🎉 New Publication Accepted!

Smartphone-Based Undergraduate Physics Labs: A Comprehensive Review of Innovation, Accessibility, and Pedagogical Impact

Yiping Zhao, European Journal of Physics (2025)📄 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae2a80

I am delighted to announce that my latest paper, “Smartphone-based undergraduate physics labs: a comprehensive review of innovation, accessibility, and pedagogical impact,” has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Physics and is now available online as an accepted manuscript.

This comprehensive review synthesizes more than a decade of global innovation in Smartphone-Integrated Physics Laboratories (SmartIPLs)—including sensor-based experimentation, optics and imaging, acoustics, thermal measurements, fluidics, electromagnetism, and modern physics learning tools. The article highlights:

• 📱 How smartphones have transformed access to hands-on experimentation in physics education

• 🧪 A structured taxonomy of 226+ smartphone-based labs

• 🎓 Pedagogical insights grounded in inquiry-based learning, constructivism, and tool-enabled scaffolding

• 🌍 Opportunities for inclusive, low-cost, and scalable physics education

• 🤖 Future directions involving AI-driven analysis, augmented reality, and next-generation sensor integration

📘 Citation

Zhao (2026) European Journal of Physics.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ae2a80

(This DOI will remain constant once the final formatted version is published.)

🙏 Acknowledgment

Many thanks to the reviewers and editorial team at the European Journal of Physics for their thoughtful feedback and support, and to the broader teaching and learning community advancing smartphone-integrated STEM pedagogy.