European Physical Journal C

European Physical Journal C
Title	European Physical Journal C
Abbreviation	EPJ C
Discipline	Physics
Editor	Giuseppe Iacobucci
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media and EDP Sciences on behalf of the European Physical Society
History	1998–present
Frequency	Monthly
Issn	1434-6044

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European Physical Journal C European Physical Journal C is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research in theoretical and experimental particle physics, nuclear physics and related fields. The journal is associated with the European Physical Society and collaborates with international organizations and laboratories such as CERN, DESY, Fermilab, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and KEK. EPJ C regularly features contributions from research groups at institutions like Oxford University, Cambridge University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and University of Tokyo.

History

The journal emerged in the late 1990s through a consolidation movement involving publishing houses and societies including EDP Sciences, Springer Science+Business Media, and the European Physical Society. Its formation followed transformations in scholarly publishing influenced by precedents such as Physical Review D, Nuclear Physics B, Journal of High Energy Physics, and Physics Letters B. Major milestones include editorial leadership changes connected to figures from CERN, INFN, DESY, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and governance interactions with universities like Université Paris-Sud, Max Planck Society, Heidelberg University, and École Polytechnique. The journal’s evolution paralleled large experimental programs at Large Hadron Collider, ATLAS experiment, CMS experiment, ALICE experiment, and theoretical developments from groups at Institut für Kernphysik, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Imperial College London, and École Normale Supérieure.

EPJ C covers original articles, review articles, and technical reports in domains spanning quantum chromodynamics, electroweak interaction, beyond the Standard Model, supersymmetry, and neutrino physics. It publishes phenomenology tied to experimental results from collaborations such as LHCb, NA62 experiment, MINOS, T2K, and DUNE. The journal includes theoretical work from researchers affiliated with Princeton University, Yale University, Columbia University, Universität Zürich, and University of California, Berkeley. Articles often discuss computational methods referencing tools and collaborations like GEANT4, Pythia, MadGraph, ROOT (software), and code repositories associated with GitHub. Special issues have addressed topics connected to conferences held by International Conference on High Energy Physics, European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics, Neutrino Conference, SUSY Symposium, and workshops at CERN Theory Department.

The editorial board comprises editors and referees drawn from institutions including IHEP, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, and national academies like the French Academy of Sciences and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. The editor-in-chief coordinates with associate editors representing groups from University of Chicago, University of Michigan, Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Seoul National University. Peer review processes follow standards similar to those used by Nature Physics, Science Advances, Physical Review Letters, and Journal of High Energy Physics, employing double-blind or single-blind review as appropriate with referees often from INFN, CNR, CEA Saclay, KEK Theory Center, and RIKEN. Ethical oversight involves bodies such as Committee on Publication Ethics and institutional review from organizations like European Research Council.

EPJ C is indexed in major databases and services comparable to those indexing journals like Physical Review D, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, Astroparticle Physics, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, and Classical and Quantum Gravity. Listings include aggregation by Scopus, Web of Science, INSPIRE-HEP, MathSciNet for mathematical physics overlaps, and cataloging in library systems at Library of Congress, British Library, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, and national libraries supporting researchers at Università di Padova and Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Citation tracking interfaces link with platforms operated by Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier.

The journal’s citation metrics have been compared with those of Physical Review D, Journal of High Energy Physics, Physics Letters B, and Nuclear Physics B in evaluations conducted by research groups at CERN, INFN, DESY, and universities such as University of Edinburgh and University of Manchester. High-impact articles reporting results related to Higgs boson analyses, top quark measurements, and CP violation have drawn attention from collaborations like ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and theoretical centers such as Perimeter Institute and Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques. Reviews and invited articles by scholars linked to Nobel Prize laureates and recipients of awards such as the Wolf Prize and Dirac Medal have appeared, enhancing the journal’s profile in community surveys by the European Physical Society and national funding agencies like Science Foundation Ireland and Agence Nationale de la Recherche.

EPJ C operates a hybrid access model with options for subscription and open access publishing, similar to arrangements used by Springer Nature and Elsevier. Open access articles are often funded through grants from bodies including the European Commission, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and institutionally supported agreements involving libraries at University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, ETH Zurich, and Sorbonne University. Publication workflows integrate manuscript handling platforms used by publishers servicing journals like Journal of High Energy Physics and coordination with repositories such as arXiv for preprints. The journal adheres to licensing standards familiar to stakeholders at Creative Commons and aligns with open science policies advocated by European Open Science Cloud.

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