Particles —First 100 Papers Milestone Achieved

Particles (ISSN 2571-712X), which is a peer-reviewed, open access journal launched in 2018, has now reached a significant milestone—the 100th paper has been published. I would like to congratulate the editorial board and the MDPI staff on this occasion. During the past two years, we were able to give a good start to this publication through combined efforts of our community, whose members showed willingness to test new modes of publication and a new approach to the communication of scientific results. The continuation of these efforts towards the success of Particles as an established journal will be beneficial to the current and future generation of particle and nuclear physicists.

As stated at the launch of Particles [1], it is a journal devoted to the publication of original research papers, review articles, and communications in nuclear and particle physics. The adjacent domains of research such as experimental/theoretical high-energy physics and astrophysics are also covered. The characteristic features of the journal are the high quality and fast review process by the leading experts in the field, the open access publication, and no restrictions on the length of the articles. The broad base of editors and reviewers contributes to a fair and balanced review process, which is complemented by solid editorial and publishing work by the MDPI staff.

Of particular value are the Special Issues, which are focused on a particular topic and/or are drawn from the best contributions presented at various scientific meetings. Below is a (hyperlinked) list of Special Issues published in Particles to date, which illustrates the breadth, quality, and significance of publications

(1)

Selected Papers from “The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2017”

(2)

Superradiances from Ultra Short Electron Bunch Beam

(3)

Nonequilibrium Phenomena in Strongly Correlated Systems

(4)

QCD and Hadron Structure

(5)

Selected Papers from “Theory of Hadronic Matter under Extreme Conditions”

(6)

Quantum Field Theory at the Limits: From Strong Fields to Heavy Quarks

(7)

Selected Papers from “The Modern Physics of Compact Stars and Relativistic Gravity 2019”

(8)

Analysis Techniques and Physics Performance Studies for FAIR and NICA

We look forward to the next milestone(s)—evaluation by Web of Science for the coverage of ESCI or SCIE and expansion in the indexing of the journal. We also hope that our scientific community will continue submitting high-quality work to this journal and by this continue the successful first two years of Particles.