Aims and scope

ATOMIC PHYSICS 
Atomic Structures and Properties 
QED, Relativistic and Many-Body Calculations 
Atoms in External Fields 
Exotic Atoms 
Low and Highly Charged Ions 
Metrology and Fundamental Constants 
Experimental Tests of Fundamental Symmetries 
Matter-Antimatter Interactions  

MOLECULAR PHYSICS AND CHEMICAL PHYSICS 
Molecular Structure and Properties 
Molecular Spectroscopy
Magnetic Resonance (NMR, EPR)
Synchrotron and X-Rays Studies of Molecular Structure 
Molecules in External Fields 
Decay Processes 
Bio- and Macromolecules

ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR COLLISIONS 
Collisions of Atoms, Ions and Molecules 
Photoionisation and Photofragmentation
Molecular Interaction and Reactivity 
Electron/Positron Scattering with Atoms and Molecules 
Atomic Cluster Collisions
Collision Processes Involving Bio-Macromolecules
Dynamics of Systems on the Nanoscale

CLUSTERS AND NANOSTRUCTURES 
Structure and Properties of Clusters 
Reactivity of Clusters 
Clusters and Nanostructures on Surfaces 
Fullerenes and Carbon Clusters 
Helium Droplets 
Nanoparticles, Nanohybrid Systems 
Metamaterials

COLD MATTER AND QUANTUM GASES 
Laser Cooling 
Atom and Ion Traps 
Atom and Molecule Optics and Interferometry 
Bose-Einstein Condensation 
Fermi Gas 
Quantum Fluids 
Cold Molecules 
Interactions and Reactions in Cold Traps 
Ultracold Plasmas

PLASMA PHYSICS 
Basic Plasma Phenomena and Gas Discharges
Waves, Instabilities and Nonlinear Plasma Dynamics 
Magnetic and Inertial Plasma Confinement 
Plasma Applications: Surface Fabrication and Treatment, 
    Biological, Environmental, Aerospace and Emerging Applications 
Plasma Diagnostics 
Plasma Physics in Ultra-high Fields 
Warm and Dense Matter
Non-Equilibrium Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas
Microplasmas
Complex Plasmas

NONLINEAR DYNAMICS 
Theory and Models - Dynamical Instabilities 
Classical and Quantum Chaos in Atoms, Molecules and Optics 
Pattern Formation and Spatial Solitons

OPTICAL PHENOMENA AND PHOTONICS 
Light-Matter Interaction 
Physics of Lasers 
Nonlinear Optical Phenomena 
Propagation - Solitons 
Nanophotonics, Plasmonics

QUANTUM OPTICS 
Quantum Properties of Light
Quantum Correlation and Entanglement 
Cavity QED 
Quantum Measurements

QUANTUM INFORMATION 
Quantum Information Processing and Computing 
Quantum Communications and Cryptography 
Quantum Memories 
Quantum Simulation

ULTRAINTENSE AND ULTRASHORT LASER FIELDS 
Attosecond Pulses 
Multiphoton Ionisation 
Harmonics and X-Ray Generation 
Femtochemistry 
Plasma and Clusters in Ultraintense Laser Fields 
Particles Acceleration 
Filamentation

Article Categories
Regular Articles
Colloquia
Topical Reviews
Roadmap Articles
Perspective Articles

Colloquia describe the development of new areas of research or the impact of new and promising experimental or theoretical methods in the fields that are within the spectrum of topics covered by EPJD. While not as extensive and complete as reviews in the usual sense, they are intended to suitably introduce new research directions and techniques in their early stages of development, and to a wider audience. There is no explicit constraint regarding the length of such manuscripts, although 20 printed pages would be the most usual length. All invited/submitted manuscripts will undergo the same refereeing procedure as all other contributions submitted to the journal. For invited colloquium papers, authors will receive a honorarium of EUR 400,-- upon publication and colour figures will be free of charge. Colloquium papers are generally solicited by the journal editors. Authors wishing to submit a colloquium paper are advised to contact the colloquia and review editors.

Topical Reviews provide a comprehensive and extensive summary of recent research results in a field that is within the spectrum of topics covered by EPJ D and are of current interest to a broader audience.  A topical review should aim to summarize the pertinent experimental, theoretical, and computational results obtained by the key research groups working in the field in the past 10 years. Historical reviews of an entire sub-field of physics are discouraged.  There is no explicit constraint regarding the length of such manuscripts, although 35 printed pages would be the most usual length. All invited/submitted manuscripts will undergo the same refereeing procedure as all other contributions submitted to the journal. For invited topical review papers, authors will receive a honorarium of EUR 400,-- upon publication and color figures will be free of charge. Topical review papers are generally solicited by the journal editors. Authors wishing to submit a topical review paper are advised to contact the colloquia and review editors.

Roadmap Articles are a type of collaborative review papers where a group of authors outlines recent developments and new direction in a specific field. Roadmap papers are structured in multiple sections, each written by different authors. Roadmap authors can send an inquire to the editorial office providing tentative tile, abstract and authors list.

The Perspective Article type denotes a scholarly review and discussion of primary research that does not meet the criteria for a review. This could be because the scope is too narrow, or because the piece is intended to provoke a discussion of a controversial position, speculative hypothesis, or alternative interpretations of existing work.