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Use when targeting Reports on Progress in Physics (RoPP) or deciding whether a physics review manuscript fits this IOP authoritative progress-report venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.

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# Reports on Progress in Physics (reports-on-progress-in-physics)

## Journal positioning

Reports on Progress in Physics is the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing journal for authoritative, in-depth review articles — "progress reports" — that survey the state of understanding in a physics topic and define its frontier. Like its APS counterpart Reviews of Modern Physics, RoPP is largely an invited venue; most content is solicited by the editorial board from recognized experts who can deliver a comprehensive, critical, and pedagogically clear account of a field. The readership spans the physics community broadly: specialists seeking a definitive reference, researchers entering an adjacent area, and advanced students. Primary research results are outside scope; RoPP articles synthesize what is established, identify what is contested, and map the open questions ahead.

This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the IOP Publishing site and the RoPP submission system.

## When to trigger

- An author has been invited by the RoPP editorial board to write a progress report.
- An expert author is considering proposing a review topic to RoPP editors and needs to understand the scope and editorial expectations.
- A physicist wants to compare RoPP versus `reviews-of-modern-physics` to determine which venue is more appropriate for a proposed review.
- A primary-research manuscript is being mis-targeted here and requires re-routing.
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