The European Physical Journal A: Hadrons and Nuclei is an academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

, recognized by the European Physical Society

European Physical Society

The European Physical Society is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote physics and physicists in Europe. Formally established in 1968, its membership includes the national physical societies of 41 countries, and some 3200 individual members. The Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft,...

, presenting new and original research results in a variety of formats, including Regular Articles, Reviews, Tools for Experiment and Theory/Scientific Notes and Letters.
Topics covered include:

Hadron

Hadron

In particle physics, a hadron is a composite particle made of quarks held together by the strong force...

 Physics:

• Structure and Dynamics of Hadrons
• Baryon and Meson Spectroscopy
• Hadronic and Electroweak Interactions of Hadrons
• Nonperturbative Approaches to QCD
• Phenomenological Approaches to Hadron Physics

Nuclear Physics

Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies the building blocks and interactions of atomic nuclei. The most commonly known applications of nuclear physics are nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons technology, but the research has provided application in many fields, including those...

:

• Nuclear Structure and Reactions
• Structure and function of nanostructures
• Few-Body and Many-Body Systems
• Heavy-Ion Physics
• Hypernuclei
• Radioactive Beams
• Nuclear Astrophysics

History

Prior to 1998, the journal was named Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei. Thomas Walcher's term as Editor-in-Chief of EPJ A came to an end in 2006. In January 2007 Enzo de Sanctis started as new Editor-in-Chief and he was joined in July that year by Ulf-G. Meißner, who took charge of the theoretical papers while the experimental papers would be handled by de Sanctis.