EPL (formerly Europhysics Letters) is a peer-reviewed physics journal published by EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing, and the Italian Physical Society on behalf of the European Physical Society and 17 other European societies. Launched in 1986, it absorbed Lettere al Nuovo Cimento and Journal de Physique: Lettres, and adopted its current name on 1 January 2007. The journal specializes in rapid publication of original letters and comments across all physics disciplines. It boasts a 2023 impact factor of 1.8 and is indexed in major databases like Scopus, Web of Science, and Inspec, making it a key resource for cutting-edge physics research.