The Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (ISSN 0270-5214) is an unclassified technical journal published quarterly under the auspices of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). Published in print and online, the Digest seeks to communicate the work performed at APL to its sponsors and to the scientific and engineering communities, defense establishment, academia, and industry. The electronic version may include multimedia capabilities for enhanced visualization of some concepts.

The following abstracting services currently cover the Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest: Chemical Abstracts; Current Contents; Engineering Village; and the following CSA abstracts: Aerospace and High Technology Database; Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts; Computer and Information Systems Abstracts; Electronics and Communications Abstracts; Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts; Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts; and Oceanic Abstracts.