The ''European Physical Journal H: Historical Perspectives on Contemporary Physics'' (''EPJ H'') is a quarterly

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which focuses on the

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. It is the newest journal from the ''

European Physical Journal The ''European Physical Journal'' (or ''EPJ'') is a joint publication of EDP Sciences, Springer Science+Business Media, and the Società Italiana di Fisica. It arose in 1998 as a merger and continuation of ''Acta Physica Hungarica'', '' Anales ...

'' series. It was established in 1976 as the ''Annales de Physique'' and obtained its current title in July 2010. ''EPJ H'' is published by

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and the

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are Michael Eckert (

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München) and James D. Wells (

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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The journal is indexed and abstracted in

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, and

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/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2016

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of 0.436.

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