Physical Review Letters

physics journal from the American Physical Society
Periodical scientific_journal Q2018386
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Physical Review Letters

Summary

Physical Review Letters is a scientific journal[1]. It ranks in the top 0.42% of scientific_journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month, #10 of 2,364).[2]

Key Facts

  • Physical Review Letters's instance of is recorded as scientific journal[3].
  • Physical Review Letters was edited by Rama Govindarajan[4].
  • Physical Review Letters was published by American Physical Society[5].
  • Physical Review Letters's place of publication is recorded as Woodbury[6].
  • Physical Review Letters's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Physical Review Letters's archives at is recorded as Portico[8].
  • Physical Review Letters's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • 1958 marks the founding of Physical Review Letters[10].
  • July 1958 marks the founding of Physical Review Letters[11].
  • Physical Review Letters's official website is recorded as http://prl.aps.org/[12].
  • Physical Review Letters's official website is recorded as http://books.google.com/books?id=xfsuAAAAMAAJ[13].
  • Physical Review Letters's official website is recorded as http://books.google.com/books?id=ow0vAAAAMAAJ[14].
  • Physical Review Letters's official website is recorded as http://books.google.com/books?id=CQ0vAAAAMAAJ[15].
  • Physical Review Letters's official website is recorded as http://books.google.com/books?id=rIVVAAAAMAAJ[16].
  • Physical Review Letters's official website is recorded as https://journals.aps.org/prl/[17].
  • Physical Review Letters's main subject is physics[18].
  • Physical Review Letters's web feed URL is recorded as http://feeds.aps.org/rss/recent/prl.xml[19].
  • Physical Review Letters's Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator level is recorded as 2[20].
  • Physical Review Letters's title is recorded as Physical Review Letters[21].
  • Physical Review Letters's short name is recorded as Phys. Rev. Lett.[22].
  • Physical Review Letters's publication interval is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[23].
  • Physical Review Letters's publication interval is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[24].
  • Physical Review Letters's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 530.5[25].
  • Physical Review Letters's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as QC1 .P43[26].
  • Physical Review Letters's Regensburg Classification is recorded as UA 1000[27].

Why It Matters

Physical Review Letters ranks in the top 0.42% of scientific_journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month, #10 of 2,364).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Rohini · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Editor → Rama Govindarajan
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  2. 4w ago · Geagea · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → American Physical Society
    Publisher → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Inception → +1958-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1958-07-00T00:00:00Z
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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