Physical Review A

Aims & Scope

Physical Review A (PRA) publishes important developments in the rapidly evolving areas of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics, quantum information, and related fundamental concepts.

PRA covers atomic, molecular, and optical physics, foundations of quantum mechanics, and quantum information, including: -Fundamental concepts -Quantum information -Atomic and molecular structure and dynamics; high-precision measurement -Atomic and molecular collisions and interactions -Atomic and molecular processes in external fields, including interactions with strong fields and short pulses -Matter waves and collective properties of cold atoms and molecules -Quantum optics, physics of lasers, nonlinear optics, and classical optics

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.033

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	307

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4576

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	20450

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Physics and Astronomy, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Quantum circuit learning

  Citation: 1087

  Authors: K., M., M., K.

• Evaluating analytic gradients on quantum hardware

  Citation: 720

  Authors: Maria, Ville, Christian, Josh, Nathan

• Circuit-centric quantum classifiers

  Citation: 653

  Authors: Maria, Alex, Krysta M., Nathan

• Validating quantum computers using randomized model circuits

  Citation: 502

  Authors: Andrew W., Lev S., Sarah, Paul D., Jay M.

• Efficient <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mi>Z</mml:mi></mml:math> gates for quantum computing

  Citation: 451

  Authors: David C., Christopher J., Sarah, Jerry M., Jay M.

• Effect of data encoding on the expressive power of variational quantum-machine-learning models

  Citation: 444

  Authors: Maria, Ryan, Johannes Jakob

• Hybrid quantum-classical hierarchy for mitigation of decoherence and determination of excited states

  Citation: 420

  Authors: Jarrod R., Mollie E., Jonathan, Wibe A.

• Measuring the scrambling of quantum information

  Citation: 397

  Authors: Brian, Gregory, Monika, Patrick

• Noise tailoring for scalable quantum computation via randomized compiling

  Citation: 389

  Authors: Joel J., Joseph

• Sensors operating at exceptional points: General theory

  Citation: 374

  Authors: Jan

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