Physical Review - Definition and Overview

Physical Review is one of the oldest and most-respected scientific journals publishing research on all aspects of physics. It is published by the American Physical Society (APS).

History

Physical Review commenced publication in July 1893. The American Physical Society took over publication in 1913. In 1958, the sister journal Physical Review Letters was introduced to publish short articles of particularly broad interest. In 1970, Physical Review split into sub-journals Physical Review A, B, C, and D. 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 in nonlinear dynamics.

Journal scope

• Physical Review A: Atomic, molecular, and optical physics.
• Physical Review B: Condensed matter and materials physics.
• Physical Review C: Nuclear physics.
• Physical Review D: Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology.
• Physical Review E: Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics.
• Physical Review Letters: Important fundamental research in all fields of physics.

External links

• Online archive of all back issues of Phys. Rev. (subscription required) (http://prola.aps.org/)
• Official website Physical Review A (http://pra.aps.org/)
• Official website Physical Review B (http://prb.aps.org/)
• Official website Physical Review C (http://prc.aps.org/)
• Official website Physical Review D (http://prd.aps.org/)
• Official website Physical Review E (http://pre.aps.org/)
• Official website Physical Review Letters (http://prl.aps.org/)
• American Physical Society (http://www.aps.org/)