Physical Review Letters
American Physical Society
Primary Field
Physics
ISSN Number
1079-7114
Publish Time
43 weeks
Impact Score
972 H-Index
Annual Volume
145.3k papers
Last Verified
Apr 5, 2026
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Total Pipeline
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