''EPL'' is a

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published by EDP Sciences,

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and the

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on behalf of the European Physical Society 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 (EPS), Société Française de Physique (SFP) and its subsidiary EDP Sciences, the Società Italiana di Fisica (SIF) and the

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(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).

Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor

According to the ''

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'', the journal had a 2023

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of 1.8. It is indexed in the following bibliographic databases: * Aerospace & High Technology *

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* SPIRES *

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References

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