| Discipline | Physics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by |
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| Publication details | |
| History | 1958–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| partial | |
| 9.0 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Phys. Rev. Lett. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | PRLTAO |
| ISSN | 0031-9007 (print) 1079-7114 (web) |
| LCCN | 59037543 |
| OCLC no. | 1715834 |
CD-ROM issue | |
| ISSN | 1092-0145 |
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Physical Review Letters (PRL), established in 1958, is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by the American Physical Society. The journal is considered one of the most prestigious in the field of physics. Over a quarter of Physics Nobel Prize-winning papers between 1995 and 2017 were published in it. [1]
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]
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]
PRL covers all areas of physics. The journal is divided into the following sections: [2] [8] [9]
A section before the table of contents highlights a small number of particularly notable articles in each edition. [8] [9]
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 |
Physical Review Letters is indexed in the following bibliographic databases: [2]