Physical Review Letters

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History

The journal was created in 1958, by Samuel Goudsmit, who was then the editor of Physical Review , the American Physical Society's primary journal. He turned the Letters to the Editor section of Physical Review into a new standalone flagship journal: 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. [6]

Notable articles

Scope

PRL covers all areas of physics and related topics. The journal is divided into the following sections: [4]

A section before the table of contents highlights a small number of particularly notable articles in each edition. [10] [11]

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) [12]

SourceCategoryRankPercentileQuartile
ScopusGeneral Physics and Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy13/24394.65Q1
Web of Science (IF)Physics, Multidisciplinary8/11093.20Q1
Web of Science (JCI)Physics, Multidisciplinary8/11092.73Q1

Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor

Physical Review Letters is indexed in the following bibliographic databases: [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Conroy, Gemma (2020-01-16). "These four journals publish the most Nobel Prize-winning papers in physics". Nature Index. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  2. ↑ Garisto, Robert; Chaté, Hugues (2024-07-19). "Editorial: Whither Letters?". Physical Review Letters. 133 (3). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.030001. ISSN   0031-9007. Archived from the original on 2025-09-20. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Editorial Roles in the Physical Review Journals". Physical Review Journals. 2023-11-07. Archived from the original on 2025-08-23. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  4. 1 2 3 "About Physical Review Letters". American Physical Society . Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  5. ↑ "Physical Review Letters Staff". American Physical Society. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
  6. ↑ Bederson, Benjamin (2008). Samuel Abraham Goudsmit: a Biographical Memoir (PDF). National Academy of Sciences.
  7. ↑ Binnig, G.; Rohrer, H.; Gerber, Ch.; Weibel, E. (1982-07-05). "Surface Studies by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy". Physical Review Letters. 49 (1): 57–61. Bibcode:1982PhRvL..49...57B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.57. ISSN   0031-9007.
  8. ↑ Binnig, G.; Quate, C. F.; Gerber, Ch. (1986-03-03). "Atomic Force Microscope". Physical Review Letters. 56 (9): 930–933. Bibcode:1986PhRvL..56..930B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.930. ISSN   0031-9007. PMID   10033323.
  9. ↑ Abbott, B. P.; Abbott, R.; Abbott, T. D.; Abernathy, M. R.; Acernese, F.; Ackley, K.; Adams, C.; Adams, T.; Addesso, P.; Adhikari, R. X.; Adya, V. B.; Affeldt, C.; Agathos, M.; Agatsuma, K.; Aggarwal, N. (2016-02-11). "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger". Physical Review Letters. 116 (6) 061102. arXiv: 1602.03837 . Bibcode:2016PhRvL.116f1102A. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. ISSN   0031-9007. PMID   26918975.
  10. ↑ "Table of Contents". Physical Review Letters. 102 (17). 1 May 2009.
  11. ↑ "Table of Contents". Physical Review Letters. 105 (1). 2 July 2010.
  12. ↑ JRank: Physical Review Letters – https://jrank.net/journals/phys-rev-lett/metrics
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