Physical Review Letters
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PRL is published both online and as a print journal. Its focus is on short articles ("letters") intended for quick publication. The Lead Editor is Hugues Chaté. The Managing Editor is Robert Garisto.[2][3]
History
The journal was created in 1958. Samuel Goudsmit, who was then the editor of Physical Review, the American Physical Society's flagship journal, organized and published Letters to the Editor of Physical Review into a new standalone journal, which became Physical Review Letters. It was the first journal intended for the rapid publication of short articles, a format that eventually became popular in many other fields.[4]
Notable articles
- 1964 PRL symmetry breaking papers
- First report of a functional scanning tunneling microscope (1982)[5]
- Invention of the atomic force microscope (1986)[6]
- First observation of gravitational waves (2016)[7]
Scope
PRL covers all areas of physics. The journal is divided into the following sections:[2][8][9]
- General Physics: Statistical and Quantum mechanics, Quantum information, etc.
- Gravitation and astrophysics
- Elementary particles and fields
- Nuclear physics
- Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
- Nonlinear dynamics, Fluid dynamics, Classical optics, etc.
- Plasma and beam physics
- Condensed matter: Structure, etc.
- Condensed Matter: Semiconductor-Electronic properties, etc.
- Polymer, Soft matter, Biological, and Interdisciplinary physics
A section before the table of contents highlights a small number of particularly notable articles in each edition.[8][9]
Journal ranking summary
The following table presents the most recent journal ranking metrics for Physical Review Letters based on data from Scopus and Web of Science categories.
Journal ranking summary (2023) [10]
| Source | Category | Rank | Percentile | Quartile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scopus | General Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy | 13/243 | 94.65 | Q1 |
| Web of Science (IF) | Physics, Multidisciplinary | 8/110 | 93.20 | Q1 |
| Web of Science (JCI) | Physics, Multidisciplinary | 8/110 | 92.73 | Q1 |
Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor
Physical Review Letters is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:[2]
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- Chemical Abstracts
- Computer & Control Abstracts
- Current Physics Index
- Electrical & Electronics Index
- Energy Research Abstracts
- GeoRef
- INSPEC
- International Aerospace Abstracts
- Mathematical Reviews
- Medline
- Metals Abstracts
- Nuclear Science Abstracts
- Physics Abstracts
- PubSCIENCE
- SPIN
- World Aluminum Abstracts
See also
References
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External links
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- All Volumes and Issues
- Collections of articles
- 50th Anniversary Milestone Papers
- "Physics"