Open Access
Physical Review Letters
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
8.1
SJR
3.040
CiteScore
16.5
Categories
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Areas
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
1958-2025
journal names
Physical Review Letters
PHYS REV LETT
Top-3 citing journals

Physical Review B
(1158672 citations)

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(679251 citations)

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(535932 citations)
Top-3 organizations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(3383 publications)

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(3026 publications)

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(2982 publications)

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(357 publications)

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(347 publications)

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(341 publications)
Most cited in 5 years
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American Physical Society (APS)
3434409 citations, 30.65%
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Elsevier
1756484 citations, 15.68%
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Springer Nature
1200026 citations, 10.71%
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IOP Publishing
1112330 citations, 9.93%
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AIP Publishing
697946 citations, 6.23%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
406841 citations, 3.63%
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Wiley
342361 citations, 3.06%
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
198508 citations, 1.77%
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Optica Publishing Group
178316 citations, 1.59%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
167965 citations, 1.5%
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Taylor & Francis
137458 citations, 1.23%
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World Scientific
131358 citations, 1.17%
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MDPI
107716 citations, 0.96%
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Pleiades Publishing
86448 citations, 0.77%
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Cambridge University Press
75037 citations, 0.67%
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Physical Society of Japan
73065 citations, 0.65%
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Oxford University Press
49104 citations, 0.44%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
42665 citations, 0.38%
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EDP Sciences
37300 citations, 0.33%
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American Astronomical Society
36938 citations, 0.33%
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Japan Society of Applied Physics
32093 citations, 0.29%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
26985 citations, 0.24%
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Acta Physica Sinica, Chinese Physical Society and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
26288 citations, 0.23%
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The Royal Society
22839 citations, 0.2%
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Annual Reviews
22807 citations, 0.2%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
20367 citations, 0.18%
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Walter de Gruyter
19018 citations, 0.17%
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Stichting SciPost
18652 citations, 0.17%
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Hindawi Limited
16487 citations, 0.15%
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Science in China Press
14730 citations, 0.13%
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SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
14199 citations, 0.13%
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Uspekhi Fizicheskikh Nauk Journal
14030 citations, 0.13%
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American Vacuum Society
12681 citations, 0.11%
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Verein zur Forderung des Open Access Publizierens in den Quantenwissenschaften
11806 citations, 0.11%
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
11607 citations, 0.1%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
9718 citations, 0.09%
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9698 citations, 0.09%
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Trans Tech Publications
9059 citations, 0.08%
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American Geophysical Union
6879 citations, 0.06%
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Canadian Science Publishing
6511 citations, 0.06%
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
6244 citations, 0.06%
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SAGE
6096 citations, 0.05%
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ASME International
5211 citations, 0.05%
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Society of Rheology
4575 citations, 0.04%
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The Electrochemical Society
4444 citations, 0.04%
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International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
3939 citations, 0.04%
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3462 citations, 0.03%
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Societa Italiana di Fisica
3123 citations, 0.03%
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The Surface Science Society of Japan
3007 citations, 0.03%
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
2993 citations, 0.03%
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2827 citations, 0.03%
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Beilstein-Institut
2796 citations, 0.02%
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Steklov Mathematical Institute
2767 citations, 0.02%
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
2699 citations, 0.02%
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Japan Institute of Metals
2606 citations, 0.02%
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Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
2540 citations, 0.02%
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The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research (JSPF)
2466 citations, 0.02%
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Scientific Research Publishing
2366 citations, 0.02%
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Copernicus
2303 citations, 0.02%
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IntechOpen
2303 citations, 0.02%
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American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
2170 citations, 0.02%
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The Laser Society of Japan
2160 citations, 0.02%
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Biophysical Society
2075 citations, 0.02%
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American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
1818 citations, 0.02%
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Social Science Electronic Publishing
1496 citations, 0.01%
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The Magnetics Society of Japan
1397 citations, 0.01%
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MIT Press
1361 citations, 0.01%
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The Russian Academy of Sciences
1337 citations, 0.01%
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Institute of Mathematical Statistics
1280 citations, 0.01%
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eLife Sciences Publications
1186 citations, 0.01%
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Electromagnetics Academy
1174 citations, 0.01%
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IGI Global
1116 citations, 0.01%
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1052 citations, 0.01%
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
922 citations, 0.01%
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Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (NAS Ukraine)
894 citations, 0.01%
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American Physiological Society
845 citations, 0.01%
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Tsinghua University Press
837 citations, 0.01%
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American Meteorological Society
793 citations, 0.01%
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National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
791 citations, 0.01%
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