Physical Review Research

Aims & Scope

Physical Review Research welcomes papers from the full spectrum of research topics of interest to the physics community.

Research coverage in the journal comprises: fundamental and applied; theoretical and experimental, including technical and methodological advances; and interdisciplinary and newly emerging areas.

Subject areas include, but are not limited to: • acoustics • artificial intelligence • astronomy and astrophysics • atomic and molecular physics • biological physics • chemical physics • climate science • complex systems and networks • computational and data-intensive science • condensed matter physics • cosmology • Earth and environmental sciences • electronics and devices • energy research • fluid mechanics • geophysics • gravitation • industrial physics • information theory • interdisciplinary research • magnetism • materials science • mathematical physics • medical physics • mesoscopics • metamaterials • nanoscience and nanotechnology • nonlinear dynamics • nuclear physics • optics • optoelectronics • particles and fields • photonics • physical chemistry • physics of living systems • plasma science and technology • plasmonics • polymer science • polymeric materials • quantum fluids • quantum materials • quantum information and technology • quantum physics • scientific machine learning • semiconductor physics and technology • soft and active matter • solid mechanics • spintronics • statistical physics and thermodynamics • string theory • superconductivity • superfluidity • surface science • topological physics • zero-, one-, and two-dimensional materials

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Physics and Astronomy, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,755.00 USD. Learn more.

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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.

• <i>Ab initio</i> solution of the many-electron Schrödinger equation with deep neural networks

  Citation: 391

  Authors: David, James S., Alexander G. D. G., W. M. C.

• Dedalus: A flexible framework for numerical simulations with spectral methods

  Citation: 390

  Authors: Keaton J., Geoffrey M., Jeffrey S., Daniel, Benjamin P.

• Reciprocal skin effect and its realization in a topolectrical circuit

  Citation: 328

  Authors: Tobias, Tobias, Frank, Nora, Marta, Martin, Tobias, David, Achim, Anton, Ching Hua, Ante, Ronny, Titus

• Surrogate models for precessing binary black hole simulations with unequal masses

  Citation: 323

  Authors: Vijay, Scott E., Mark A., Jonathan, Davide, Leo C., Lawrence E., Harald P.

• Continuous-variable quantum neural networks

  Citation: 319

  Authors: Nathan, Thomas R., Juan Miguel, Maria, Nicolás, Seth

• Probing non-Hermitian skin effect and non-Bloch phase transitions

  Citation: 319

  Authors: Stefano

• Subspace-search variational quantum eigensolver for excited states

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Ken M., Kosuke, Keisuke

• Spin scattering and noncollinear spin structure-induced intrinsic anomalous Hall effect in antiferromagnetic topological insulator <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>MnB</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">i</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">T</mml:mi><mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">e</mml:mi><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>

  Citation: 250

  Authors: Seng Huat, Yanglin, Yu, Leixin, Timothy, Hemian, Susan, Jin, Colin A., P., William, Julie A., Heda, Xianglin, David, Nasim, Cui-Zu, Nitin, Zhiqiang

• Exact continuum model for low-energy electronic states of twisted bilayer graphene

  Citation: 243

  Authors: Stephen, Shiang, Ziyan, Efthimios

• Observation of quantum droplets in a heteronuclear bosonic mixture

  Citation: 227

  Authors: C., A., M., L., F., M., F., C.