A truly international journal

Owned by a partnership of 17 European physical societies, EPL is published under the scientific responsibility of the European Physical Society by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and Società Italiana di Fisica. We have brought together our expertise to create a high-quality journal for the international scientific community.

Exploring the frontiers of physics

Our vision is for EPL to become a leading home for global physics letters, to offer rapid publication of ground-breaking physics results from the international community, and to provide the broadest coverage of physics research.

LATEST NEWS

Quo vadis EPL?

With effect of January 1st, 2007 ‘Europhysics Letters’ was renamed, the new branding being ‘EPL’. Along with this formal change went a new vision and definition for the aims of EPL over a time horizon of five years. Read the latest progress update in a New Year Editorial here.

Open Access Opportunity for Authors of Experimental and Theoretical HEP Articles

EPL is delighted to offer open access free of charge to all authors submitting experimental and theoretical letters in PACS codes 10 and 20. This offer will remain open until the SCOAP3 agreement at CERN takes effect.

Authors submitting any article to EPL will continue to be offered the opportunity to make their published letter open access for a one-off payment. However, with effect from 1 November 2008, any author who submits work related to subject areas within PACS 10 and 20 will benefit from open access at no charge, meaning their published article will be available free to all readers, forever. ‘Physics of Elementary Particles and Fields’ and ‘Nuclear Physics’ are two research areas focussing on the HEP community, that the EPLA Directors recognise as significant to the broadband development of EPL, and they endeavour to increase the number of high quality research letters published in these fields, to engage more closely with the High Energy Physics community, and to strengthen and promote the journal.

All submitted articles will still be subject to rigorous peer review to maintain the high standard of articles published in EPL, and will benefit from expert leadership within the Editorial Board and rapid publication in addition to open access. You are invited to submit your paper now to take advantage of this fantastic offer.

New Appointment for EPL Advisory Board member

We are delighted to announce that on 1 March 2009 EPL Advisory Board member Professor Helmut Dosch will become the new Chair of the Directorate of the Research Centre DESY, one of the world’s leading centres for the investigation of the structure of matter.

DESY develops runs and uses accelerators and detectors for photon science and particle physics, and will continue to play a leading role in the international top league of large-scale research.

Professor Dosch has had longstanding experience of research with large-scale facilities. He serves on several international committees and research organisations. He counselled the DESY Directorate as a member of the DESY Scientific Council, and, as member of the German Council of Science and Humanities, he evaluated the TESLA/XFEL project which later developed into the European X-ray laser project XFEL and the International Linear Collider ILC.

Currently he is Vice-Chair of the Administrative Council of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF in Grenoble.

The EPL team extend their congratulations to Professor Dosch, and wish him a successful period of Directorship.

Open Access publishing

As an initial step, a single-article fee of €1,000 ($1,330) can now be paid by individuals who choose to have their article published in EPL freely accessible by all. For full details read the January 2008 Publisher's Note.

EPL archive

The historic EPL archive from January 1986 through December 1998 (Volumes 1-44) is available for purchase. New subscribers wishing to purchase of the complete IOP Journal Archive can find details described here.

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