diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/_base.html b/journals/templates/journals/_base.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aa61b30246df1624b532543bbb5f0107e8bc73d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/_base.html
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+
+{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% block body_class %}{{block.super}} journals{% endblock %}
+
+{% block secondary_navbar %}
+    <nav class="navbar navbar-secondary">
+        <div class="container">
+            <h2 class="banner d-inline-block mr-2"><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics' %}">SciPost Physics</a></h2>
+            <ul class="links">
+                <li><a class="{% block link_class_physics_issues %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_issues' %}">Issues</a></li>
+                <li><a class="{% block link_class_physics_recent %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_recent' %}">Recent</a></li>
+                <li><a class="{% block link_class_physics_accepted %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_accepted' %}">Accepted</a></li>
+                <li><a href="{% url 'submissions:submissions' %}?to_journal=SciPostPhysics">Submissions</a></li>
+                <li><a class="{% block link_class_physics_info %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_info_for_authors' %}">Info for authors</a></li>
+                <li><a class="{% block link_class_physics_about %}{% endblock %}" href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_about' %}">About</a></li>
+            </ul>
+        </div>
+    </nav>
+{% endblock secondary_navbar %}
+
+
+{% block content %}
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-12">
+            <h2 class="highlight-empty text-blue m-0 py-2">{{header_text}}</h2>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block secondary_footer %}
+    <footer class="secondary container-fluid py-2">
+        <div class="row my-1">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                SciPost Physics is published by the SciPost Foundation under the journal doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys and ISSN 2542-4653.
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </footer>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/_publication_details.html b/journals/templates/journals/_publication_details.html
index ef9a813844b23d42e3c7352477c23236ffac652c..ef804b644f77f9e22270b010c9b2b737de111492 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/_publication_details.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/_publication_details.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-12">
-        <h3 class="highlight py-3">
+        <h2 class="pb-1 pt-3">
             <a href="{% url 'scipost:publication_detail' publication.doi_string %}">{{publication.title}}</a>
-        </h3>
+        </h2>
 
-        <p class="font-weight-bold">{{ publication.author_list }}</p>
-        <p>{{ publication.citation }} | published {{ publication.publication_date|date:'j F Y' }}</p>
+        <p class="font-weight-bold mb-1">{{ publication.author_list }}</p>
+        <p class="text-muted">{{ publication.citation }} | published {{ publication.publication_date|date:'j F Y' }}</p>
 
         <ul class="publicationClickables">
             <li>doi:  {{publication.doi_string}}</li>
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/publication_detail.html b/journals/templates/journals/publication_detail.html
index b903b60bfc9b77f4c82f896db0a167d193afdcba..7da5e5bdd4b2e973957018660db00abee6602d2d 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/publication_detail.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/publication_detail.html
@@ -1,124 +1,119 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
 {% load journals_extras %}
+{% load staticfiles %}
+{% load scipost_extras %}
 
 {% block pagetitle %}: Publication detail{% endblock pagetitle %}
 
 {% block headsup %}
-<meta name="citation_title" content="{{ publication.title }}"/>
-{% for author in publication.authors.all %}
-<meta name="citation_author" content="{{ author.user.last_name }}, {{ author.user.first_name }}"/>
-{% endfor %}
-{% for author in publication.authors_unregistered.all %}
-<meta name="citation_author" content="{{ author.last_name }}, {{ author.first_name }}"/>
-{% endfor %}
-<meta name="citation_doi" content="{{ publication.doi_string }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_publication_date" content="{{ publication.publication_date|date:'Y/m/d' }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_journal_title" content="{{ publication.in_issue.in_volume.in_journal.name }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_issn" content="{{ publication.in_issue.in_volume.in_journal.issn }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_volume" content="{{ publication.in_issue.in_volume.number }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_issue" content="{{ publication.in_issue.number }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_firstpage" content="{{ publication.paper_nr|paper_nr_string_filter }}"/>
-<meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="https://scipost.org/{{ publication.doi_string }}/pdf"/>
 
