Physical Review B

Aims & Scope

Physical Review B (PRB) is the world’s largest dedicated physics journal, publishing approximately 100 new, high-quality papers each week.

The most highly cited journal in condensed matter physics, PRB provides outstanding depth and breadth of coverage, combined with unrivaled context and background for ongoing research by scientists worldwide.

PRB covers the full range of condensed matter, materials physics, and related subfields, including: -Structure and phase transitions -Ferroelectrics and multiferroics -Disordered systems and alloys -Magnetism -Superconductivity -Electronic structure, photonics, and metamaterials -Semiconductors and mesoscopic systems -Surfaces, nanoscience, and two-dimensional materials -Topological states of matter

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	3.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.303

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	517

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3076

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	52628

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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 Materials Science and 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.

• Electric multipole moments, topological multipole moment pumping, and chiral hinge states in crystalline insulators

  Citation: 1182

  Authors: Wladimir A., B. Andrei, Taylor L.

• Anatomy of skin modes and topology in non-Hermitian systems

  Citation: 668

  Authors: Ching Hua, Ronny

• Non-Hermitian robust edge states in one dimension: Anomalous localization and eigenspace condensation at exceptional points

  Citation: 652

  Authors: V. M., J. E., L. E. F.

• Quantization of fractional corner charge in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>C</mml:mi><mml:mi>n</mml:mi></mml:msub></mml:math> -symmetric higher-order topological crystalline insulators

  Citation: 646

  Authors: Wladimir A., Tianhe, Taylor L.

• Atomic cluster expansion for accurate and transferable interatomic potentials

  Citation: 636

  Authors: Ralf

• Unifying time evolution and optimization with matrix product states

  Citation: 593

  Authors: Jutho, Christian, Ivan, Bart, Frank

• Four-phonon scattering significantly reduces intrinsic thermal conductivity of solids

  Citation: 593

  Authors: Tianli, Lucas, Xiulin

• Strain-tunable magnetic anisotropy in monolayer <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>CrCl</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> , <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>CrBr</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> , and <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>CrI</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math>

  Citation: 558

  Authors: Lucas, Jia-An

• Machine learning based interatomic potential for amorphous carbon

  Citation: 550

  Authors: Volker L., Gábor

• Quantum Zeno effect and the many-body entanglement transition

  Citation: 541

  Authors: Yaodong, Xiao, Matthew P. A.

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