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Physical Review
LanguageEnglish
EditedbyRandall Kamien
Publication details
History1893–1913Series I
1913–1970Series II
1970–presentSeries III
1970–presentPhys. Rev. A,B,C,D
1993–presentPhys. Rev. E
1998–presentPhys. Rev. AB
2005–presentPhys. Rev. PER
2008–presentPhysics
2011–presentPhys. Rev. X
2014–presentPhys. Rev. Applied
2016–presentPhys. Rev. Fluids
2017–presentPhys. Rev. Materials
2019–presentPhys. Rev. Research
2020–presentPRX Quantum
Publisher
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Phys. Rev.
Inde xing
ISSN0031-899X(print)
1536-6065(web)
LCCN12037719
OCLCno.01715212
Links

Physical Reviewis apeer-reviewedscientific journalestablished in 1893 byEdward Nichols.It publishesoriginal researchas well asscientificandliterature reviewson all aspects ofphysics.It is published by theAmerican Physical Society(APS). The journal is in its third series, and is split in several sub-journals each covering a particular field of physics. It has asister journal,Physical Review Letters,which publishes shorter articles of broader interest.

History[edit]

Physical Reviewcommenced publication in July 1893, organized byCornell UniversityprofessorEdward Nicholsand helped by the new president of Cornell,J. Gould Schurman.The journal was managed and edited at Cornell in upstateNew Yorkfrom 1893 to 1913 by Nichols,Ernest Merritt,and Frederick Bedell. The 33 volumes published during this time constitutePhysical Review Series I.

TheAmerican Physical Society(APS), founded in 1899, took over its publication in 1913 and startedPhysical Review Series II.The journal remained at Cornell undereditor-in-chiefG. S. Fulcherfrom 1913 to 1926, before relocating to the location of editorJohn Torrence Tate, Sr.[note 1]at theUniversity of Minnesota.In 1929, the APS started publishingReviews of Modern Physics,a venue for longer review articles. In 1932, the newly formedAmerican Institute of Physicstook over publication ofPhysical Review.[1]

During theGreat Depression,wealthy scientistAlfred Loomisanonymously paid the journal's fees for authors who could not afford them.[2]

After Tate's death in 1950, the journals were managed on an interim basis still in Minnesota byE. L. HillandJ. William BuchtauntilSamuel Goudsmitand Simon Pasternack were appointed and the editorial office moved toBrookhaven National Laboratoryon EasternLong Island,New York.In July 1958, the sister journalPhysical Review Letterswas introduced to publish short articles of particularly broad interest, initially edited byGeorge L. Trigg,who remained as editor until 1988.

In 1970,Physical Reviewsplit into sub-journalsPhysical Review A,B,C,andD.A fifth member of the family,Physical Review E,was introduced in 1993 to a large part to accommodate the huge amount of new research innonlinear dynamics.Combined, these constitutePhysical Review Series III.

The editorial office moved in 1980 to its present location across the expressway from Brookhaven National Laboratory. Goudsmit retired in 1974 and Pasternack in the mid-1970s. Past Editors in Chief includeDavid Lazarus(1980–1990;University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign),Benjamin Bederson(1990–1996;New York University),Martin Blume(1996–2007; Brookhaven National Laboratory), andGene Sprouse(2007–2015;SUNY Stony Brook). The current Editor in Chief isMichael Thoennessen,whose term began in September 2017.[3]

To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the journal, a memoir was published jointly by the APS and AIP.[4]

In 1998, the first issue ofPhysical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beamswas published, and in 2005,Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Researchwas launched. In January 2016 the names of both journals were changed to remove "Special Topics".[5]Physical Reviewalso started an online magazine,Physical Review Focus,in 1998 to explain and provide historical context for selected articles fromPhysical ReviewandPhysical Review Letters.This was merged intoPhysicsin 2011. The Special Topics journals areopen access;Physics Education Researchrequires page charges from the authors, butAccelerators and Beamsdoes not. Though not fully open access,Physical Review Lettersalso requires an author page charge, although this is voluntary. The other journals require such a charge only if manuscripts are not prepared in one of the preferred formats.[6]Since 2011, authors can pay anarticle processing chargeto make their papers open access.[7]Such papers are published under the terms of theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 License(CC-BY).[8]Physical Review Letterscelebrated their 50th birthday in 2008.[9]The APS has acopyrightpolicy to permit the author to reuse parts of the published article in a derivative or new work, including onWikipedia.[10]

