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]
| Discipline | Physics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by |
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| Publication details | |
| History | 1958–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| partial | |
| 8.6 (2022) | |
| 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 |
| Links | |
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
editThe 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
edit- 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
editPRL 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]
Abstracting, indexing, and impact factor
editPhysical Review Letters is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:[2]
- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Conroy, Gemma (2020-01-16). "These four journals publish the most Nobel Prize-winning papers in physics". Nature Index. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ^ a b c "About Physical Review Letters". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
- ^ "Physical Review Letters Staff". American Physical Society. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ Bederson, Benjamin (2008). Samuel Abraham Goudsmit: a Biographical Memoir (PDF). National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Binnig, G.; Rohrer, H.; Gerber, Ch.; Weibel, E. (1982-07-05). "Surface Studies by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy". Physical Review Letters. 49 (1): 57–61. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.57. ISSN 0031-9007.
- ^ Binnig, G.; Quate, C. F.; Gerber, Ch. (1986-03-03). "Atomic Force Microscope". Physical Review Letters. 56 (9): 930–933. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.930. ISSN 0031-9007.
- ^ 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). arXiv:1602.03837. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102. ISSN 0031-9007.
- ^ a b "Table of Contents". Physical Review Letters. 102 (17). 1 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Table of Contents". Physical Review Letters. 105 (1). 2 July 2010.