-<script>
-  $(document).ready(function(){
-    $("#citationslist").hide();
+    <meta name="citation_title" content="{{ publication.title }}"/>
+    {% for author in publication.authors.all %}
+    <meta name="citation_author" content="{{ author.user.last_name }}, {{ author.user.first_name }}"/>
+    {% endfor %}
+    {% for author in publication.authors_unregistered.all %}
+    <meta name="citation_author" content="{{ author.last_name }}, {{ author.first_name }}"/>
+    {% endfor %}
+    <meta name="citation_doi" content="{{ publication.doi_string }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_publication_date" content="{{ publication.publication_date|date:'Y/m/d' }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_journal_title" content="{{ publication.in_issue.in_volume.in_journal.name }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_issn" content="{{ publication.in_issue.in_volume.in_journal.issn }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_volume" content="{{ publication.in_issue.in_volume.number }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_issue" content="{{ publication.in_issue.number }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_firstpage" content="{{ publication.paper_nr|paper_nr_string_filter }}"/>
+    <meta name="citation_pdf_url" content="https://scipost.org/{{ publication.doi_string }}/pdf"/>
+
+    <script>
+      $(document).ready(function(){
+        $("#citationslist").hide();
+
+        $("#citationslistbutton").click(function(){
+          $("#citationslist").toggle();
+        });
+      });
+    </script>
 
-    $("#citationslistbutton").click(function(){
-      $("#citationslist").toggle();
-    });
-  });
-</script>
 {% endblock headsup %}
 
-{% load staticfiles %}
-
-{% load scipost_extras %}
-
 {% block content %}
 
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
-
-{% include 'journals/_publication_details.html' with publication=publication %}
+    {% include 'journals/_publication_details.html' with publication=publication %}
 
