EPL

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, including those letters with application potential.

LATEST NEWS

EPL in the news

EPL article Evolution of strategies for the collective-risk social dilemma relating to climate change by G. Greenwood receives press coverage on environmentalresearchweb.

EPL celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2011

A collection of the Most Cited Papers from the last 25 years is now free to read throughout 2011. The collection includes articles by J G Bednorz, by Y H Qian and by Zhi-An Ren that cover topics such as superconductivity and lattice BGK modelling.

NOTE: Virtual Journals

EPL is now included in the AIP's Virtual Journal collections. Read the press release.

SPECIAL NOTE: Open Access publishing by EPL

EPL is pleased to announce a change in its Open Access policy. The Editor-in-Chief, with advice from the Editorial Board, will in future have the latitude to reward outstanding letters by granting open access free of charge. Authors will be notified once their article has been accepted.

On the other hand, the policy in force over the last two years, where articles submitted with PACS codes 10 or 20 automatically qualified for publication with open access free of charge will be suspended for submissions received as of 1 July 2011.

EPL will, however, continue to offer the option of publishing articles freely accessible by all, if a single-article fee of €1,000 ($1,330) is paid prior to publication.

All submitted articles will still be subject to rigorous peer review to maintain the high standard of articles published in EPL. Authors will benefit from expert advice by the members of the Editorial Board and enjoy rapid publication in addition to open access, where applicable. Exceptional articles may be fast-tracked through production to online publication within 11 days.

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