Physical Review Letters
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Open Access
Journal
Country
United States
Northern America
Subject Area and Category
Physics and Astronomy
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Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Publisher
SJR 2025
2.790
Q1
SJR Score
H-Index
750
Citations / Doc (2yr)
8.73
Total Docs. (latest)
3,001
Total Citations (3yr)
59,362
Publication type
Journals
ISSN
10797114, 00319007
Coverage
1958-2026
Journal Rank
#819
Subject Categories
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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Subject Areas
Aims & Scope
PRL covers the full range of applied, fundamental, and interdisciplinary physics research topics:
General physics, including statistical and quantum mechanics and quantum information
Gravitation, astrophysics, and cosmology
Elementary particles and fields
Nuclear physics
Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Nonlinear dynamics, fluid dynamics, and classical optics
Plasma and beam physics
Condensed matter and materials physics
Polymers, soft matter, biological, climate and interdisciplinary physics, including networks
Abstracting & Indexing
Scopus
Google Scholar
Web of Science
Medline
Detailed Metrics
| Total Docs. (latest) | 3,001 |
| Total Docs. (3 years) | 6,765 |
| Total Refs. | 182,499 |
| Total Citations (3 years) | 59,362 |
| Citable Docs. (3 years) | 6,708 |
| Citations / Doc. (2 years) | 8.73 |
| Ref. / Doc. | 60.81 |
| % Female | 21.7% |
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