-{% if publication.citedby|length >= 1 %}
-    <hr>
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
-            <h3 class="mb-2">Cited by {{ publication.citedby|length }}</h3>
-            <button class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" id="citationslistbutton">Toggle view</button>
+    {% if publication.citedby|length >= 1 %}
+        <hr>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
+                <h3 class="mb-2">Cited by {{ publication.citedby|length }}</h3>
+                <button class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" id="citationslistbutton">Toggle view</button>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
+                <img src="{% static 'scipost/images/citedby.gif' %}" alt="Crossref Cited-by" width="64" />
+            </div>
         </div>
-        <div class="col-6 col-md-2">
-            <img src="{% static 'scipost/images/citedby.gif' %}" alt="Crossref Cited-by" width="64" />
+        <div class="row" id="citationslist">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                {# {% include 'journals/_publication_citations.html' with publication=publication %}#}
+                {{ publication.citations_as_ul }}
+            </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="row" id="citationslist">
+    {% endif %}
+
+    <div class="row">
         <div class="col-12">
-            {# {% include 'journals/_publication_citations.html' with publication=publication %}#}
-            {{ publication.citations_as_ul }}
+            <hr>
+            <h3>View more material from these authors:</h3>
+            <p>
+            {% for author in publication.authors.all %}
+              <a href="/contributor/{{ author.id }}">{{ author }}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            {% endfor %}
+            {% for author in publication.authors_unregistered.all %}
+              {{ author }}&nbsp;&nbsp;
+            {% endfor %}
+            </p>
         </div>
     </div>
-{% endif %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <hr>
-        <h3>View more material from these authors:</h3>
-        <p>
-        {% for author in publication.authors.all %}
-          <a href="/contributor/{{ author.id }}">{{ author }}</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-        {% endfor %}
-        {% for author in publication.authors_unregistered.all %}
-          {{ author }}&nbsp;&nbsp;
-        {% endfor %}
-        </p>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-{% if request.user|is_in_group:'Editorial Administrators' %}
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <hr>
-<h3>Editorial Administration tools: </h3>
-    <ul>
-      <li>Mark the first author (currently: {% if publication.first_author %}{{ publication.first_author }} {% elif publication.first_author_unregistered %}{{ publication.first_author_unregistered }} (unregistered){% endif %})
-        <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-md-5">
-              <p>registered authors:</p>
-              <ul>
-                {% for author in publication.authors.all %}
-                  <li>
-                    <a href="{% url 'journals:mark_first_author' publication_id=publication.id contributor_id=author.id %}">{{ author }}</a>
-                  </li>
-                {% endfor %}
-              </ul>
-            </div>
-            <div class="col-md-5">
-              <p>unregistered authors:</p>
-              <ul>
-                {% for author_unreg in publication.authors_unregistered.all %}
-                  <li>
-                    <a href="{% url 'journals:mark_first_author_unregistered' publication_id=publication.id unregistered_author_id=author_unreg.id %}">{{ author_unreg }}</a>
-                  </li>
-                {% endfor %}
-              </ul>
+    {% if request.user|is_in_group:'Editorial Administrators' %}
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-12">
+            <hr>
+    <h3>Editorial Administration tools: </h3>
+        <ul>
+          <li>Mark the first author (currently: {% if publication.first_author %}{{ publication.first_author }} {% elif publication.first_author_unregistered %}{{ publication.first_author_unregistered }} (unregistered){% endif %})
+            <div class="row">
+                <div class="col-md-5">
+                  <p>registered authors:</p>
+                  <ul>
+                    {% for author in publication.authors.all %}
+                      <li>
+                        <a href="{% url 'journals:mark_first_author' publication_id=publication.id contributor_id=author.id %}">{{ author }}</a>
+                      </li>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                  </ul>
+                </div>
+                <div class="col-md-5">
+                  <p>unregistered authors:</p>
+                  <ul>
+                    {% for author_unreg in publication.authors_unregistered.all %}
+                      <li>
+                        <a href="{% url 'journals:mark_first_author_unregistered' publication_id=publication.id unregistered_author_id=author_unreg.id %}">{{ author_unreg }}</a>
+                      </li>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                  </ul>
+                </div>
             </div>
+          </li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:add_author' publication_id=publication.id %}">Add a missing author</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:create_citation_list_metadata' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Create/update citation list metadata</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:create_funding_info_metadata' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Create/update funding info metadata</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:create_metadata_xml' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Create/update the XML metadata</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:metadata_xml_deposit' doi_string=publication.doi_string option='test' %}">Test metadata deposit (via Crossref test server)</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:metadata_xml_deposit' doi_string=publication.doi_string option='deposit' %}">Deposit the metadata to Crossref</a></li>
+          <li><a href="{% url 'journals:harvest_citedby_links' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Update Crossref cited-by links</a></li>
+        </ul>
         </div>
-      </li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:add_author' publication_id=publication.id %}">Add a missing author</a></li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:create_citation_list_metadata' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Create/update citation list metadata</a></li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:create_funding_info_metadata' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Create/update funding info metadata</a></li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:create_metadata_xml' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Create/update the XML metadata</a></li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:metadata_xml_deposit' doi_string=publication.doi_string option='test' %}">Test metadata deposit (via Crossref test server)</a></li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:metadata_xml_deposit' doi_string=publication.doi_string option='deposit' %}">Deposit the metadata to Crossref</a></li>
-      <li><a href="{% url 'journals:harvest_citedby_links' doi_string=publication.doi_string %}">Update Crossref cited-by links</a></li>
-    </ul>
     </div>
-</div>
-{% endif %}
-
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
+    {% endif %}
 
 {% endblock content %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics.html
index 6859a27c017f1c01e4d142f3f06ce08b86830345..f4f7fab9e83174039747a80ebc238ee789f4adff 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics.html
@@ -1,67 +1,48 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics{% endblock pagetitle %}
-{% block body_class %}{{block.super}} journals{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
 
