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Annalen der Physik has been published since 1799. It is the successor to Journal der Physik (1790-1794) and Neues Journal der Physik (1795-1797), making it one of the oldest scientific journals dedicated to physics.
Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis papers in 1905, covering the photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, mass-energy equivalence, and special relativity. The journal also published Max Planck's 1901 paper on blackbody radiation, Einstein's 1916 paper on general relativity, and Gustav Kirchhoff's 1847 work on electrical circuit equations.
Publication of Annalen der Physik ceased between 1944 and 1946 due to World War II. Soviet military authorities granted permission for the journal to restart in August 1946.
Max Planck was associate editor of Annalen der Physik from 1895, and Paul Karl Ludwig Drude was editor-in-chief from 1900 to 1906. Einstein sent his manuscripts directly to Planck, who then published them, as peer review was not yet standard practice at that time.
Annalen der Physik was originally published in German. From the 1950s to the 1980s it published in both German and English. After German reunification in 1990, English became the journal's sole language.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, Annalen der Physik has a 2024 impact factor of 2.5. The journal's current editor-in-chief is Stefan Hildebrandt.