''EPL'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research.
Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
published by
EDP Sciences
EDP Sciences (Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences) is an STM publisher that specialises scientific information for specialist and more general audiences (general public, decision-makers, teachers, etc.). EDP produces and publishes international ...
,
IOP Publishing
IOP Publishing (previously Institute of Physics Publishing) is the publishing company of the Institute of Physics. It provides publications through which scientific research is distributed worldwide, including journals, community websites, maga ...
and the
Italian Physical Society The (SIF) or Italian Physical Society was founded in 1897 and is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote, encourage, protect the study and the progress of physics in Italy and in the world.
It is associated with the journal series '' Nuo ...
on behalf of the
European Physical Society
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe through methods such as physics outreach. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical so ...
and 17 other European physical societies. Prior to 1 January 2007 it was known as ''Europhysics Letters''.
Scope
''EPL'' publishes original letters that communicates new results and findings that merit rapid publication in all areas of physics. ''EPL'' also publishes comments on letters previously published in the journal.
History
''Europhysics Letters'' was founded in 1986 by the
European Physical Society
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe through methods such as physics outreach. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical so ...
(EPS),
Société Française de Physique
The Société Française de Physique (SFP), or the French Physical Society, is the main professional society of French physicists. It was founded in 1873 by Charles Joseph d'Almeida.
History
The French Physical Society is a state-approved non- ...
(SFP) and its subsidiary
EDP Sciences
EDP Sciences (Édition Diffusion Presse Sciences) is an STM publisher that specialises scientific information for specialist and more general audiences (general public, decision-makers, teachers, etc.). EDP produces and publishes international ...
, the
Società Italiana di Fisica The (SIF) or Italian Physical Society was founded in 1897 and is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote, encourage, protect the study and the progress of physics in Italy and in the world.
It is associated with the journal series '' Nuo ...
(SIF) and the
Institute of Physics
The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application.
It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physica ...
(IOP). The new journal incorporated ''
Lettere al Nuovo Cimento'' and ''
Journal de Physique: Lettres'' and was published by EPS, EDP Sciences and SIF until 2006.
''EPL'' is now published under the scientific policy and control of the EPS by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing and SIF for a partnership of 17 European physical societies (the
EPL Association
EPL may refer to:
Computing
* Easy Programming Language
* Eclipse Public License
* Eltron Programming Language, a control language for various computer printers
* Ethernet Powerlink, an Ethernet protocol
* Early PL/I, a PL/I#Multics PL/I and deriv ...
).
Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal had a 2014
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 2.095.
It is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:
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Aerospace & High Technology
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Chemical Abstracts
CAS (formerly Chemical Abstracts Service) is a division of the American Chemical Society. It is a source of chemical information. CAS is located in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Print periodicals
''Chemical Abstracts'' is a periodical index tha ...
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Environmental Science and Pollution Management
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GeoRef
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INIS
INIS may refer to:
*International Nuclear Information System
*Iraqi National Intelligence Service
*iNiS Corporation
*Institut national de l'image et du son
*Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
*INIS character set
See also
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* Innis (di ...
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Inspec
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Astrophysics Data System
The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is an online database of over 16 million astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources. Abstracts are available free online for almost all articles, and full scanned a ...
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Scopus
Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ...
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SPIRES
The Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System (SPIRES) is a database management system developed by Stanford University. It is used by universities, colleges and research institutions. The first website in North America was created to allow re ...
*
Web of Science
External links
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References
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Physics journals
English-language journals
Biweekly journals
Publications established in 1986
EDP Sciences academic journals
IOP Publishing academic journals
Italian Physical Society academic journals
European Physical Society