1. For physicists, by physicists, since 1986
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All submissions are assessed by our International Editorial Board, with a 60% rejection rate
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All articles are published as green open access, with an option for gold for those who wish it
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Fast and professional :. Co-Editors can decide to accept without peer review and accept immediately. submit accept = 75 days; accept on-line = 20 days
Open access is a real challenge and EPL follows the road towards Open Science. Editor’s highlights are published in OA. Embargo for published papers = 1 year.
Green implies: RoMEO Green journal : archiving of pre-, post-print and published pdf is allowed with proper reference. APC for gold Open Acces =1.400€.
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