Physica C (Superconductivity and its Applications) serves as a rapid channel for publications on superconductivity, its applications and related subjects. The journal contains papers on the theoretical issues of superconductivity, reports on measurements of a wide variety of physical properties of superconducting materials as well as the phenomena occurring in the vortex state of type-II superconductors. In the Applied Superconductivity section articles on all aspects of superconductivity relevant to applications are published. Large-scale applications (power and high magnetic fields), superconducting electronics and materials research aimed at such applications are included, with special emphasis on the physical background, studied both experimentally and theoretically.