The journal deals with education and scholarly studies in physics and closely related sciences at university level. It publishes original contributions in the following categories: articles of a reflective nature that bear on the fundamentals of physics or physics education; articles of a pedagogical nature on particular topics in physics and articles relating to the teaching of physics; articles on education policies in physics and their implementation; articles on the cultural, historical, social and technological implications of physics and its relation with other disciplines; original research in such well established fields as require no specialized terms to convey the argument. Papers on relativity will only be considered if they yield fresh insight into some important aspect of the subject.