About the journal
Physical Review Letters is a journal published by American Physical Society in United States. It is listed in MEDLINE and PUBMED according to the sources read. Declared publication charge: 3,750 USD. Facts are reproduced as recorded at their sources with their capture dates; PublishLens indicators are available after sign-in.
Basic facts
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 · 1079-7114
- Country
- United States
- Access
- Not open access / not declared
- Declared publication charge
- 3,750 USD
- Official website
- http://journals.aps.org/prl/
Index listings
- MEDLINE · 2000-01-01
- PUBMED · 1985-01-07
- Indexing
- MEDLINE · PUBMED
- APC
- 3,750 USD
- Declared review time (DOAJ)
- —
- Actual review time (measured)
- 174 days received→accepted — computed from PubMed (n=98)
- Activity (OpenAlex)
- Active — latest works 2026
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Works in OpenAlex
146014
Last recorded publication year
2026
h-index
978
i10-index
120914
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Editorial & policy5
- Observed digital preservation (Keepers registry)— snapshot 2026-10-05
- Portico
- Norwegian register (HK-dir)— 2027
- Level 2 — top tier (~20% of the field's channels)
- Open references deposited at Crossref
- 96%
- ORCID iDs in current deposits
- 95%
- Enrolled in Crossref Similarity Check
- ✓
- Deposits licence metadata at Crossref
- ✓
Identity & continuity3
- Alternate titles
- Physical review letters onlinePhysical review letters on CD-ROMPRL
- Source type
- journal
- NLM unique ID (PubMed)
- 0401141
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Subject areas
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
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- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Quantum Information and Cryptography
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Material Dynamics and Properties
- Material Dynamics and Properties
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Quantum many-body systems
- Quantum many-body systems
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Quantum optics and atomic interactions
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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