Physical Review Letters
Abbreviated title(s)	Phys. Rev. Lett., PRL
Discipline	Physics
Language	English
Edited by	Gene D. Sprouse
Publication details
Publisher	American Physical Society (United States)
Publication history	1958–present
Impact factor	7.180 (2008)
Indexing
ISSN	0031-9007 (print) 1079-7114 (web)
CODEN	PRLTAO
Links
Journal homepage

Physical Review Letters is one of the most prestigious journals in physics.^[1] It specializes in short articles called "letters", at most four pages long. Since 1958, it has been published by the American Physical Society as an outgrowth of Physical Review.

The journal celebrated its 50th birthday in 2008.

[edit] See also

• Overview and Differences of 1964 PRL Symmetry Breaking papers

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official website

• 50th anniversary website
• 50th Anniversary Milestone Papers

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