physics. It was established in 1988 and the editor-in-chief is Emilio Panarella.

The journal has a reputation for being a "free forum where extravagant views on physics (in particular, those involving parapsychology) are welcome".{{cite journal |last1=Sepetyi |first1=Dmytro |title=Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness: No Evidence for Idealism |journal=Filosofska Dumka |date=2018 |issue=4 |pages=95–105 |url=https://dumka.philosophy.ua/index.php/fd/article/view/430 |language=en }} The journal has been accused of charging authors for publication without disclosing the fees up front.{{cite journal |last=King |first=L. A. |title=Page charges |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/358534a0.pdf |journal=Nature |volume=358 |issue=6387 |year=1992 |doi=10.1038/358534b0 |pages=534 |bibcode=1992Natur.358..534K |s2cid= 12907853}}

In the 1990s, the journal was published by University of Toronto Press. Beginning in 2009, and for some period of time, the journal was affiliated with the American Institute of Physics, which managed subscriptions.{{cite web |title=Publishing Matters |url=https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/aipcorp/aipmatters/2008-10-06.pdf |work=AIP Matters |date=2008-10-06 |access-date=2023-07-10 |publisher=American Institute of Physics}}{{cite web |title=Price List 2009 |publisher=American Institute of Physics |date=2013-08-06 |url=http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2009NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806154811/http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2009NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-06 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-10|page=13}}{{cite web |url=http://journals.aip.org/aip_2011_prices.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127211233/http://journals.aip.org/aip_2011_prices.pdf |title=Price List 2011 |publisher=AIP Publishing |page=11 |archive-date=2011-11-27 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Price List 2012 |publisher=AIP Publishing |date=2012-05-04 |url=http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2012NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504060300/http://www.aip.org/journal_catalog/AIP2012NonmemberRateFixed.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-04 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-07-10 |page=10}}

In 2003, the journal published a paper describing Randell Mills' hydrino theory, which is at odds with quantum mechanics and widely rejected by physicists.{{cite web |last=Jha |first=Alok |title=Fuel's paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head |website=the Guardian |date=2005-11-04 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/nov/04/energy.science |access-date=2023-07-12}}{{cite journal |last=Rathke |first=A |title=A critical analysis of the hydrino model |journal=New Journal of Physics |volume=7 |date=2005-05-19 |issue=1 |doi=10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/127 |pages=127 |arxiv=quant-ph/0505150 |doi-access=free | bibcode=2005NJPh....7..127R}} In 2004, the journal published a paper claiming proof that the usual mathematical expression of mass-energy equivalence was not valid in general, a claim the author said was being ignored by the wider scientific community.{{cite web |title=Indian scientist challenges Einstein's theory |website=Hindustan Times |date=2004-09-21 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/indian-scientist-challenges-einstein-s-theory/story-Tvs0UcDwaJJwogYGfddt7L.html |access-date=2023-07-15}}{{cite web |title=Science Tribune |website=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India |url=https://m.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040924/science.htm#2 |access-date=2023-07-15}} In 2017, the journal published an article from an amateur physicist who claimed to redefine the elementary charge and eliminate the fine structure constant, directly in contradiction to mainstream physics.{{cite web |last=Cameron |first=Bill |title=Amateur physicist makes bold claim |website=Pocono Record |date=2017-03-25 |url=https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/local/2017/03/25/amateur-physicist-makes-bold-claim/21790885007/ |access-date=2023-07-10}}