The scope of The European Physical Journal - Plus (EPJ Plus) encompasses all aspects of fundamental and applied physics, including energy, environment, cultural heritage, research infrastructures and citizen science, and welcomes in particular interdisciplinary topics. The journal offers a forum for both topical and methodological papers, encompassing all aspects of experimental, theoretical and computational techniques.

The journal accepts the following type of material beyond original research: progress reports, roadmaps & white papers, technical documents & protocols, tutorials & reviews. Technical documents and protocols typically demonstrate best practices and related benchmark studies for laboratory/instrumentation related procedures, data acquisition, processing and sharing. Such reports will contain a sufficient amount of introductory and background exposition in order to make the procedures and verifications described therein replicable. Roadmaps and white papers typically outline the direction of future research and should be substantiated through relevant physics cases and references. Tutorials considered by the journal will typically be concise postgraduate-level lecture notes on advanced and specialized topics. Progress reports typically provide concise overviews of ongoing research networks and related programs.

In addition, the journal will also consider new, relevant and independent theoretical, computational or experimental support and validation of previously published results to foster replicability in science.

To successfully and efficiently support such a broad scope:

• On submission manuscripts will be assessed by a member of the editorial board who will determine if the manuscript will proceed into peer review. Given the broad nature of the scope of this journal and the wide range of article types which get submitted, handling editors will initially make a decision based on the scope of the paper, potential interest to the community and regular integrity checks.
• It is entirely at the discretion of the editorial board to desk-reject submitted manuscripts and to not proceed with any further evaluation. Desk-rejections are final and appeals are not possible at this stage.
• Manuscripts submitted and accepted for further evaluation by the journal will be refereed regarding the quality and thoroughness of presentation as well as the clarity and soundness of details and arguments.