Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Aims & Scope

General and cross-disciplinary physics, Condensed matter physics, Quantum information, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Nonlinear science, Statistical physics, Mathematical physics, Computational physics, AMO, Physics of complex systems, Plasma physics, Fluid physics, Optical physics, Biological physics and nanoscience

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.455

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	194

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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.

• Tunneling between ferromagnetic films

  Citation: 3307

  Authors: M.

• Separability of mixed states: necessary and sufficient conditions

  Citation: 3249

  Authors: Michał, Paweł, Ryszard

• An equation for continuous chaos

  Citation: 3213

  Authors: O.E.

• Continuous control of chaos by self-controlling feedback

  Citation: 2799

  Authors: K.

• Continuum dynamics of the 1-D Heisenberg antiferromagnet: Identification with the O(3) nonlinear sigma model

  Citation: 2530

  Authors: F.D.M.

• Energy transfer in oxidic phosphors

  Citation: 1878

  Authors: G.

• Construction of higher order symplectic integrators

  Citation: 1758

  Authors: Haruo

• Extended tanh-function method and its applications to nonlinear equations

  Citation: 1566

  Authors: Engui

• The ()-expansion method and travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics

  Citation: 1538

  Authors: Mingliang, Xiangzheng, Jinliang

• Fractional quantum mechanics and Lévy path integrals

  Citation: 1420

  Authors: Nikolai

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