This paper briefly traces the 50-year history of the journal Pis'ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental'noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki (JETP Letters), whose first issue was published on 1st April 1965. The journal is intended for a wide range of physicists as a fast publication channel for short communications on new, highest significance, highest priority results from research in all areas of experimental and theoretical physics. Today, the journal celebrates numerous important contributions to the development of physics both in Russia and worldwide. Over a historically short period, JETP Letters developed into a highly authoritative and influential source for physicists engaged in wide range of fields. Due to the wise and well timed editorial policy, the journal continues to retain its leadership position despite the difficulties the entire science periodical literature — and indeed the whole of science — currently experience in Russia.

PACS: 01.30.−y, 01.65.+g (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0185.201504h.0441 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2015/4/g/ 000357718100007 2-s2.0-84936758154 2015PhyU...58..407P Citation: Pastukhov V P "50 years of JETP Letters" Phys. Usp. 58 407–413 (2015) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 26th, February 2015, accepted: 26th, February 2015 Оригинал: Пастухов В П «50 лет журналу Письма в ЖЭТФ» УФН 185 441–446 (2015); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201504h.0441