European Physical Journal E

Aims & Scope

EPJ E publishes papers describing advances in the understanding of physical aspects of Soft, Liquid and Living Systems.

Soft matter is a generic term for a large group of condensed, often heterogeneous systems -- often also called complex fluids -- that display a large response to weak external perturbations and that possess properties governed by slow internal dynamics.

Flowing matter refers to all systems that can actually flow, from simple to multiphase liquids, from foams to granular matter.

Living matter concerns the new physics that emerges from novel insights into the properties and behaviours of living systems.

Furthermore, it aims at developing new concepts and quantitative approaches for the study of biological phenomena.

Approaches from soft matter physics and statistical physics play a key role in this research.

The journal includes reports of experimental, computational and theoretical studies and appeals to the broad interdisciplinary communities including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and materials science.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	1.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.396

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	104

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13891

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	691

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Materials Science, Medicine and Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• On dense granular flows

  Citation: 1683

  Authors:

• Variable focal lens controlled by an external voltage: An application of electrowetting

  Citation: 904

  Authors: B., J.

• New perspectives in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection

  Citation: 544

  Authors: F., J.

• Some general features of limited coalescence in solid-stabilized emulsions

  Citation: 495

  Authors: S., C. P., B. P., V., F.

• From the melt via mesomorphic and granular crystalline layers to lamellar crystallites: A major route followed in polymer crystallization?

  Citation: 472

  Authors: G.

• Generic theory of active polar gels: a paradigm for cytoskeletal dynamics

  Citation: 436

  Authors: K., J. F., F., J., K.

• Glass transitions in thin polymer films

  Citation: 315

  Authors: P.G.

• Control of amphiphilic block copolymer morphologies using solution conditions

  Citation: 310

  Authors: A., A.

• Heterogeneous dynamics at the glass transition in van der Waals liquids, in the bulk and in thin films

  Citation: 298

  Authors: D., F.

• Bond orientational order in liquids: Towards a unified description of water-like anomalies, liquid-liquid transition, glass transition, and crystallization

  Citation: 294

  Authors: Hajime

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