Editorial Guidelines for EPJ ST "Discussions and Debates"
The European Physical Journal - Special Topics (EPJ ST) - a journal dedicated to the publication of special/topical issues only - will incorporate, starting in 2010, "Discussions and Debates" (DD) issues.
The aim of the DD issues is the balanced critical presentation of the unsolved problems, controversial topics, rival theories, alternative methodologies, and negative results of interest at the cutting edge of scientific and technological development.
Contributions to DD issues should typically contain one or more of the following:
- substantiated critiques of established research methodologies;
- a presentation/assessment of alternative approaches/concepts compatible with experimental status quo;
- a report, assessment and analysis of negative results;
- substantiated and educated guesses about future developments.
Internal cross-refereeing (independently of an external refereeing procedure) is encouraged and is expected to lead to useful comments fueling the scientific debate, either in the form of Comments-and-Reply or in the form of separate mutually referred papers exposing complementary or contradictory points of view.
The issue editors will ensure, in cooperation with the authors, that the collection of articles included in the issue gives balanced presentation of current views.
An Editorial or a summary paper, written by the issue editor(s), putting the issue in the context of ongoing research will complete such a special issue. The Editorial should be written on a level that can be understood by the general physical audience unfamiliar with the specific topic under discussion. It is desirable that at least introductory parts of other contributions be accessible to a non-specialist reader.
EPJ ST invites proposals for DD issues, which have to satisfy the above general requirements. Joint proposals by prospective guest editors holding complementary views, yet a compatible attitude towards the proposed topic are encouraged. The proposals will be considered by the DD Editorial Board affiliated to EPJ ST, which will appoint, with the approval of the publisher, guest editor(s) in charge of a specific journal issue.
Open calls for papers
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EPJ A Topical Issue: Heavy and Super-Heavy Nuclei and Elements: Production and Properties
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EPJ B Topical Issue: Extreme Value Statistics and Search in Biology: Theory and Simulations
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EPJ B Topical Issue: Recent developments in the functional renormalization group approach to correlated electron systems
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EPJ D Topical Issue on Electron-Driven Processes from Single Collisions to High-Pressure Plasmas
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EPJ D Topical Issue: Dynamics and Photodynamics: from isolated molecules to the condensed phase
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EPJ D Topical Issue: Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale (2021)
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EPJ D Topical Issue: High Field QED Physics
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EPJ D Topical Issue: Physics of Ionized Gases and Spectroscopy of Isolated Complex Systems: Fundamentals and Applications (2022)
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EPJ D Topical Issue: Precision Physics of Simple Atomic Systems
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EPJ D Topical Issue: Quantum Optics of Light and Matter: Honouring Alain Aspect
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EPJ D Topical Issue: Quantum Walks and applications
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EPJ Data Science Special Issue on Data Science Perspectives on Economic Crime
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EPJ E Topical Issue: 50 years of Small Angle Neutron Scattering at the ILL in Grenoble
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EPJ E Topical Issue: Quantitative AI in Complex Fluids and Complex Flows: Challenges and Benchmarks
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EPJ H Special Issue: History for Physics: Contextualizing modern developments in the foundations of quantum theory
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EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Advances in cryogenic detectors for dark matter, neutrino physics and astrophysics
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EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Breakthrough optics- and complex systems-based technologies of modulation of drainage and clearing functions of the brain
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EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Citizen science for physics: From Education and Outreach to Crowdsourcing fundamental research
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EPJ Plus Focus Point Issue: Focus Point on Higher Derivatives in Quantum Gravity: Theory, Tests, Phenomenology
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EPJ Quantum Technology: Special Issue on Quantum Random Number Generation
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EPJ Quantum Technology: Special Issue on Quantum Standardization
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Collective behavior of nonlinear dynamical oscillators
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Fluid-Fluid and Fluid-Soft Matter Interaction
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Framework of Fractals in Data Analysis: Theory and Interpretation
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Lattice Supersymmetry and Holography
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Noncommutativity and Physics
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Physics of Animal Navigation
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EPJ ST Special Issue: Structural Transformations and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Multicomponent Disordered Systems
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EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation: New methodologies and approaches for the control of illicit production, use and trafficking of nuclear material
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EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation: SI units and experimental techniques