| RRDP | Recent Research Development in Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RRDPC | Recent Research Development in Physical Chemistry | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Chemistry |
| RRDPF | Recent Research Development in Physics of Fluids | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → 532 |
| RRDSP | Recent Research Development in Statistical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RRP | Research Reports in Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RSA | Rheometrics Solids Analyzer | In English | |
| RTP | Research Trends in Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RuPhJ | Russian Physics Journal | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RvAc | Revue d'Acoustique | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| RvCF | Revista Colombiana de Física | In Spanish | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RvMaP | Reviews in Mathematical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| RvMP | Reviews of Modern Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RvMPS | Reviews of Modern Physics Supplement | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RvOp | Reviews of Optics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Optics |
| RvPA | Revue de Physique Appliquée | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RvPP | Reviews of Plasma Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Plasma physics |
| RvPT | Review of Physics in Technology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Engineering, technology |
| RvRP | Revue Roumaine de Physique | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| RWTHA | Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, Aerodynamisches Institut, Abhandlungen | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aerodynamics |
| SACSO | Suspension ACtive pour essais en SOufflerie | In French | → Vehicle engineering |
| SAERI | Seoul Atomic Energy Research Institute | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Atomic physics |
| SAJPh | South African Journal of Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SAL | Supersonic Aerophysics Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 5335 → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| SAS | Small-Angle Scattering | In English | → Optics |
| SBF | Sociedade Brasileira de Física (www.sbfisica.org.br) | In Portuguese | → Organizations and associations |
| SCMP | Studies in Condensed Matter Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics of condensed matter |
| SdHO | Shubnikov-de Haas Oscillation | In English | → Electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism |
| SEA | Statistical Energy Analysis | In English | |
| SFO | Société Française d’Optique | In French | → Organizations and associations → Optics |
| SGX | Service Général des Rayons X | In French | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| SHEP | Surveys in High Energy Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| SHMPS | Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → History |
| ShWav | Shock Waves | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SIFC | Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator = CFIS | Calculateur du Fractionnement des Isotopes Stables | In French |
In English | → Atomic physics |
| SIFCOM | Structures des Interfaces et Fonctionnalité des Couches Minces | In French | |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center | In English | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| SLS | Synchrotron Lichtquelle Schweiz | In German | → Electromagnetism |
| SM | Standard Model | In English | → Astronomy |
| SMI | Stefan Meyer Instituts für subatomare Physik | In German | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| SNC | Société Nucléaire Canadienne (www.cns-snc.ca) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Nuclear technology |
| SNGR | Stochastic Noise Generation and Radiation | In English | → Acoustics |
| SOURDINE | Study of Optimisation procedURes for Decreasing the Impact of NoisE | In English | → Acoustics |
| SP2M | Service de Physique des Matériaux et Microstructures | In French | → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| SPI | Sciences Physiques pour l'Ingénieur | In French | → Engineering, technology |
| SPOT | Strengthen Photonics and Optical Technologies (for Europe) | In English | → Optics |
| SSCom | Solid State Communications | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSCP | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Chemical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Chemistry |
| SSEle | Solid State Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSEp | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Electrophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism |
| SSHMP | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → History |
| SSIon | Solid State Ionics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSNMR | Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSOS | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Optical Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Optics |
| SSPAR | Solid State Physics Advances in Research and Applications | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSPAS | Solid State Physics Advances in Research and Applications Supplement | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSSSS | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Solid State Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSSyn | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Synergetics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSTec | Solid State Technology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SSWP | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Wave Phenomena | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| StCeF | Studii şi Cercetări de Fizică | In Romanian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| StHCG | Studies in High Energy Physics Cosmology and Gravitation | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → Cosmology |
| StHEP | Studies in High Energy Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| StMaP | Studies in Mathematical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| STMP | Springer Tracts in Modern Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| STSSP | Selected Topics in Solid State Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| SV | Shock and Vibration | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SVD | Shock Vibration Digest | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SVICB | Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Bulletin | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SVICD | Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Digest | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SVICI | Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Inform Digest | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SVICP | Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Computer Programs | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Software → Acoustics |