-{% block secondary_navbar %}
-    <nav class="navbar navbar-secondary">
-        <div class="container">
-            <h2 class="banner d-inline-block mr-2"><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics' %}">SciPost Physics</a></h2>
-            <ul class="links">
-                <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_issues' %}">Issues</a></li>
-                <li><a class="active" href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_recent' %}">Recent</a></li>
-                <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_accepted' %}">Accepted</a></li>
-                <li><a href="{% url 'submissions:submissions' %}?to_journal=SciPostPhysics">Submissions</a></li>
-                <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_info_for_authors' %}">Info for authors</a></li>
-                <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_about' %}">About</a></li>
-            </ul>
+    {% if current_issue %}
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <h2 class="highlight-empty text-blue m-0 py-2">Current issue: Vol. {{ current_issue.in_volume.number }} issue {{ current_issue.number }} (in progress)</h2>
+            </div>
         </div>
-    </nav>
-{% endblock secondary_navbar %}
-
-{% block content %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        {% if current_issue %}
-            <h2 class="highlight-empty text-blue m-0 py-2">Current issue: Vol. {{ current_issue.in_volume.number }} issue {{ current_issue.number }} (in progress)</h2>
-        {% elif latest_issue %}
-            <h2 class="highlight-empty text-blue m-0 py-2">Latest issue: Vol. {{ latest_issue.in_volume.number }} issue {{ latest_issue.number }}</h2>
-        {% endif %}
-    </div>
-</div>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-3">
+                    {% for paper in current_issue.publication_set.all|dictsort:"paper_nr" %}
+                        <li class="list-group-item">
+                            <div class="card card-grey card-publication">
+                                {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
+                            </div>
+                        </li>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </ul>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    {% endif %}
 
-{% if current_issue %}
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-12">
-            <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-3">
-                {% for paper in current_issue.publication_set.all|dictsort:"paper_nr" %}
-                    <li class="list-group-item">
-                        <div class="card card-grey card-publication">
-                            {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
-                        </div>
-                    </li>
-                {% endfor %}
-            </ul>
+    {% if latest_issue %}
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <h2 class="highlight-empty text-blue m-0 py-2">Latest issue: Vol. {{ latest_issue.in_volume.number }} issue {{ latest_issue.number }}</h2>
+            </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
-    <hr>
-{% elif latest_issue %}
-    <div class="row">
-        <div class="col-12">
-            <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-3">
-                {% for paper in latest_issue.publication_set.all|dictsort:"paper_nr" %}
-                    <li class="list-group-item">
-                        <div class="card card-grey card-publication">
-                            {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
-                        </div>
-                    </li>
-                {% endfor %}
-            </ul>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-3">
+                    {% for paper in latest_issue.publication_set.all|dictsort:"paper_nr" %}
+                        <li class="list-group-item">
+                            <div class="card card-grey card-publication">
+                                {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
+                            </div>
+                        </li>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </ul>
+            </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
+    {% endif %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_about.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_about.html
index bda4829554007eac3a20823144c5275f76c1559f..ee07b94121b1a7add2889985e772d66a88428a48 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_about.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_about.html
@@ -1,72 +1,68 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: About SciPost Physics{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
+
+{% block pagetitle %}{{block.super}}: About{% endblock pagetitle %}
+
+{% block link_class_physics_about %}active{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
 
