Journal profile · Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
ISSN 1862-6254 · eISSN 1862-6270 · Wiley-VCH Verlag · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 2007
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Physics & Astronomy (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.81; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 67 days to acceptance (44 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 80%; 280 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag and is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are 2D Materials and Applications, Semiconductor materials and devices and Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, together about 18.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters was designed to offer cutting-edge research publication at record speed. Among the fastest peer-reviewed media in solid-state and materials physics for over 15 years, the journal communicates important findings with a high degree of novelty and need for express publication, as well as other results of immediate interest to the solid-state physics and materials science community. pss (RRL) employs priority editorial handling, thorough integrity checks, and stringent peer review by two independent reviewers. The journal covers topics such as preparation, structure, and simulation of advanced materials, theoretical and experimental investigations of the atomistic and electronic structure, optical, magnetic, superconducting, ferroelectric, and other properties of solids, nanostructures, and low-dimensional systems as well as device applications. Rapid Research Letters particularly invites papers from interdisciplinary and emerging new areas of research. physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters is a subscription-based journal offering a hybrid open access option. Authors may publish with Wiley-VCH copyright transfer agreement at no direct cost to the author, or select a CC-BY open access license after acceptance. Wiley has many agreements in place with institutions and funders that may be able to help with Article Publication Charges. ISSN: 1862-6254 (print). 1862-6270 (online). Currently 12 issues per year. How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef, PubMed, or Web of Science), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: "Phys. Status Solidi RRL" (punctuation may vary according to the style of the citing journal).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- 2D Materials and ApplicationsMaterials Science6.5%
- Semiconductor materials and devicesEngineering6.3%
- Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsEngineering5.7%
- Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Science5.4%
- ZnO doping and propertiesMaterials Science5.4%
- Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsEngineering4.8%
- Thin-Film Transistor TechnologiesEngineering4.6%
- Silicon and Solar Cell TechnologiesEngineering4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Physics & Astronomy Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceINSPECCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.81LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 90OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,514OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 238LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 241Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 300,321Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,570 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 173 | 65 | 84 |
| 2025 | 280 | 141 | 483 |
| 2024 | 228 | 114 | 755 |
| 2023 | 248 | 145 | 1,176 |
| 2022 | 240 | 71 | 1,553 |
| 2021 | 316 | 108 | 3,802 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
67 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 50 days – 94 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 96 days
- Sample
- 44 articles with submission and acceptance dates (466 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1.3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 80%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 51%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,430 / EUR 3,700 / GBP 3,010 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1862-6254
- Electronic ISSN
- 1862-6270
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters
What CAS zone is Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary / Physics, Applied / Physics, Condensed Matter. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.81; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 90.
How long does peer review take at Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 44 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 67 days (interquartile range 50–94 days); authors report an average review time of about 1.3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “80%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 51% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, INSPEC and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-28). Last updated: .