Physical Review Letters 10.6M citations
136.9k papers · indexed · active since 2016
Impact in Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Quantum and electron transport phenomena Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Papers in i Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 15.4k Theoretical and Computational Physics 9.7k Quantum and electron transport phenomena 13.8k Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates 11.1k Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics 9.0k Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 8.9k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Physical Review Letters
Comparison fields: 5 of 248 Condensed Matter Physics 1.9M Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5.0M Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.8M Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 966.0k Acoustics and Ultrasonics 68.8k Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1.3M Materials Chemistry 2.4M Astronomy and Astrophysics 798.1k Structural Biology 49.8k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 191.0k Radiation 233.1k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1.5M Artificial Intelligence 883.0k Geophysics 314.0k Biomedical Engineering 934.3k Spectroscopy 345.7k Computational Mechanics 353.9k Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 145.7k Ceramics and Composites 90.5k Mechanics of Materials 348.8k Mathematical Physics 127.7k Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 76.2k Biophysics 61.0k Atmospheric Science 184.8k Computer Networks and Communications 242.3k Catalysis 67.9k Polymers and Plastics 131.3k Inorganic Chemistry 117.9k Aerospace Engineering 209.4k Computational Mathematics 4.6k Organic Chemistry 192.2k Mechanical Engineering 259.8k Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 111.3k Modeling and Simulation 30.1k Geometry and Topology 54.9k Electrochemistry 36.1k Civil and Structural Engineering 108.0k Ocean Engineering 76.3k Computational Theory and Mathematics 79.4k Cognitive Neuroscience 79.9k Oceanography 50.7k Molecular Biology 269.2k Geochemistry and Petrology 22.6k Statistics and Probability 31.4k Instrumentation 13.0k Biomaterials 40.9k Applied Mathematics 32.5k Economics and Econometrics 78.3k Bioengineering 16.0k Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 19.5k General Materials Science 8.4k Global and Planetary Change 52.5k Cell Biology 39.3k Metals and Alloys 5.8k Earth-Surface Processes 14.4k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 36.4k Numerical Analysis 11.3k Environmental Engineering 27.5k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 39.7k Molecular Medicine 9.2k Filtration and Separation 3.8k Water Science and Technology 22.5k Accounting 17.2k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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and Manual Therapy 87 Genetics 427 General Energy 44 Software 177 Behavioral Neuroscience 132 Anthropology 397 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 562 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 165 Clinical Psychology 720 Developmental and Educational Psychology 456 General Health Professions 813 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 555 Agronomy and Crop Science 317 Geography, Planning and Development 177 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 154 Urban Studies 188 General Social Sciences 98 Parasitology 187 Marketing 263 Urology 156 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 43 Demography 319 Business and International Management 54 Music 85 Pharmacy 111 Emergency Medicine 207 Hepatology 179 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 125 Periodontics 96 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 236 Aquatic Science 161 Family Practice 38 Chemical Health and Safety 14 Health 161 Health Informatics 31 Internal Medicine 68 Language and Linguistics 235 Small Animals 149 Space and Planetary 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About Physical Review Letters The 136.9k papers published in Physical Review Letters in the last decades have received a total of 10.6M indexed citations . Papers published in Physical Review Letters usually cover Condensed Matter Physics (29.6k papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (70.3k papers), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (29.2k papers), Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (13.2k papers) and Acoustics and Ultrasonics (872 papers) specifically the topics of Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (15.4k papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (13.8k papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (11.8k papers), Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (11.1k papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (10.3k papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (9.7k papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (9.0k papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8.9k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Physical Review Letters are John P. Perdew , Kieron Burke , Matthias Ernzerhof , Steven Weinberg , F. D. M. Haldane , Frank Wilczek , John Brian Pendry , Eli Yablonovitch , Michele Parrinello and C. L. Kane .
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