Journal profile · PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
European Physical Journal Plus
ISSN 2190-5444 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · ITALY · Founded 2011
European Physical Journal Plus: CAS Zone 3 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.87; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,890; median 102 days to acceptance (180 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 1,271 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Physical Journal Plus 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 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, together about 27.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The scope of The European Physical Journal - Plus (EPJ Plus) encompasses all aspects of fundamental and applied physics, including energy, environment, cultural heritage, research infrastructures and citizen science, and welcomes in particular interdisciplinary topics. The journal offers a forum for both topical and methodological papers, encompassing all aspects of experimental, theoretical and computational techniques. This includes ML and AI, provided that a clear connection is established to the implementation or exploration of fundamental principles or methodologies of physics. The journal accepts the following type of material beyond original research: progress reports, roadmaps & white papers, technical documents & protocols, tutorials & reviews. Technical documents and protocols typically demonstrate best practices and related benchmark studies for laboratory/instrumentation related procedures, data acquisition, processing and sharing. Such reports will contain a sufficient amount of introductory and background exposition in order to make the procedures and verifications described therein replicable. Roadmaps and white papers typically outline the direction of future research and should be substantiated through relevant physics cases and references. Tutorials considered by the journal will typically be concise postgraduate-level lecture notes on advanced and specialized topics. Review articles are published only by invitation from the journal. Progress reports typically provide concise overviews of ongoing research networks and related programs. In addition, the journal will also consider new, relevant and independent theoretical, computational or experimental support and validation of previously published results to foster replicability in science. To successfully and efficiently support such a broad scope: On submission manuscripts will be assessed by a member of the editorial board who will determine if the manuscript will proceed into peer review. Given the broad nature of the scope of this journal and the wide range of article types which get submitted, handling editors will initially make a decision based on the scope of the paper, potential interest to the community and regular integrity checks. It is entirely at the discretion of the editorial board to desk-reject submitted manuscripts and to not proceed with any further evaluation. Desk-rejections are final and appeals are not possible at this stage. Manuscripts submitted and accepted for
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Beatrice Fraboni Dipartimento diPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 3%); most named Italy 51, India 7, United States 6, Germany 6, Spain 6 (107 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cosmology and Gravitation TheoriesPhysics and Astronomy10.9%
- Black Holes and Theoretical PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy10.4%
- Nonlinear Waves and SolitonsPhysics and Astronomy6%
- Nanofluid Flow and Heat TransferEngineering5.8%
- Nonlinear Photonic SystemsPhysics and Astronomy5.2%
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesPhysics and Astronomy5.2%
- Quantum Information and CryptographyComputer Science4.3%
- Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Astrophysics Data System, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 108OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,926OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.07OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,243LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,400,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,460 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,116 | 336 | 486 |
| 2025 | 1,271 | 299 | 3,328 |
| 2024 | 1,140 | 338 | 7,000 |
| 2023 | 1,160 | 383 | 10,483 |
| 2022 | 1,313 | 371 | 13,802 |
| 2021 | 1,306 | 442 | 19,691 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
102 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 156 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (180 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 121 days
- Sample
- 180 articles with submission and acceptance dates (2,648 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- 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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,890 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in The European Physical Journal Plus, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Single-blind peer review
This journal follows a single-blind reviewing procedure. This journal also publishes special/guest-edited issues. The peer review process for these articles is the same as the peer review process of the journal in general. Additionally, if a guest editor authors an article in their issue/collection, they will not handle the peer review process. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2190-5444
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Physical Journal Plus
What CAS zone is European Physical Journal Plus in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Physical Journal Plus is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Physics, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Physical Journal Plus?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.87; CiteScore 5.2, h-index 108.
How long does peer review take at European Physical Journal Plus?
Based on the dates recorded on 180 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 102 days (interquartile range 67–156 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of European Physical Journal Plus?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of European Physical Journal Plus based?
Of the 107 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (51), India (7) and United States (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Physical Journal Plus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Physical Journal Plus is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Physical Journal Plus open access, and what is the APC?
European Physical Journal Plus is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,890.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .