Scope of Topologica
"TOPOLOGICA" covers recent scientific findings, technological developments,
and interdisciplinary topics related to topology in
Applied Mathematics, Pure & Applied Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economics, and
Human Behavior.
Topology is a research field studying invariant properties of objects under
continuous deformations without tearing or gluing.
In the last half of the 19th century, topology was a field of mathematics that
focused solely on the connectivity of geometric structures and pursued the
essential aspects of those geometric features. Because of its generality,
since its inception, the concept of topology has been utilized in fields of
basic physics such as the general theory of relativity and the quantum field theory.
Since the middle of the 20th century, with the discovery of the topological
double helical structure of DNA as well as topological defects in liquid
crystal and superconductors, a wide area of research has been related to topology.
Now, topology plays an crucial role in cosmology, critical phenomena,
carbon nanotubes, turbulent flow, complex networks, life science, and
quantum information science.
Although the concept of topology is now indispensable to understand individual
problems in many research fields, no comprehensive journal covering a wide area of
topological science and technology is issued so far.
We hope that the journal “TOPOLOGICA” provides an interdisciplinary
forum on topological aspects of broad area in science and technology.
This journal consists of four sections: Invited Papers, Original Contributions, Virtual Papers, and A Lesson from the Past. The section of Invited Papers deals with reviews on various fields related to topology. Authors of this section are expected to introduce the trend report with their achievement to nonspecialists with little use of technical terms or jargons. The section of Original Contributions is for reporting recent discoveries and developments in topology-related fields. The Virtual Paper section provides hyperlinks to already published papers in other journals, which are selected by the editors as excellent papers in topological science and technology. Finally, the section of A Lesson from the Past lights classical pieces with topological viewpoint. Many old papers exploited topological treatment either implicitly or explicitly, in particular, to introduce new concepts to their field. Editors pick up some of the most progressive papers for readers.
This journal consists of four sections: Invited Papers, Original Contributions, Virtual Papers, and A Lesson from the Past. The section of Invited Papers deals with reviews on various fields related to topology. Authors of this section are expected to introduce the trend report with their achievement to nonspecialists with little use of technical terms or jargons. The section of Original Contributions is for reporting recent discoveries and developments in topology-related fields. The Virtual Paper section provides hyperlinks to already published papers in other journals, which are selected by the editors as excellent papers in topological science and technology. Finally, the section of A Lesson from the Past lights classical pieces with topological viewpoint. Many old papers exploited topological treatment either implicitly or explicitly, in particular, to introduce new concepts to their field. Editors pick up some of the most progressive papers for readers.