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This journal aims to be a platform for the dissemination of research findings, conceptual studies, and innovations in Physics and Physics Education that are relevant to academic needs. This journal bridges the worlds of physics research and physics education practices, enabling the results of fundamental and applied studies to be effectively integrated into classroom and laboratory learning. The journal is expected to contribute to the improvement of physics education quality and the development of a generation of physics learners who are critical, creative, and adaptable to future challenges.

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Fundamental Physics encompasses the study of the laws/principles governing the behavior of the universe, including mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, statistical physics, waves and optics, modern physics, nuclear and particle physics, as well as astrophysics and cosmology. This cluster is oriented towards theoretical development, mathematical formulation, and conceptual understanding. Its main goal is to obtain the foundation for explaining natural phenomena at various scales, from the microscopic to the cosmological.

Applied Physics focuses on leveraging physics principles to produce practical technologies, systems, and solutions. This field includes materials and solid-state physics, medical physics, geophysics, environmental physics, energy physics, and industrial physics. This cluster bridges theory with real societal needs by developing devices, methods, and systems based on physical laws to support advancements in various fields, including health, energy, the environment, and industry.

Computational Physics and Instrumentation encompasses mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, algorithm development, and the design of measurement and experimental systems. Computational physics plays a crucial role in analyzing complex systems that are difficult to solve analytically, such as nonlinear systems, chaotic dynamics, and many-body systems. Meanwhile, instrumentation covers the development of sensors, detectors, data acquisition systems, and precision experimental techniques that enable the validation of theories and simulations. This cluster serves as a key methodological infrastructure in physics research.

Issues and Trends in Physics highlights the latest development directions and strategies in physics research, which can be identified through bibliometric analysis, systematic literature review, or meta-analysis. This includes advances in advanced materials physics, such as nanomaterials and metamaterials, progress in energy physics related to the transition towards renewable energy and energy storage technology, advanced exploration in particle physics and cosmology related to dark matter and dark energy, and the increasing role of advanced computation, artificial intelligence, and big data in the analysis of physical phenomena. This cluster also covers issues of sustainability, opportunities, and challenges in physics.

Physics Learning. This field covers studies on the design and implementation of physics learning across various educational levels. The focus includes learning models, instructional strategies, and the analysis of the alignment between learning objectives, physics content, and student needs. This cluster also encompasses inquiry-based, problem-solving, experimental, modeling, and contextual learning in physics, which are oriented towards mastering concepts, science process skills, and physics literacy.

Cognition in Physics Education. This cluster focuses on the mental processes involved in understanding, reasoning, and creating in the context of physics education. It includes studies on conceptual understanding, misconceptions, multiple representations, physics problem-solving, critical thinking, metacognition, and creativity in the physics domain. This field positions physics as a vehicle for studying how students construct knowledge and integrate mathematical, graphical, or verbal representations to generate new ideas in physics.

Assessment and Evaluation in Physics Education. This field covers the development, validation, and application of assessment instruments to measure physics learning outcomes, covering cognitive aspects, process skills, as well as affective and creative aspects. The focus includes conceptual tests, problem-solving assessments, performance-based assessments, and the analysis of validity, reliability, and measurement models. This cluster also includes the utilization of assessment data for decision-making in physics instruction.

Technology in Physics Education. This cluster highlights the role of technology in supporting physics learning. The scope includes the use of simulations, virtual laboratories, computational modeling, data analysis software, artificial intelligence for physics learning, and the integration of digital experimental devices and sensors. This field also covers the development of teaching materials and e-modules related to technology or the laboratory.

Physics Teachers and Professional Development. This field focuses on physics teachers as key actors in the physics education ecosystem. Studies within this cluster include pedagogical and professional competence of physics teachers, continuous professional development, teachers' beliefs and perceptions about physics learning, and innovations in teacher training. This cluster also includes studies on teacher readiness to integrate technology and approaches in physics instruction.

Issues and Trends in Physics Education. The cluster of Issues and Trends in Physics Education highlights the latest dynamics and strategic challenges in physics learning at the national and global levels, which can be identified through bibliometric analysis, systematic literature review, or meta-analysis. This includes the integration of artificial intelligence in physics learning and assessment, the strengthening of creativity and higher-order thinking, the transformation of physics laboratories towards virtual and hybrid formats, modeling and data-driven learning, and issues of science literacy, sustainability, and equity of access to education. This cluster reflects the developmental direction of physics education amidst technological acceleration and 21st-century demands.