《物理和化學參考數據雜志》(JPCRD)由AIP出版社為美國商務部國家標準與技術研究所(NIST)出版。該雜志提供嚴格評估的物理和化學性質數據，充分記錄了原始來源和用于評估的標準，最好帶有不確定性分析。如果對某一技術領域的可用數據的準確性進行了描述，也可以包括對測量技術的關鍵審查。只有在基于關鍵數據評估和產生參考數據(相關屬性的最佳可用值)的情況下，報告數據或估算方法相關性的手稿才是可接受的。JPCRD不發表原始的實驗測量結果，如通常在主要研究文獻中報道的那些，也不審查描述性或主要理論性的文章。期刊投稿的一個來源是國家標準參考數據系統(NSRDS)，該系統成立于1963年，旨在協調在全國范圍內對物理科學中經過嚴格評估的參考數據的生產和傳播。根據《標準參考數據法》(公法90-396)，NIST的主要責任是提供可靠的科學和技術參考數據。NIST協調位于大學、工業和政府實驗室以及NIST內部的幾個數據評估中心。這些實驗室匯編和評價從世界科學文獻中檢索到的物理和化學性質的數值數據。這個由nist贊助的項目的參與者，以及在私人或政府支持下的類似團體，組成了NSRDS。NSRDS的主要重點是定義良好的物理和化學性質良好的材料或系統。現正努力評估主要研究文獻中報告的數據的準確性，并編纂經過嚴格評價的數據，作為科學和技術界可靠和方便的參考來源。

The Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (JPCRD) is published by AIP Publishing for the U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The journal provides critically evaluated physical and chemical property data, fully documented as to the original sources and the criteria used for evaluation, preferably with uncertainty analysis. Critical reviews of measurement techniques may also be included if they describe the accuracy of available data in a technical area. Manuscripts reporting correlations of data or estimation methods are acceptable only if they are based on critical data evaluation and if they produce reference data—the best available values for the relevant properties. JPCRD does not publish original experimental measurements, such as those normally reported in the primary research literature, nor review articles of a descriptive or primarily theoretical nature.One source of journal contributions is The National Standard Reference Data System (NSRDS), established in 1963 to coordinate, on a national scale, the production and dissemination of critically evaluated reference data in the physical sciences. Under the Standard Reference Data Act (Public Law 90-396) NIST has the primary responsibility to provide reliable scientific and technical reference data. NIST coordinates several data evaluation centers, located in university, industrial, and government laboratories, as well as within NIST. These laboratories compile and evaluate numerical data on physical and chemical properties retrieved from the world scientific literature. The participants in this NIST-sponsored program, together with similar groups under private or government support, compose the NSRDS.The primary focus of the NSRDS is on well-defined physical and chemical properties of well-characterized materials or systems. An effort is made to assess the accuracy of data reported in the primary research literature and to compile critically evaluated data to serve as reliable and convenient reference sources for the scientific and technical community.