The journal Applied Physics is a major international scientific journal published by Springer. It is published in two parts:
- Applied Physics A ISSN: 0947-8396 (print version) ISSN: 1432-0630 (electronic version); specializes in Materials science and processing; Editor-in-Chief: Michael Stuke.
- Applied Physics B, ISSN: 0946-2171 (print version) ISSN: 1432-0649 (electronic version) specializes in lasers and optics; Editor-in-Chief: Frank Träger
From 1973 through 1981, they were published together, as Applied Physics
The journals are indexed in Inspec, Scopus and the Web of Science, They are published as "Open choice" Hybrid open access journals; the author has the option to pay a fee to permit viewing by those whose institution does not have a subscription.