Applied Physics Letters

AIP Publishing
AIP Publishing
ISSN: 00036951, 10773118
SCImago
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WOS
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Impact factor
3.5
SJR
0.976
CiteScore
6.4
Categories
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Areas
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1962-2025
journal names
Applied Physics Letters
APPL PHYS LETT
Publications
135 911
Citations
5 329 746
h-index
511
Publications
12 040
Citations
1 035 276
Top-3 citing journals
Applied Physics Letters
Applied Physics Letters (418793 citations)
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal of Applied Physics (310730 citations)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (167864 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Tokyo
University of Tokyo (2065 publications)
Tohoku University
Tohoku University (1889 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (51808 publications)
China (23475 publications)
Japan (17120 publications)
China (5009 publications)
USA (2478 publications)
Japan (1216 publications)

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