As we move towards the second half of 2024 we have many updates to share with you, read on to find out what we’ve been up to...

Discover the latest news from EDP Sciences, an Associate Member of the European Physical Scociety.

Journal de Physique digital archives

To think that once a journal is archived, no researcher is interested in it anymore would be a misunderstanding of its continued contextual value. We were delighted to conduct research recently and discover that many articles in the Journal de Physique archives are still being cited today.

Find out more about our archives, including the most cited articles in the collection.

The European Physical Journal series

The EiCs of The Editors-in-Chief of EPJ Photovoltaics, Pere Roca i Cabarrocas and Jean-Louis Lazzari, would like to highlight two important papers recently published:

• Georgia Kakoulaki, Nigel Taylor, Sandor Szabo, Robert Kenny, Anatoli Chatzipanagi and Arnulf Jäger-Waldau (2024),
  Communication on the potential of applied PV in the European Union: Rooftops, reservoirs, roads (R³),
  EPJ Photovoltaics 15, 2 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2023035
  
• Heather Mirletz, Silvana Ovaitt, Seetharaman Sridhar, Teresa M. Barnes, Prioritizing circular economy strategies for sustainable PV deployment at the TW scale,
  EPJ Photovoltaics 15, 18 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2024015
  

The EPJ Web of Conferences team was delighted to publish the proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP), organized by Jefferson Lab, which took place in Norfolk, Virginia, from 5–11 May 2023. Read more about the event and discover the proceedings.

The EPJ Scientific Advisory committee is pleased announce the nomination of two new members: Konstantinos Bachas, representing the Hellenic Physical Society (read the news here) and Adam Maj, representing the Polish Physical Society (read the news here)

EPL (Europhysics Letters)

EDP Sciences welcomes the appointment of the new Editor-in-Chief of EPL, Professor Richard Blythe, effective from May 1^st. Read more about the experience Professor Blythe brings to the position.

The EPL 2023 Highlights collection showcases a selection of 40 of the most cited, downloaded and accessed articles published in EPL in 2023. These articles had a significant impact on the international community, and cover topics including “condensed matter physics, network physics, complex systems, black hole physics, many-body quantum systems to cite a few, as well as recently growing fields such as quantum information and amorphous topological matter.”

EDP Sciences Books news

The training years are often the most important; did you know that Einstein spent part of his youth in Lombardy, an extremely fruitful and determining period for the rest of his career? To know more, dig into WHEN ALBERT BECAME EINSTEIN ! Back to the future, you might be interested by RADICAL INNOVATION DESIGN , a free e-book about a systematic and usage-driven innovation methodology to ensure usefulness for users and profitability for companies !

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News from the European Physical Journal (EPJ)

Joint meeting of the Scientific Advisory and Steering Committees of the European Physical Journal

Image credit: Maria Sutter

For two days in April, more than 40 representatives of national physical societies and of the EPJ publishers and many of the journals’ Chief Editors gathered at EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) near Zurich under the chairmanship of the Swiss Physical Society to discuss all aspects of modern scientific publishing - ranging from individual journal development to improving support for early career researchers and the implementation of DEI principles at all levels.

In particular, the EPS Young Minds’ invited talk provided some excellent insights into what the next generation of scientists feels in terms of constraints and opportunities in this context. 2023 marks the 25^th anniversary of the launch of the EPJ and, as part of this year’s special initiatives, EPJ expressly invites young career researchers organizing, specifically, meetings for their peers to apply for sponsorship.

EPJ Applied Physics – topical issue

EPJ AP is pleased to announce completion of the special issue on “Amorphous alloys and multiscale materials: Fundamental aspects and Energy applications” edited by Zhao Zhankui, Wang Hongli and Tai Cheuk-Wai. We hope you enjoy the articles which include “Micro- and nano-sized materials for solar evaporators: a review”.

EPJ Photovoltaics – Editorial Board

EPJ Photovoltaics is pleased to share its updated Editorial Board under Editors-in-Chief Prof. Pere Roca i Cabarrocas, Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces, and Dr. Jean-Louis Lazzari, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille. Editors from Europe are joined by international colleagues from Qatar, Australia and Japan.

EPJ N Nuclear Sciences & Technologies – new ‘Key Summary’

“Optimising spent nuclear fuel storage in Europe” is the latest ‘Key Summary’ from EPJ N and looks at an extensive review in EPJ N by members of the EURAD consortium. The review explores the parameters involved in choosing safe long-term storage solutions for spent radioactive fuel and recommends best practice for the industry. The ‘Key Summary’ also hears from author Dimitri Alexandre Rochman.

Astronomy & Astrophysics and Subscribe to Open (S2O)

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) recently announced that it will continue to publish its research in open access for the second consecutive year under Subscribe to Open (S2O). In contrast to other core astronomy journals that have transitioned or will transition to open access via the Gold (APC) route, A&A has chosen S2O to achieve immediate open access while minimizing any potential disruption to authors or subscribers. Find out more.

Société Française de Physique 150^th anniversary – Master classes itinérantes

The first in a series of five Masterclasses on “Science publishing and Open Science” recently took place in Nice. Next stop Lyon for which registration is still open!

German Physical Society Spring Meeting - Europhysics Letters

There were four winners of the “EPL best poster prizes” at the Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society (DPG) that took place from 26-31 March 2023 at the Technical University Dresden. Congratulations to Anna C. Jäkel, Aleksandr Kostarev, Nico Schramma and Laura Strampe.

Book news - The Basics of Electron Transport in Spintronics

‘The basics of electron transport in Spintronics – Textbook with lectures, exercises and solutions’ by Vincent Baltz, CNRS researcher and group leader at SPINTEC. Based on a series of lectures given to MSc and PhD students, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers, from students at the graduate level to researchers and engineers. It allows the reader to navigate easily between concepts and to gain a broad view of spin-dependent electron transport. Learning is supported by ten extended exercises with complete solutions. Order directly from the EDP Sciences Bookstore or via your favourite online book shop.

Don’t forget our SFP anniversary books discount code - PHYS234 - valid until the end of June 2024! We are delighted to offer a 5% discount on EDP Sciences books in the following series: Savoirs Actuels / Une introduction à / Sciences & History / Enseignement Sup Physique.

With our best wishes from ‘Paris in Spring’

EDP Sciences

Nominations are now open for the position of Editor-in-Chief of EPL, a leading global letters journal owned and published by a consortium of 17 national physical societies in Europe. The Editor-in-Chief (EiC) needs to be a recognised authority and leading researcher in a field of physics, and have a broad knowledge and interest in physics and its frontiers. The EiC will need to demonstrate strong commitment and leadership to further develop EPL as a top-ranking journal. Experience with the editorial process for a physics journal is also desirable. The term of office is three and a half years beginning in July 2021. The EiC receives an annual honorarium. A job description is available here.

The submission documents must include a CV, a publication list and a covering letter describing the qualifications and motivations of the candidate for the position of EPL Editor-in-Chief.

The nomination file should be sent no later than 15 February 2021 to the EPL Editorial Office by email to editorial.office@epletters.net or by regular mail to:

EPS
EPL Editorial Office
6, rue des Frères Lumière
68200 Mulhouse
France