EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A

EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nuclear physics research studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and Atomic and Molecular Physics, together about 38.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nuclear and High Energy Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Hadron Physics Hadron StructureHadron SpectroscopyHadronic and Electroweak Interactions of HadronsNonperturbative Approaches to QCDPhenomenological Approaches to Hadron Physics Nuclear and Quark MatterHeavy-Ion CollisionsPhase Diagram of the Strong InteractionHard ProbesQuark-Gluon Plasma and Hadronic MatterRelativistic Transport and HydrodynamicsCompact StarsNuclear Physics Nuclear Structure and ReactionsFew-Body SystemsRadioactive BeamsElectroweak InteractionsNuclear AstrophysicsArticle Categories LettersInvited Viewpoints and PerspectivesRegular ArticlesReviewsCode PapersComments and Replies Letters: must describe new and original work deserving rapid publication. Their aim is to concisely report on important theoretical, computational or experimental results or on sufficiently substantiated concepts, with a significant (potential) impact on the broader development in one of the fields covered by the journal. In order to allow a rapid refereeing and decision procedure and to better address a broad readership, Letters should not exceed 4 printed pages in EPJ A format, and should include no more than 4 figures and/or tables. Invited Viewpoints and Perspectives: Are by invitation only and are intended to stimulate targeted, high‑level discussions on open scientific questions or on more speculative — but genuinely innovative and promising — ideas for the future development of the field. By default, their structure follows the format of regular Letters, although longer manuscripts may be considered when the value of providing more extensive discussion clearly justifies an exception.Although external proposals for new Invited Viewpoints and Perspectives, as well as comments on previously published ones, are welcome, the decision to act on such submissions lies solely with the editors responsible for this section. Regular Articles: Describe original work, or provide details of original work previously published in a Letter article. While there is no a priori limitation to the size of a manuscript, the appropriateness of its level of detail, as well as its general readability, form part of the initial assessment process. Regular articles also include any technical papers presenting original and novel developments, e.g., in particle detection, computational tools, machine learning or other analysis methods, provided direct relevance to physics topics within the journal’s aims-and-scope can be demonstrated. Further, regular articles may take the form of suitably

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Physics, Nuclear

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Germany 8, France 7, Italy 6, United States 5, Spain 5 (53 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

EI CompendexINSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Impact

Impact factor

2.95LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

2.8Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.81LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.22LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

85LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

230OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

10,923OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

13.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

35.24%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

270LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

780,200Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

3–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Double anonymous peer review, Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Country or region

GERMANY

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1998

ISSN

1434-6001

Electronic ISSN

1434-601X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗LetPub
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website