- Zeitschrift für Physik
The Zeitschrift für Physik (Journal of Physics) was a German
academic journal published from 1920 until 1997. During the early 20th century, it was considered one of the most prestigious journals inphysics . In 1998, it was in effect continued as "The European Physical Journal".History
From the time of its creation in 1845, the
Physics Society of Berlin ("Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin ")published Fortschritte der Physik and Verhandlungen, but by 1919, the "Verhandlungen" had become too voluminous, so a committee consisting ofAlbert Einstein ,Eugene Goldstein ,Fritz Haber , E. Jahnke, K. Scheel and W. Westphal was formed. The committee recommended that a new journal, the "Zeitschrift für Physik", should be established for original research articles. Itbegan publication the following year.In 1975, "Zeitschrift für Physik" was merged with Physics of Condensed Matter ISSN|0340-2347 and split into two:
* Part A "Atoms and Nuclei" ISSN|0939-7922
* Part B "Condensed Matter and Quanta". ISSN|0722-3277Two additional parts were later added:
* Part C "Particles and Fields" (added in 1979) ISSN|0170-9739
* Part D "Atoms, Molecules and Clusters" (added in 1986). ISSN|0178-7683This four-part journal was published by
Springer-Verlag under the auspices of theDeutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft until 1997.In the late 1990s, Springer-Verlag and
Les Editions de Physique , the publisher of theFrench Physical Society , decided to merge "Zeitschrift für Physik" and Journal de Physique. With the addition of Il Nuovo Cimento, the European Physical Journal (EPJ) commenced publicationJanuary 01 ,1998 .The EPJ is published in the following series:
* EPJ A - Hadrons and Nuclei (the continuation of Part A)
* EPJ B - Condensed Matter (the continuation of Part B)
* EPJ C - Particles and Fields (the continuation of Part C)
* EPJ D - Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (the continuation of Part D)
* EPJ E - Soft Matter
* EPJ ST - Special topics
* EPJ AP - Applied Physics
* GRG - General Relativity and GravitationExternal links
* [http://www.epj.org/ EPJ] Web site
* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/100378/ Zeitschrift für Physik "and" Zeitschrift für Physik A]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/100379/ Zeitschrift für Physik B]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/100380/ Zeitschrift für Physik C]
* [http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/100381/ Zeitschrift für Physik D]
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