The APS has an online publication entitledPhysics,[11]aiming to help physicists and physics students to learn about new developments outside of their own subfield. This now includes the general-interest articles that appeared asPhysical Review Focus.A short-lived journal, also calledPhysics,was published byPergamon Pressand Physics Publishing Co. from 1964 through 1968, with the goal of printing "a selection of papers which are worth the attention of all physicists."[12]The four volumes of this journal were eventually made freely available online by the APS under the alternative titlePhysics Physique Физика,reflecting how the title was originally printed on the journal covers and how it was sometimes referred to in the years since.[13][14][15]

It also publishesPhysical Review X,[16]an online-onlyopen access journal.It is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes, as timely as possible, original research papers from all areas of pure, applied, and interdisciplinary physics. In 2014Physical Review Applied[17]began publishing research across all aspects of experimental and theoretical applications of physics, including their interactions with other sciences, engineering, and industry. In 2016 the APS launchedPhysical Review Fluids"to include additional areas offluid dynamicsresearch ",[18]and in 2017 it launchedPhysical Review Materials"to fill a gap" in the coverage of materials research.[19]In 2019Physical Review Researchwas launched to provide a broad fully open-access journal at about the same selectivity level as the olderA–Ejournals. In 2020,PRX Quantumwas launched to provide a home for and connection between the numerous research communities that make up quantum information science and technology, spanning from pure science to engineering to computer science and beyond.[20]In 2023PRX Lifewas launched to advance research from the interdisciplinary communities at the interface of the physical and life sciences.[21]

Journals[edit]

Journal ISO 4abbreviation Editor(s) Impact factor(2022) Published Scope ISSN
Physical Review Letters Phys. Rev. Lett. Hugues Chaté
Robert Garisto
Samindranath Mitra 		8.6 1958–present The full range ofapplied,fundamental,andinterdisciplinary physicsresearch topics ISSN0031-9007(print)
ISSN1079-7114(web)
Physical Review X Phys. Rev. X Denis Bartolo
Ling Miao 		12.5 2011–present PRXcovers the full spectrum of subject areas in physics and pays particular attention to innovative interdisciplinary research of wide impact ISSN2160-3308(web)
PRX Energy PRX Energy David Scanlon

Jacilynn (Brant) Otero

Margaret Hudson

2021– present PRX Energyis a highly selective, open access journal featuring energy science and technology research with an emphasis on outstanding and lasting impact. ISSN2768-5608(web)
PRX Quantum PRX Quantum Stephen Bartlett
Katiuscia N. Cassemiro 		9.7 2020–present PRX Quantumpublishes research in quantum information science and technology, spanning from pure science to engineering to computer science and beyond. ISSN2691-3399(web)
PRX Life PRX Life Margaret Gardel
Serena Bradde 		2022–present PRX Lifewill publish outstanding research at all scales of biological organization, including a focus on quantitative biological research. (web)
Reviews of Modern Physics Rev. Mod. Phys. Randall Kamien
Debbie Brodbar 		44.1 1929–present The full range of applied, fundamental, and interdisciplinary physics research topics ISSN0034-6861(print)
ISSN1539-0756(web)
Physical Review A[note 2] Phys. Rev. A Jan Michael Rost
Thomas Pattard 		2.9 1970–present Atomic, molecular, and optical physics,foundations ofquantum mechanicsandquantum information ISSN1050-2947(print)
ISSN1094-1622(web)
Physical Review B[note 2] Phys. Rev. B Stephen Nagler
Anthony M. Begley 		3.7 1970–present The full range ofcondensed matter,materials physics,and related subfields ISSN1098-0121(print)
ISSN1550-235X(web)
Physical Review C Phys. Rev. C Joseph I. Kapusta
Christopher Wesselborg 		3.1 1970–present Experimental and theoretical results in all aspects ofnuclear physics ISSN0556-2813(print)
ISSN1089-490X(web)
Physical Review D Phys. Rev. D Mirjam Cvetič
Urs M. Heller 		5.0 1970–present Experimental and theoretical results in all aspects ofparticle physics,field theory,gravitation,andcosmology ISSN1550-7998(print)
ISSN1550-2368(web)
Physical Review E Phys. Rev. E Uwe C. Täuber
Dirk Jan Bukman 		2.4 1993–present Statistical,nonlinear,biologicalandsoft matter physics ISSN1539-3755(print)
ISSN1550-2376(web)
Physical Review Research Phys. Rev. Res. Nicola Spaldin
Raissa D’Souza
Juan-José Liétor-Santos 		4.2 2019–present All research topics of interest to the physics community ISSN2643-1564(web)
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams Frank Zimmermann
Debbie Brodbar 		1.7 1998–present All topics inaccelerator science,applications, and technology ISSN2469-9888(web)
Physical Review Applied Phys. Rev. Appl. Stephen R. Forrest
Matthew Eager 		4.6 2014–present All aspects of experimental and theoretical applications of physics ISSN2331-7019(web)
Physical Review Fluids Phys. Rev. Fluids Eric Lauga
Beverley McKeon
Bradley Rubin 		2.7 2016–present All aspects offluid dynamicsresearch ISSN2469-990X(web)
Physical Review Materials Phys. Rev. Mater. Chris Leighton
Athanasios Chantis
 3.4 2017–present Wide range of topics onmaterials research ISSN2475-9953(web)
Physical Review Physics Education Research Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. Charles Henderson
Debbie Brodbar 		3.1 2005–present Experimental and theoreticalphysics educationresearch ISSN2469-9896(web)
Physics Physics Matteo Rini 2008–present All ofPhysics ISSN1943-2879(web)
Physical Review,Series I Phys. Rev. 1893–1912 All ofPhysics
Physical Review,Series II[note 2] Phys. Rev. 1913–1969 All of Physics
Physics Physique Физика[note 3] Philip Warren Anderson
B. T. Matthias 		1964–1968