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
+    {% with header_text='About SciPost Physics' %}
+        {{block.super}}
+    {% endwith %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <div class="panel">
-            <h2>About</h2>
+    <div class="px-3">
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-6">
+                <h2>Aims</h2>
+                <p>SciPost Physics is a premium-quality, two-way open access, peer-witnessed refereed Journal for the general field of Physics.</p>
+                <p>It aims at providing scientists with a publishing platform in which uncompromising scientific quality meets the highest achievable standards of open accessibility, with a resolutely international outlook.</p>
+                <p><em>Two-way open access</em> means free for readers, free for authors: there are no subscription or download costs, and authors are freed from dealing with article submission and/or processing charges.</p>
+                <p>The <em>peer-witnessed refereeing</em> process guarantees high-quality, responsible refereeing, with demonstrably greater utility for authors and recognition for referees.</p>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-md-6">
+                <h2>Scope</h2>
+                <p>SciPost Physics publishes outstanding-quality research articles in the domains of Experimental, Theoretical and Computational physics, among which:</p>
+                <ul>
+                    <li>Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics</li>
+                    <li>Biophysics</li>
+                    <li>Condensed Matter Physics</li>
+                    <li>Fluid Dynamics</li>
+                    <li>Gravitation</li>
+                    <li>Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics</li>
+                    <li>High-Energy Physics</li>
+                    <li>Mathematical Physics</li>
+                    <li>Nuclear Physics</li>
+                    <li>Quantum Statistical Mechanics</li>
+                    <li>Statistical and Soft Matter Physics</li>
+                </ul>
+            </div>
         </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-md-6">
-        <h2>Aims</h2>
-        <p>SciPost Physics is a premium-quality, two-way open access, peer-witnessed refereed Journal for the general field of Physics.</p>
-        <p>It aims at providing scientists with a publishing platform in which uncompromising scientific quality meets the highest achievable standards of open accessibility, with a resolutely international outlook.</p>
-        <p><em>Two-way open access</em> means free for readers, free for authors: there are no subscription or download costs, and authors are freed from dealing with article submission and/or processing charges.</p>
-        <p>The <em>peer-witnessed refereeing</em> process guarantees high-quality, responsible refereeing, with demonstrably greater utility for authors and recognition for referees.</p>
-    </div>
-    <div class="col-md-6">
-        <h2>Scope</h2>
-        <p>SciPost Physics publishes outstanding-quality research articles in the domains of Experimental, Theoretical and Computational physics, among which:</p>
-        <ul>
-            <li>Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics</li>
-            <li>Biophysics</li>
-            <li>Condensed Matter Physics</li>
-            <li>Fluid Dynamics</li>
-            <li>Gravitation</li>
-            <li>Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics</li>
-            <li>High-Energy Physics</li>
-            <li>Mathematical Physics</li>
-            <li>Nuclear Physics</li>
-            <li>Quantum Statistical Mechanics</li>
-            <li>Statistical and Soft Matter Physics</li>
-        </ul>
-    </div>
-</div>
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-md-6">
-      <h2>Content</h2>
-      <p>The journal accepts three types of content: <strong>Letters</strong>, <strong>Articles</strong> and <strong>Reviews</strong>.</p>
-      <ul>
-        <li><strong>Letters</strong> report broad-interest, significant breakthroughs in Physics, of interest and importance to researchers in multiple subject areas.</li>
-        <li><strong>Articles</strong> provide in-depth, detailed reports of groundbreaking research within one or more subject areas.</li>
-        <li><strong>Reviews</strong> are short pieces taking a snapshot of a research area, written by recognized leaders in the field, providing a critical assessment of current frontline research and providing pointers towards future opportunities.</li>
-      </ul>
-    </div>
-    <div class="col-md-6">
-      <h2>Submission and Editorial Process</h2>
-      <p>Authors should follow the <a href="{% url 'submissions:author_guidelines' %}">submission guidelines</a> to ensure seamless processing of their manuscript. The <a href="{% url 'journals:journals_terms_and_conditions' %}">SciPost Journals Terms and Conditions</a> apply to all Submissions to SciPost Physics.</p>
-      <p>All incoming Submissions are checked for plagiarism and follow the peer-witnessed refereeing procedures outlined in <a href="{% url 'submissions:sub_and_ref_procedure' %}">Submission and Refereeing procedure</a>.</p>
-      <p>All publication decisions are taken by the <a href="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</a>, following the rules set out in the <a href="{% url 'scipost:EdCol_by-laws' %}">Editorial College by-laws</a>.</p>
-    </div>
-</div>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-md-6">
+              <h2>Content</h2>
+              <p>The journal accepts three types of content: <strong>Letters</strong>, <strong>Articles</strong> and <strong>Reviews</strong>.</p>
+              <ul>
+                <li><strong>Letters</strong> report broad-interest, significant breakthroughs in Physics, of interest and importance to researchers in multiple subject areas.</li>
+                <li><strong>Articles</strong> provide in-depth, detailed reports of groundbreaking research within one or more subject areas.</li>
+                <li><strong>Reviews</strong> are short pieces taking a snapshot of a research area, written by recognized leaders in the field, providing a critical assessment of current frontline research and providing pointers towards future opportunities.</li>
+              </ul>
+            </div>
+            <div class="col-md-6">
+              <h2>Submission and Editorial Process</h2>
+              <p>Authors should follow the <a href="{% url 'submissions:author_guidelines' %}">submission guidelines</a> to ensure seamless processing of their manuscript. The <a href="{% url 'journals:journals_terms_and_conditions' %}">SciPost Journals Terms and Conditions</a> apply to all Submissions to SciPost Physics.</p>
+              <p>All incoming Submissions are checked for plagiarism and follow the peer-witnessed refereeing procedures outlined in <a href="{% url 'submissions:sub_and_ref_procedure' %}">Submission and Refereeing procedure</a>.</p>
+              <p>All publication decisions are taken by the <a href="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</a>, following the rules set out in the <a href="{% url 'scipost:EdCol_by-laws' %}">Editorial College by-laws</a>.</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-      <h2>Publication: Open Access</h2>
-      <p>Publications in SciPost Physics are published under the terms of the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License</a>, allowing freedom to use, reproduce and distribute the articles and related content (unless otherwise noted), for commercial and noncommercial purposes, subject to the citation of the original source.</p>
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+              <h2>Publication: Open Access</h2>
+              <p>Publications in SciPost Physics are published under the terms of the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License</a>, allowing freedom to use, reproduce and distribute the articles and related content (unless otherwise noted), for commercial and noncommercial purposes, subject to the citation of the original source.</p>
+            </div>
+        </div>
     </div>
-</div>
-
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_accepted.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_accepted.html
index fc820ce148524ecff2f1aaacf42b3286bde04e8c..80f00c9c8e921d86a5039b08cfb3fcd79a2ec554 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_accepted.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_accepted.html
@@ -1,35 +1,29 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics: accepted{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% block pagetitle %}{{block.super}}: accepted{% endblock pagetitle %}
 
