EPL celebrates Impact Factor success

As reported in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports published by Thomson Reuters, EPL is celebrating an Impact Factor of 2.753. To celebrate this year's result a selection of EPL's most popular articles has been made free to read until 31 August 2011.

Best of 2010 Collection

The EPL Best of 2010, a collection of articles published over the last year, comprised of the 'Editor's Choice' articles, the most downloaded papers, and the most cited papers. These papers represent the most popular, innovative and progressive work published in EPL in 2010.

The articles featured in the collection are all free-to-read until 31 December 2011. In addition, we have published a PDF version of the brochure showcasing the abstracts from the Best of 2010 collection.

We hope you will enjoy the collection and consider EPL for your next paper.

Liquid crystals

Graphene

In recognition of the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize being awarded to Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene", this is an open compilation of all articles published in EPL listing only those identified with the word ‘graphene’ in the title and/or abstract.

EPL enjoys an extremely fruitful relationship with researchers in the condensed matter community in general, which has resulted in the publication of a significant number of Letters in this area of research.

Download the leaflet for more information on publishing your Graphene Letter in EPL

Read a popular introduction to graphene by Prof Antonio Castro Neto, Co-Editor of EPL.

EPL celebrates its 25th anniversary

2011 is the 25th anniversary of our journal, and to start the year-long celebration a collection of the EPL Most Cited Papers from the last 25 years (link to collection) is now free to read until 31 December 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.

EPL is published twice a month under the scientific responsibility of the European Physical Society. It aims to publish short papers containing new results, ideas, concepts, experimental methods and theoretical treatments.

EPL results from a truly international collaboration: the refereeing procedure is handled by the Editorial Office which stands by the European Physical Society (www.eps.org) while the Production is handled jointly by the Società Italiana di Fisica (www.sif.it), EDP Sciences (www.edpsciences.org) and IOP Publishing (www.iop.org). 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.

Open Access Opportunity
A single-article fee of € 1,100 ($1,460) can be paid by individuals who choose to have their article published in EPL freely accessible by all. For additional opportunities, read the revised EPL open access opportunity.

Best of 2009 Collection
The Best of 2009 Collection includes the most popular, innovative and progressive work published in EPL in 2009. All the papers featured in the collection are free-to-read.
Morever, a brochure showcasing the abstracts from these articles is available. You have the opportunity to download a PDF version of this brochure.

New Editor-in-Chief - Professor Dr Michael Schreiber
Professor Dr Michael Schreiber, an active member of the physics community for 30 years, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of EPL.

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.

EPL On-line
Since 1 January 2007, EPL is available on-line from the EDP Sciences website AND on www.epljournal.org. This new website will feature the latest published issues, all articles published since 1996 and journal news.

ISSN (print edition): 0295-5075
ISSN (online): 1286-4854