The ''European Physical Journal'' (or ''EPJ'') is a joint publication of

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, and the Società Italiana di Fisica. It arose in 1998 as a merger and continuation of ''Acta Physica Hungarica'', '' Anales de Física'', ''Czechoslovak Journal of Physics'', ''

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'', ''Journal de Physique'', ''Portugaliae Physica'' and ''

Zeitschrift für Physik ''Zeitschrift für Physik'' (English: ''Journal for Physics'') is a defunct series of German peer-reviewed physics journals established in 1920 by Springer Berlin Heidelberg. The series ended publication in 1997, when it merged with other journal ...

''. The journal is published in various sections, covering all areas of

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History

In the late 1990s, Springer and EDP Sciences decided to merge ''Zeitschrift für Physik'' and ''Journal de Physique''. With the addition of ''Il Nuovo Cimento'' from the Societa Italiana di Fisica, the ''European Physical Journal'' commenced publication in January 1998. Now ''EPJ'' is a merger and continuation of ''Acta Physica Hungarica'', ''Anales de Fisica'', ''Czechoslovak Journal of Physics'', ''Il Nuovo Cimento'', ''Journal de Physique'', ''Portugaliae Physica'' and ''Zeitschrift für Physik''. The short-lived

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family PhysMath Central was merged in 2011 into the ''European Physical Journal'', which has offered an open-access option since 2006.

Topics covered

The EPJ is published in the following sections: * '' European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei'' * '': Applied Metamaterials'' * '': Applied Physics'' * ''

European Physical Journal B ''The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers condensed matter physics, statistical and nonlinear physics, and complex systems. Part of the ''European Physical Journal ...

: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems'' * ''

European Physical Journal C The ''European Physical Journal C'' (''EPJ C'') is a biweekly peer-reviewed, open access scientific journal covering theoretical and experimental physics Experimental physics is the category of disciplines and sub-disciplines in the field of phys ...

: Particles and Fields'' * ''

European Physical Journal D The ''European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics'' is an academic journal recognized by the European Physical Society, presenting new and original research results. Scope The main areas covered are: *Atomic Physics ...

: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics'' * '': Data Science'' * ''

European Physical Journal E The ''European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter and Biological Physics'' is a scientific journal focusing on the physics of soft matter and biophysics. It publishes papers describing advances in the understanding of physical aspects of soft, liquid ...

: Soft Matter and Biological Physics'' * ''

European Physical Journal H The ''European Physical Journal H: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Physics'' (EPJ H) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal which focuses on the history of modern physics. It is the newest journal from the '' European Physical Journa ...

: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Physics'' * '': Nuclear Sciences and Technologies'' * '': Nonlinear Biomedical Physics'' * ' * '': Photovoltaics'' * '': Quantum Technology'' * '': Special Topics'' * '': Techniques and Instrumentation'' * '': Web of Conferences'': journal of

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Controversies

In 2023, editors retracted a journal article published in 2022 in ''European Physical Journal Plus'' that claimed to have found no evidence of climate change. The article was widely shared with article metrics showing that the article was in the 99th percentile (ranked 293rd) of the 512,033 tracked articles of a similar age in all journals, and in the 99th percentile (ranked 1st) of the 41 tracked articles of a similar age in ''European Physical Journal Plus''. The article was cited by climate change denialists and in two segments on

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misinformation). The retraction note does not highlight any error, data or image falsification, plagiarism or other reasons that usually justify a retraction: for a reconstruction of what happened, see and where also the reviewers notes can be found.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.epj.org/
EPJ APEPJ ConferencesEPJ Data Science
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