-{% block content %}
+{% block link_class_physics_accepted %}active{% endblock %}
 
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
+{% block content %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <div class="panel">
-            <h2>Accepted for publication</h2>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
+    {% with header_text='Accepted for publication' %}
+        {{block.super}}
+    {% endwith %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        {% if accepted_SP_submissions %}
-            <ul class="list-group list-group-flush">
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-12">
+            <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-2">
                 {% for submission in accepted_SP_submissions %}
                     <li class="list-group-item">
                         {% include 'submissions/_submission_card_content.html' with submission=submission %}
                     </li>
+                {% empty %}
+                    <li class="list-group-item px-2">
+                        <h3>All recently accepted Submissions to SciPost Physics have been published.</h3>
+                    </li>
                 {% endfor %}
             </ul>
-        {% else %}
-            <h3>All recently accepted Submissions to SciPost Physics have been published.</h3>
-        {% endif %}
+        </div>
     </div>
-</div>
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_footer.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_footer.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 20a275f2d5e742564ad26d3f3938cfd5b3480b61..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_footer.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-
-<hr>
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        SciPost Physics is published by the SciPost Foundation under the journal doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys and ISSN 2542-4653.
-    </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_info_for_authors.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_info_for_authors.html
index 1c203d4a0901aed99e15a2f8c8eafa9b7deafd6d..caa93c5c7312d042dc63dc5ff01e0ce7812274eb 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_info_for_authors.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_info_for_authors.html
@@ -1,41 +1,38 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics Info for Authors{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
-{% block content %}
+{% block pagetitle %}{{block.super}}: Info for Authors{% endblock pagetitle %}
+
+{% block link_class_physics_info %}active{% endblock %}
 
