The journal publishes articles on the subject of the following branch of science and groups of scientific specialties (in accordance with the nomenclature of specialties, approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated February 24, 2021 no. 118 in the current version):

Code and name of the group of scientific specialties:

1. Natural Science

• 1.3 Physical Science
• 1.4 Chemical Science

2. Technical Science

Code and name of scientific specialties (included in the list of the Higher Attestation Commission):

• 1.3.2 – Instruments and methods of experimental physics (physical and mathematical sciences)
• 1.3.3 – Theoretical physics (physical and mathematical sciences)
• 1.3.5 – Physical Electronics (Physics and Mathematics)
• 1.3.8 – Condensed matter physics (technical sciences)
• 1.3.8 – Condensed Matter Physics (Physics and Mathematics)
• 1.3.11 – Semiconductor Physics (Physics and Mathematics)
• 1.3.12 – Physics of Magnetic Phenomena (Physics and Mathematics)
• 1.3.14 – Thermophysics and Theoretical Heat Engineering
• 1.3.20 – Crystallography, crystal physics (physical and mathematical sciences)
• 2.2.4 – Instruments and methods of measurement (by type of measurement) (physical and mathematical sciences)
• 2.2.6 – Optical and optoelectronic devices and complexes (physical and mathematical sciences)
• 2.3.5 – Mathematical and software support for computing systems, complexes and computer networks

Additional cipher and name of scientific specialties, taking into account the indexing of the journal in international databases:

• 1.4 – Chemical Science (in general, the publication is included in the Chemical Abstracts international database; Web of Science — NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY)
• 2.6 – Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Metallurgy (in general, the publication is included in the Chemical Abstracts international database; Web of Science — NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY
• )