| SvJNP | Soviet Journal of Nuclear Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclei |
| SvJPP | Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Plasma physics |
| SvJQE | Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| SvPAC | Soviet Physics Acoustics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| SVPCS | Springer Verlag Springer Series on Physics Chemistry Space | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Chemistry |
| SvPSS | Soviet Physics Solid State | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TApPh | Topics in Applied Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TCPh | Topics in Current Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy = TEM | Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie | In German = MET | Microscopie électronique en transmission | In French |
In English | |
| TEM | Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie = MET (look above) |
In German | |
| TIMPAN | Technology to IMProve Airframe Noise | In English | → Acoustics |
| TJPh | Turkish Journal of Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TMP | Theoretical and Mathematical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| TPhy | Techniques of Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TPM | Transport in Porous Media | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TrOS | Transactions of the Optical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Optics |
| TTP | Trends in Theoretical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TTSP | Transport Theory and Statistical Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| TWT | Transonic Wind Tunnel | In English | → Aerodynamics |
| TWT | Traveling-Wave Tube | In English | → Electromagnetism |
| TWTA | Traveling-Wave Tube Amplifier | In English | → Electromagnetism |
| UASER | Ultrasound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation | In English | → Engineering, technology → Acoustics |
| UCAFR | Universitas Comeniana Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Physica | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| UdPPC | Union des Professeurs de Physique et de Chimie | In French | → Education → Chemistry |
| UkFiZ | Ukrainskii Fizicheskii Zhurnal | In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| UltIm | Ultrasonic Imaging | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| Ultra | Ultrasonics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Acoustics |
| UPWT | Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel | In English | → Aerodynamics |
| USML | United States Microgravity Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes |
| UV | Ultraviolet | In English | → Optics |
| V | Volt | In many languages | → Electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism → Electrical engineering |
| VAPEPS | Vibroacoustic Payload Environment Prediction System | In English | → Acoustics |
| VAT | Vibroacoustic Test | In English | → Acoustics → Mechanical engineering |
| VATA | Vibroacoustic Test Article | In English | → Acoustics → Mechanical engineering |
| VATF | Vibration and Acoustic Test Facility | In English | → Acoustics → Mechanical engineering |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometer | In English | → Optics |
| W | Watt | In many languages | → Electrical engineering |
| W&S | Wärme und Stoffübertragung | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Thermodynamics |
| WDVS | Wärmedämmverbundsystem | In German | → Thermodynamics → Building |
| XFH | X-ray fluorescence Holography | In English | → Optics |
| XMCD | X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism | In English | |
| ZaMP | Zeitschrift Angewandte Mathematik und Physik | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| ZAPhy | Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Physik | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ZeiPh | Zeitschrift Physik | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ZGeo | Zeitschrift fur Geophysik | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Earth sciences |
| ZhETF | Zhurnal eksperimental'noi i teoreticheskoi fiziki |
In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ZhFK | Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii | In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Chemistry |
| ZhTFi | Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki | In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ZMP | Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| ZPhy | Zeitschrift fur Physik | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ZVMMF | Журнал вычислительной математики и математической физики = ZVMMF | Zhurnal Vychislitel'noi Matematiki i Matematicheskoi Fiziki | In Russian |
In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| ZVMMF | Zhurnal Vychislitel'noi Matematiki i Matematicheskoi Fiziki = (look above) |
In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| ЖТФ | Журнал технической физики | In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ЖФХ | Журнал физической химии | In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Chemistry |
| ЖЭТФ | Журнал экспериментальной и теоретической физики | In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| НМР | Нуклеарна магнетна резонанција = RMN | Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire | In French = NMR | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | In English = RMN | Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear | In Catalan = RMN | Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare | In Italian = תמ"ג | תהודה מגנטית גרעינית | In Hebrew = ЯМР | Я́дерного магни́тного резона́нса | In Russian |
In Serbian | → Medicine → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → 629031 |
| ПМР | Протонный магнитный резонанс | In Russian | → Medicine → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| РБМК | Реактор Большой Мощности Канальный | In Russian | → Nuclear technology → 53912 |
| ФНТ | Физика низких температур = FizNT | Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur | In Russian |
In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ФТІНТ | Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур = ILTPE | Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering | In English = ФТИНТ | Физико-технический институт низких температур | In Russian |
In Ukrainian | → Engineering, technology |
| ФТИНТ | Физико-технический институт низких температур = ФТІНТ, ILTPE (look above) |
In Russian | → Engineering, technology |
| Фтт | Физика твердого тела = CGSESE | Centre de Gestion de la Sécheresse pour l'Europe du Sud-Est | In French = DMCSEE | Drought Management Centre for South-Eastern Europe | In English = FizTT | Fizika Tverdogo Tela | In Russian |
In Russian | → Serial publications, periodicals → 531 |
| ЯМР | Я́дерного магни́тного резона́нса = НМР, RMN, NMR, תמ"ג (look above) |
In Russian | → Medicine → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → 629031 |
| תמ"ג | תהודה מגנטית גרעינית = НМР, RMN, NMR, תמ"ג, ЯМР (look above) |
In Hebrew | → Medicine → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics → 629031 |