-  {% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
+{% block content %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <div class="panel">
-            <h2>Information for Authors</h2>
+    {% with header_text='Information for Authors' %}
+        {{block.super}}
+    {% endwith %}
+
+    <div class="px-3">
+        <div class="row">
+            <div class="col-12">
+                <h3>Manuscript preparation</h3>
+                <ul>
+                  <li>Please follow the <a href="{% url 'submissions:author_guidelines' %}">Author guidelines</a> to ensure seamless processing of your manuscript.</li>
+                </ul>
+
+                <h3>Submission and Refereeing</h3>
+                <ul>
+                  <li>Make sure you have read and agree with the <a href="{% url 'journals:journals_terms_and_conditions' %}">SciPost Journals Terms and Conditions.</a></li>
+                  <li>All Submissions to SciPost Physics follow the peer-witnessed refereeing procedures outlined in
+                    <a href="{% url 'submissions:sub_and_ref_procedure' %}">Submission and Refereeing procedure</a>.
+                  </li>
+                </ul>
+
+                <h3>Decision</h3>
+                <ul>
+                  <li>All publication decisions are taken by the <a href="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</a>, following the rules set out in the <a href="{% url 'scipost:EdCol_by-laws' %}">Editorial College by-laws</a>.</li>
+                </ul>
+            </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <h3>Manuscript preparation</h3>
-        <ul>
-          <li>Please follow the <a href="{% url 'submissions:author_guidelines' %}">Author guidelines</a> to ensure seamless processing of your manuscript.</li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <h3>Submission and Refereeing</h3>
-        <ul>
-          <li>Make sure you have read and agree with the <a href="{% url 'journals:journals_terms_and_conditions' %}">SciPost Journals Terms and Conditions.</a></li>
-          <li>All Submissions to SciPost Physics follow the peer-witnessed refereeing procedures outlined in
-            <a href="{% url 'submissions:sub_and_ref_procedure' %}">Submission and Refereeing procedure</a>.
-          </li>
-        </ul>
-
-        <h3>Decision</h3>
-        <ul>
-          <li>All publication decisions are taken by the <a href="{% url 'scipost:about' %}#editorial_college_physics">Editorial College (Physics)</a>, following the rules set out in the <a href="{% url 'scipost:EdCol_by-laws' %}">Editorial College by-laws</a>.</li>
-        </ul>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issue_detail.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issue_detail.html
index 7906d350b003b1ca7173bf7783b1d5970feb96a1..d38340e671ec5dfe590ad5c0fdfd7deafb7224d7 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issue_detail.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issue_detail.html
@@ -1,36 +1,27 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics: issue detail{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% block pagetitle %}{{block.super}}: issue detail{% endblock pagetitle %}
 
-{% block headsup %}
-
-{% endblock headsup %}
+{% block link_class_physics_issues %}active{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
 
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
-
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <div class="panel">
-            <h2>{{ issue }}</h2>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
+    {% with header_text=issue %}
+        {{block.super}}
+    {% endwith %}
 
-<div class="publicationHeaderList">
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-12">
-            {% for paper in papers %}
-                <div class="card card-publication">
-                    {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
-                </div>
-            {% endfor %}
+            <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-3">
+                {% for paper in papers %}
+                    <li class="list-group-item">
+                        <div class="card card-grey card-publication">
+                            {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
+                        </div>
+                    </li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
-
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issues.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issues.html
index b9a633adbdc4c6eabb4c3739b3f017cfeead2375..e3cb6bc16c7aa7d0fe8f4471aa4c2b3a6f64af82 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issues.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_issues.html
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics: issues{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% block pagetitle %}{{block.super}}: issues{% endblock pagetitle %}
 
-{% block content %}
+{% block link_class_physics_issues %}active{% endblock %}
 
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
+{% block content %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <div class="panel">
-            <h2>Issues</h2>
+    {% with header_text='Issues' %}
+        {{block.super}}
+    {% endwith %}
+
+    <div class="row">
+        <div class="col-12">
+            <ul>
+                {% for issue in issues %}
+                    <li>
+                        <a href="{% url 'scipost:SciPostPhys_issue_detail' volume_nr=issue.in_volume.number issue_nr=issue.number %}">{{ issue }}</a>
+                    </li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <ul>
-          {% for issue in issues %}
-            <li>
-              <a href="{% url 'scipost:SciPostPhys_issue_detail' volume_nr=issue.in_volume.number issue_nr=issue.number %}">{{ issue }}</a>
-            </li>
-          {% endfor %}
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_menu.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_menu.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 093a6e941c80ac01a7389b9fad30a7a700ad6c98..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_menu.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-  <ul class="SciPostPhysicsTabMenu">
-    <li>
-        <h3 class="banner py-2"><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics' %}">SciPost Physics</a></h3>
-    </li>
-    <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_issues' %}">Issues</li>
-    <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_recent' %}">Recent</li>
-    <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_accepted' %}">Accepted</li>
-    <li><a href="{% url 'submissions:submissions' %}?to_journal=SciPostPhysics">Submissions</a></li>
-    <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_info_for_authors' %}">Info for authors</a></li>
-    <li><a href="{% url 'journals:scipost_physics_about' %}">About</a></li>
-  </ul>
diff --git a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_recent.html b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_recent.html
index 8ec348d99b4e36c8f160f5f1e82b11502eb92af7..74f7cd6842c6504d856500769dd5f5a52f70d449 100644
--- a/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_recent.html
+++ b/journals/templates/journals/scipost_physics_recent.html
@@ -1,33 +1,29 @@
-{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+{% extends 'journals/_base.html' %}
 
