European Physical Journal

European Physical Journal
Title	European Physical Journal
Discipline	Physics
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Country	Germany
Frequency	Monthly
History	1998–present

European Physical Journal The European Physical Journal is a scholarly journal series covering multiple areas of physics and related sciences. It serves as a platform for researchers from institutions such as CERN, Max Planck Society, École Normale Supérieure, Imperial College London, and École Polytechnique to publish original research, reviews, and special issues. The journal connects communities represented by organizations like the European Physical Society, Institut Laue–Langevin, European Space Agency, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel.

Overview

European Physical Journal publishes contributions across fields including condensed matter, particle physics, nuclear physics, atomic physics, optics, astrophysics, and interdisciplinary topics. Contributors often come from universities and laboratories such as University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of Paris, Sorbonne University, University of Bologna, and ETH Zurich. The journal appears in indexing services used by researchers at National Institutes of Health, European Research Council, Royal Society, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-funded projects.

History and Development

The series emerged from collaborations among European learned societies and publishers during the late 20th century, influenced by meetings at venues like CERN, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, and Royal Society of London symposia. Founding editors and advisory board members included scientists associated with Niels Bohr Institute, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institute, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, and Weizmann Institute of Science. The journal evolved through editorial changes involving scholars from University of Milan, University of Heidelberg, University of Göttingen, University of Leiden, and University of Warsaw, and has mirrored shifts seen in publications such as Physical Review and Journal of Physics.

Publication and Structure

European Physical Journal is organized into sections that mirror topical journals and special series; editorial offices coordinate with institutions like Springer Science+Business Media, Società Editrice Esculapio, and national academies including Académie des sciences (France), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Polish Academy of Sciences. Each issue may include papers from collaborations at facilities such as Large Hadron Collider, European XFEL, ISIS neutron source, Frascati National Laboratories, GSI Helmholtz Centre, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. Editorial boards routinely feature researchers affiliated with Columbia University, Yale University, University of Tokyo, Tsinghua University, Seoul National University, and University of Melbourne.

Editorial Policies and Peer Review

The journal follows peer review practices comparable to those at Nature, Science (journal), Physical Review Letters, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, and Journal of the American Chemical Society. Peer reviewers are drawn from networks including members of the European Physical Society, American Physical Society, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Institute of Physics, and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Editorial policies address issues highlighted by institutions like Committee on Publication Ethics, World Intellectual Property Organization, European Commission, Council of Europe, and funding bodies such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

Abstracting and Indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in major databases used by researchers at Clarivate Analytics, Scopus (Elsevier), INSPIRE-HEP, MathSciNet, and Astrophysics Data System. Libraries and consortia including OCLC WorldCat, JSTOR, Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, and Deutsche Nationalbibliothek provide archival access. Discovery services integrated with platforms such as Google Scholar, CrossRef, ORCID, and ResearchGate increase discoverability for authors from Academia Sinica, Australian Research Council, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded groups.

Impact and Reception

European Physical Journal's citations and metrics are compared against titles like Physical Review D, Physics Letters B, Journal of High Energy Physics, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Reports on Progress in Physics. Its reception among communities at CERN Theory Division, Fermilab, Brookhaven National Laboratory, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory reflects interdisciplinary relevance. Awards and recognitions connected to papers published include acknowledgments from Nobel Prize, Breakthrough Prize, Crafoord Prize, Wolf Prize, and Dirac Medal laureates who have cited or contributed to the journal.

Notable Articles and Special Issues

The journal has featured special issues arising from conferences at International Conference on High Energy Physics, European Conference on Surface Science, European Crystallographic Meeting, SPIE Optics + Photonics, and COSPAR Assembly. Notable articles include multi-author collaborations linked to experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, theoretical advances from groups at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and methodological papers from Max Planck Institute for Physics, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Thematic collections have spotlighted work by researchers associated with Andrei Sakharov, Peter Higgs, Murray Gell-Mann, Enrico Fermi, and Lev Landau-inspired schools, and have drawn contributions from members of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory where physics intersects with life sciences.

Category:Physics journals