Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (also known as PRB) is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal, published by the American Physical Society (APS). The Editor of PRB is Laurens W. Molenkamp. It is part of the Physical Review family of journals.[1] The current Editor in Chief is Michael Thoennessen. PRB currently publishes over 4500 papers a year, making it one of the largest physics journals in the world.[2][3]
Scope
The focus of this journal is on new results in condensed matter physics, which includes a wide variety of subject areas, such as semiconductors, superconductivity, magnetism, structure, phase transitions, ferroelectrics, nonordered systems, liquids, quantum solids, superfluidity, electronic structure, photonic crystals, mesoscopic systems, surfaces, clusters, fullerenes, graphene, nanoscience, etc.[2]
History
PRB was created in 1970 when the original Physical Review (founded in 1893) was subdivided into Physical Review A, B, C, and D, based on subject matter.[1][4] Peter D. Adams was the Editor from inception until 2012 when Laurens W. Molenkamp took over. Anthony M. Begley is currently the Managing Editor.
Features
PRB has a reputation among professional physicists for publishing useful, comprehensive long papers in physics.[1][3] It also contains short (four page) papers in its Rapid Communications section, designed for research important enough to deserve special handling and speedy publication. The journal can be searched for free via PROLA.[5] Titles and abstracts can be freely viewed but a journal subscription is needed to read the full text of papers. PRB and the other APS journals are available entirely free at many US public libraries.[6]
PRB is rare among physics journals in that it has a staff of 12 full-time professional editors,[7] and does not employ the more common model of using part-time editors who are active researchers. The journal is available in print format (at University libraries) but the archival version is the online one. Authors can pay extra charges to make their papers open access.[8] Such papers are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (CC-BY),[9] the most permissive of the CC licenses, which permits authors and others to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work, provided that proper credit is given. A small percentage of the PRB papers published are chosen (highlighted) as an Editors' Suggestions.[10] Artistic images from papers in the journal are published as a feature named Kaleidoscope.[11]
Abstracting and Indexing
Physical Review B is indexed in the following bibliographic databases:[2]
Chemical Abstracts
Computer & Control Abstracts
Current Physics Index
Electrical & Electronics Index
Energy Research Abstracts
INSPEC
Mathematical Reviews
Metals Abstracts
Physics Abstracts
PubSCIENCE
SPIN
See also
American Physical Society § APS journals
Physical Review § Journals
References
[1] About the Physical Review Journals
"About Physical Review B". American Physical Society. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
[2] PRB ranked by the Eigenfactor, University of Washington, 2012
"Society History". American Physical Society.
[3] PROLA (Physical Review Online Archive)
"Announcement of public library program". American Physical Society. 28 July 2010.
[4] Physical Review B Staff
[5] APS Open Access announcement, American Physical Society, 15 February 2011
[6] Details of Creative Commons license
[7] Announcement of PRB Editors' Suggestions, American Physical Society, 1 April 2008
"New Feature: PRB Kaleidoscope". American Physical Society. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
External links
PRB home page
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American Physical Society
Membership
Fellows (1921–1971) Fellows (1972–1997) Fellows (1998–2010) Fellows (2011–)
Awards
Full list of awards Abraham Pais Prize Andrei Sakharov Prize Aneesur Rahman Prize Arthur L. Schawlow Prize Dannie Heinemann Prize David Adler Lectureship Award Davisson–Germer Prize Earle K. Plyler Prize Einstein Prize Fluid Dynamics Prize Frank Isakson Prize George E. Pake Prize Hans A. Bethe Prize Herbert P. Broida Prize Herman Feshbach Prize I. I. Rabi Prize Irving Langmuir Award James C. McGroddy Prize James Clerk Maxwell Prize John H. Dillon Medal Joseph F. Keithley Award Lars Onsager Prize Leo Szilard Lectureship Award LeRoy Apker Award Lilienfeld Prize Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award Max Delbruck Prize Oliver E. Buckley Prize Panofsky Prize Sakurai Prize Tom W. Bonner Prize
Publications
Physics Today Physics Magazine
Journals
Physical Review
Letters A B C D E X Accelerators and Beams Applied Fluids Materials Physics Education Research Research Reviews of Modern Physics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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