Submission Guidelines
The journal EPJ - Special Topics is exclusively devoted to the publication of topical issues, and individual papers cannot be submitted with the exception of long review, tutorial or working report type papers filling a complete issue.
How to submit your contribution to an open topical issue
To submit your manuscript as contribution to an open topical issue, please follow the instructions provided in the Open Call for Papers for this topical issue and make sure to clearly specify the title of the topical issue during the submission process. Please do not choose a topical issue without open Call for Papers as they are for invited authors only. If you do not find a suitable special issue in the EPJ ST Open Calls for Papers, you may have a look at other EPJ journals on the EPJ portal.
How to submit your topical issue proposal as guest editor
To submit a proposal to EPJ ST as guest editor of a topical issue please proceed as described here.
We strongly encourage the submission of proposals that take the format of “Discussion and Debate” issues: the aim of such publications is the balanced critical presentation of specific unsolved problems, controversial topics, rival theories, alternative methodologies, and negative results of interest at the cutting edge of scientific and technological development. To submit a proposal to EPJ ST “Discussion and Debate” please proceed as described here.
How to submit your proposal as author of a single, review-type monograph
To submit a proposal to EPJ ST as author of a topical issue consisting of a single, review-type monograph, please send the names and affiliations of all authors along with the title, outline and table of contents to
either:
Sandrine Karpe
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Vijala Kiruvanayagam
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EDP Sciences
or:
Sabine Lehr
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