這本雜志的目的是催化、培養和傳播對當代物理學思想的歷史發展的認識和理解，更廣泛地說，是關于自然如何運作的思想。范圍明確包括:貢獻解決物理和物理思想和概念的歷史,物理和數學的相互作用以及自然科學和科學的歷史和哲學內涵,一起討論實驗的想法和設計——因為他們明顯相關,最好是添加,現代物理學的理解。相關外文文本的注釋和/或上下文翻譯。仔細描述舊的和/或被拋棄的想法，包括過去的錯誤和錯誤的線索，從而幫助工作中的物理學家評估當代的想法在未來會變得多么引人注目，也就是事后來看。范圍明確排除:發表在物理學研究前沿的新成果。EPJ H主要從物理學和物理學家的角度論述物理學的歷史。作為核心物理出版平臺的一個組成部分，它將:支持物理學家認真思考、理解和改進本學科的文化。促進工作物理學家和科學歷史學家之間富有成效的互動。因此，關于向各自社區傳達準確含義所需的技術討論的類型、級別和數量，文章可能會有很大的不同。但是，編輯們將堅持為每一篇文章提供全面和清晰的非技術介紹和摘要。所有論文將以英文發表。定期文章和評論都將被考慮。

The purpose of this journal is to catalyse, foster, and disseminate an awareness and understanding of the historical development of ideas in contemporary physics, and more generally, ideas about how Nature works. The scope explicitly includes:Contributions addressing the history of physics and of physical ideas and concepts, the interplay of physics and mathematics as well as the natural sciences, and the history and philosophy of sciences, together with discussions of experimental ideas and designs - inasmuch as they clearly relate, and preferably add, to the understanding of modern physics.Annotated and/or contextual translations of relevant foreign-language texts.Careful characterisations of old and/or abandoned ideas including past mistakes and false leads, thereby helping working physicists to assess how compelling contemporary ideas may turn out to be in future, i.e. with hindsight. The scope explicitly excludes:The publication of new results at the forefront of physics research.EPJ H addresses the history of physics primarily from the perspective of physics and physicists . Being an integral part of a core physics publishing platform, it will:Support physicists in any serious attempts to reflect, understand, and improve on the culture of their own discipline.Promote fruitful interaction between working physicists and historians of sciences.Articles may therefore vary significantly as regards the type, level and amount of technical discussion that is required to convey precise meaning to the respective communities. However, the editors will insist that comprehensive and lucid non-technical introductions and summaries are provided for every contribution.All papers will be published in English. Both regular articles and reviews will be considered.