-{% block pagetitle %}: SciPost Physics: recent{% endblock pagetitle %}
+{% block pagetitle %}{{block.super}}: recent{% endblock pagetitle %}
+
+{% block link_class_physics_recent %}active{% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
 
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_menu.html' %}
+    {% with header_text='Recent publications:' %}
+        {{block.super}}
+    {% endwith %}
 
-<div class="row">
-    <div class="col-12">
-        <div class="panel">
-            <h2>Recent publications:</h2>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
-
-{% if recent_papers %}
-<div class="publicationHeaderList">
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-12">
-            {% for paper in recent_papers %}
-                <div class="card card-publication">
-                    {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
-                </div>
-            {% endfor %}
+            <ul class="list-group list-group-flush px-3">
+                {% for paper in recent_papers %}
+                    <li class="list-group-item">
+                        <div class="card card-grey card-publication">
+                            {% include 'journals/_publication_card_content.html' with publication=paper %}
+                        </div>
+                    </li>
+                {% empty %}
+                    <li class="list-group-item"><h3>Sorry, no recent publications were found.</h3></li>
+                {% endfor %}
+            </ul>
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
-{% endif %}
-
-{% include 'journals/scipost_physics_footer.html' %}
 
-{% endblock content %}
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_grid.scss b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_grid.scss
index 4ae928dd18265da1c82a7325a7131c59a3fb46eb..9b9a5b24333cad1289b845ce194aba8e34fcfc8c 100644
--- a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_grid.scss
+++ b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_grid.scss
@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@ img {
 .col-md-0 {
     display: none;
 }
+
+footer.secondary {
+    color: $scipost-darkblue;
+    background: transparent;
+    border-top: 1px solid $scipost-darkblue;
+    text-align: center;
+}
diff --git a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_navbar.scss b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_navbar.scss
index ce197daf4c39818446566929f09adb8ad88900f6..40cc23f87b1f6b6f1f3901787518cf6817270818 100644
--- a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_navbar.scss
+++ b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_navbar.scss
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 .navbar-secondary {
     margin-top: -0.75rem;
     margin-bottom: 1.75rem;
-    background-color: #f8f8f8;
+    background-color: #f4f4f4;
+    background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #ffffff , #f0f0f0);
 
     > .container {
         margin-bottom: -1.5rem;
diff --git a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/scipost-physics.scss b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/scipost-physics.scss
index 7b0eaae150e3c36019f644dcbaea7b5396c99c8e..d0d2f46eccba15998393c6432fbbe06497279530 100644
--- a/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/scipost-physics.scss
+++ b/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/scipost-physics.scss
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
     > li {
         display: inline-block;
         margin: 0;
-        padding: 0.5rem 0.25rem;
+        padding: 0.5rem;
 
         a {
-            padding: 0.25rem 1.0rem;
+            padding: 0.25rem 0.75rem;
             border-radius: 1.4px;
             display: block;
 
diff --git a/scipost/templates/scipost/base.html b/scipost/templates/scipost/base.html
index 6848765d4c5ed4698660fe072b65a8070e02bf60..bc5c2e1b38a915d162f638246b5e580499fa8624 100644
--- a/scipost/templates/scipost/base.html
+++ b/scipost/templates/scipost/base.html
@@ -36,11 +36,15 @@
         {% block page_header %}{% endblock page_header %}
 
         {% block content %}{% endblock content %}
+
+        {% block content_footer %}{% endblock content_footer %}
     </div>
 
     {% block bodysup %}
     {% endblock bodysup %}
 
+    {% block secondary_footer %}{% endblock secondary_footer %}
+
     {% include 'scipost/footer.html' %}
 
     <script type="text/x-mathjax-config">