波現象物理學發表了一般和非線性波理論的原始貢獻，光學、聲學和放射物理學的原始實驗結果。本雜志所代表的物理領域包括非線性光學、聲學和放射物理學;任何性質的非線性效應，包括非線性動力學和混沌;包括光和聲誘導的相變;激光物理學;光學和其他光譜;波和振蕩過程的新儀器、方法和測量;自然介質中波浪的遙感;波的相互作用在生物物理學、經濟物理學等交叉學科領域。

Physics of Wave Phenomena publishes original contributions in general and nonlinear wave theory, original experimental results in optics, acoustics and radiophysics. The fields of physics represented in this journal include nonlinear optics, acoustics, and radiophysics; nonlinear effects of any nature including nonlinear dynamics and chaos; phase transitions including light- and sound-induced; laser physics; optical and other spectroscopies; new instruments, methods, and measurements of wave and oscillatory processes; remote sensing of waves in natural media; wave interactions in biophysics, econophysics and other cross-disciplinary areas.