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PHYSICAL REVIEW B

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55 Review(s)

Open Access SCIE Official Website Submission Website

*Average Peer Review
About 3.0 month(s)

*Competitiveness
50%

CiteScore
6.2

CiteScore Rank

Subject Area	Rank	Percentile
Category: Physics and Astronomy Subcategory: Condensed Matter Physics	105 / 446
Category: Physics and Astronomy Subcategory: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials	87 / 318

Link to PubMed Central (PMC)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=1098-0121%5BISSN%5D

Indexing (SCI collection)

Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Scopus (CiteScore)

Country/Area of Publication
UNITED STATES

Publication Frequency
Weekly

Publisher
American Physical Society

ISSN
1098-0121

E-ISSN
2469-9969

Year Publication Started
1998

Self-citation (2025-2026)
33.30%

Annual Article Volume
5426

Gold OA Percentage
9.24%

Open Access Info

APC	APC Waiver	Other Charges
N/A	N/A	N/A

Journal Aim & 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

Web of Science Quartiles

WOS Quartile: Q2

Quartiles By JIF	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	SCIE	Q2	230/472
Category: PHYSICS, APPLIED	SCIE	Q2	67/191
Category: PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER	SCIE	Q2	29/81

Quartiles By JCI	Collection	Quartile	Rank	Percentage
Category: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	SCIE	Q2	216/473
Category: PHYSICS, APPLIED	SCIE	Q2	69/191
Category: PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER	SCIE	Q2	25/81

*Crowdsourced data

Journals In The Same Subject Area
CiteScore Trends
Self Citation Trends
Annual Article Volume Trends

Journal Title	h-index	CiteScore
SURFACE SCIENCE REPORTS	103	14.20
ADVANCES IN PHYSICS	104	5.60
PROGRESS IN SURFACE SCIENCE	72	12.60
SOLID STATE IONICS	175	5.20
SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	92	6.40
PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER	98	5.10
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS B	40	4.80
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER	197	4.80
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS	120	4.70
PHYSICS OF THE SOLID STATE	44	1.20