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^Not to be confused with his son, thenumber theoristJohn Torrence Tate Jr.
  2. ^abcVolumes 133–140 of the Series II in years 1964 and 1965 were split into issues A and B. Later they were unified into a single series again.[22]They are different fromPhys. Rev. AandBof the third series. For example "Phys. Rev.133A1 (1964)"is an article of Ser. II, while"Phys. Rev. A11 (1970)is of Phys. Rev. A.
  3. ^Perhaps most noteworthy for publishingBell's theoremin 1964.

References[edit]

  1. ^Assmus, Alexi (1997). "Book Reviews: A Memoir on The Physical Review: A History of the First Hundred Years. Paul Hartman".Isis.88(2): 355–355.doi:10.1086/383738.ISSN0021-1753.
  2. ^Conant, Jennet (2002).Tuxedo Park.New York:Simon & Schuster.p.106.ISBN978-0-684-87287-2.
  3. ^Voss, David (June 2017)."Michael Thoennessen Appointed New APS Editor in Chief".American Physical Society.
  4. ^Hartman, Paul (1994).A Memoir on The Physical Review: A History of the First Hundred Years.New York:American Physical Society&American Institute of Physics.p. 212.ISBN978-1-56396-282-0.
  5. ^[1]Renaming the APS Special Topics Series, American Physical Society, December 31, 2015
  6. ^"Submission guidelines".March 2008.
  7. ^[2]APS Open Access announcement, American Physical Society, 15 February 2011
  8. ^[3]Details of Creative Commons license
  9. ^"Physical Review LettersCelebrates 50 Years ".American Physical Society.2014-02-13.
  10. ^Gene D. Sprouse (1 October 2008)."APS now leaves copyright with authors for derivative works".American Physical Society.
  11. ^"Physics".American Physical Society.
  12. ^Anderson, P. W.; Matthias, B. T. (1964-07-01)."Editorial foreword".Physics Physique Fizika.1(1): i.doi:10.1103/PhysicsPhysiqueFizika.1.i.ISSN0554-128X.
  13. ^Wick, David (1995), "Bell's Theorem",The Infamous Boundary,Springer New York, pp. 92–100,doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-4030-3_11,ISBN978-0-387-94726-6
  14. ^Physics. Physique. Fizika.OCLC. 1964.OCLC1370169.
  15. ^Kaiser, David(2014-11-14)."Opinion | Is Quantum Entanglement Real?".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2020-02-09.
  16. ^"Physical Review X".American Physical Society.
  17. ^"Physical Review Applied".American Physical Society.
  18. ^"Physical Review Fluids".American Physical Society.
  19. ^"Physical Review Materials".American Physical Society.
  20. ^"PRX Quantum".American Physical Society.
  21. ^"PRX Life".American Physical Society.
  22. ^The Physical Review. Second Series. A.American Physical Society. 1964.The Physical Review. Second Series. B.National Institute of Informatics.1964.Retrieved2016-12-28.

External links[edit]

Index of freely available volumes

The term of copyright on volumes published before 1928 has expired. These volumes are available online for free in their entirety:

Physical Review Series I (1893–1912)
Physical Review Series II (1913-1927)
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