Fabrizio Croccolo, Giovanna Fragneto, Holger Stark
{"title":"25th EPJE anniversary: vision piece on EPJE role today and tomorrow","authors":"Fabrizio Croccolo, Giovanna Fragneto, Holger Stark","doi":"10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00630-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of The European Physical Journal E—Soft Matter and Biological Physics, we reflect on the journal’s origins, rooted in Pierre-Gilles de Gennes’ vision of soft matter as a unifying field of physics, and trace its evolution to encompass biological and active systems. We review EPJE’s current position as a journal combining strong European roots with global reach, publishing original research, topical issues, reviews, and experimentally focused Tips and Tricks papers. Looking ahead, we outline our vision: deepening coverage of non-equilibrium and active matter, expanding into functional soft materials, reinforcing our strength in rheology, prioritizing experimental innovation, and embracing sustainability-related research, while remaining committed to Open Access and to bridging generations of scientists in the field.</p>","PeriodicalId":790,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal E","volume":"49 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The European Physical Journal E","FirstCategoryId":"4","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epje/s10189-026-00630-7","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of The European Physical Journal E—Soft Matter and Biological Physics, we reflect on the journal’s origins, rooted in Pierre-Gilles de Gennes’ vision of soft matter as a unifying field of physics, and trace its evolution to encompass biological and active systems. We review EPJE’s current position as a journal combining strong European roots with global reach, publishing original research, topical issues, reviews, and experimentally focused Tips and Tricks papers. Looking ahead, we outline our vision: deepening coverage of non-equilibrium and active matter, expanding into functional soft materials, reinforcing our strength in rheology, prioritizing experimental innovation, and embracing sustainability-related research, while remaining committed to Open Access and to bridging generations of scientists in the field.
在《欧洲物理杂志e-软物质与生物物理学》创刊25周年之际，我们回顾了该杂志的起源，它植根于皮埃尔-吉尔勒·德热纳（Pierre-Gilles de Gennes）关于软物质作为物理学统一领域的愿景，并追溯了它的演变，涵盖了生物和活动系统。我们回顾了EPJE目前的地位，作为一个结合强大的欧洲根基和全球影响力的期刊，发表原创研究，专题问题，评论和实验重点提示和技巧论文。展望未来，我们概述了我们的愿景：深化非平衡和活性物质的覆盖范围，扩展到功能软材料，加强我们在流变学方面的实力，优先考虑实验创新，拥抱与可持续性相关的研究，同时继续致力于开放获取并在该领域架起几代科学家的桥梁。
期刊介绍：
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.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
