| Discipline | Physics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
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| Publication details | |
| History | 1958–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| partial | |
| License | CC-BY 4.0 International license |
| 9.0 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | Phys. Rev. Lett. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| 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 apeer-reviewed,scientific journal that is published 52 times per year by theAmerican Physical Society. The journal is considered one of the most prestigious in the field ofphysics. Over a quarter ofPhysics 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") for a broad readership.[2] The Lead Editor (main science advisor) is Rafael Fernandes. The Chief Editor (responsible for the journal content[3]), is Robert Garisto.[4][5]
The journal was created in 1958, bySamuel Goudsmit, who was then the editor ofPhysical Review, theAmerican Physical Society's primary journal. He turned theLetters to the Editor section ofPhysical 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]
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]
The following table presents the most recent journal ranking metrics forPhysical Review Letters based on data from Scopus and Web of Science categories.
Journal ranking summary (2023)[12]
| 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:[4]
