物理學前沿通過報告世界各地大學和學術機構在幾乎所有物理領域取得的重大進展，促進了科學家之間的交流和交流。該雜志發表評論文章，原始研究論文，和快速通信的個別物理學家和研究小組。該雜志涵蓋了廣泛的主題，報告的實驗，技術和想法，促進了對物理學的理解世界各地。所涉及的領域包括量子力學物理和量子信息;萬有引力、宇宙學和天體物理學;基本粒子與場;核物理學;原子、分子和光學物理學;統計與非線性物理學;等離子體物理和加速器物理;凝聚態物理;納米結構和功能材料;以及軟物質、生物物理和跨學科物理。

Frontiers of Physics facilitates communication and exchange among scientists by reporting significant advances made in universities and academic institutions worldwide in nearly all fields of physics. The journal publishes review articles, original research papers, and rapid communications by individual physicists and research groups.The journal spans a wide range of topics, reporting experiments, techniques and ideas that advance the understanding of physics worldwide. Among the fields covered are physics of quantum mechanics and quantum information; gravitation, cosmology and astrophysics; elementary particles and fields; nuclear physics; atomic, molecular and optical physics; statistical and nonlinear physics; plasma physics and accelerator physics; condensed matter physics; nanostructures and functional materials; and soft matter, biological physics and interdisciplinary physics.