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Physical Review Materials
ISSN 2475-9953 · American Physical Society · United States
Physical Review Materials: CAS Zone 3 · Materials Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.56; hybrid open access; median 130 days to acceptance (140 articles, last 24 months); 671 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Physical Review Materials is published by American Physical Society and is in Zone 3 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics and 2D Materials and Applications, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Materials Chemistry. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
4 September, 2026Machine-learning interatomic potentials now model complex alloys with near ab initio precision, but two challenges persist. Researchers must generate training data tailored to the physical process of interest, and they need validation metrics that go beyond simple statistical errors. Here the authors introduce a crystal-symmetry-based enumeration scheme for structural phase transformations in multicomponent alloys and a semi-grand-canonical Kendall-τ that quantifies thermodynamic accuracy across composition. These tools yield a general-purpose Mg-Nd potential. Simulations reveal a subtle interplay between chemical ordering and structural rearrangement and elucidate the continuous hcp-to-bcc transition underlying precipitation in this alloy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physics and Astronomy-Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: 13 in mainland China (about 18%); most named United States 19, Mainland China 13, United Kingdom 7, Germany 6, India 5 (71 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materialsMaterials Science8.9%
- Advanced Condensed Matter PhysicsPhysics and Astronomy8.7%
- 2D Materials and ApplicationsMaterials Science7.8%
- Electronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMaterials Science7.3%
- Topological Materials and PhenomenaPhysics and Astronomy6.9%
- Multiferroics and related materialsMaterials Science5%
- Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Science4.9%
- Magnetic properties of thin filmsPhysics and Astronomy4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Physics & Astronomy Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Physics & Astronomy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Physics, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Physics, Condensed Matter | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Materials Science Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Materials Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Materials Science, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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
- 3.56LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 62Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.89Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 5.18Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 97OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,893OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 629LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 629Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 248,930Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,479 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 492 | 223 | 173 |
| 2025 | 671 | 317 | 1,399 |
| 2024 | 639 | 321 | 3,925 |
| 2023 | 633 | 350 | 6,246 |
| 2022 | 704 | 380 | 9,335 |
| 2021 | 729 | 469 | 11,674 |
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
130 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 183 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (144 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 157 days
- Sample
- 140 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,309 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
- Desk decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 47 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 122 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 146 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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access
- AI use American Physical Society releases updated AI policy for APS journals17 June, 2026
The policy allows authors and reviewers to use AI tools and establishes boundaries to preserve human oversight and accountability.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
At the core of APS's mission is a commitment to meeting the needs of physicists, a community that has been at the leading edge of open access. As a result, APS supports a variety of sustainable access options: Authors can pay an article publication charge (APC) to make accepted manuscripts immediately accessible under a CC-BY (4.0 International) license. In keeping with APS's community-orientation…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Physical Society
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2475-9953
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Physical Review Materials
What CAS zone is Physical Review Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Physical Review Materials is in Zone 3 of Materials Science, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Materials Science, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Physics & Astronomy. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Physical Review Materials?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.56; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 97.
How long does peer review take at Physical Review Materials?
Based on the dates recorded on 140 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 130 days (interquartile range 89–183 days). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Physical Review Materials based?
Of the 71 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 13 (about 18%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), Mainland China (13) and United Kingdom (7). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Physical Review Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Physical Review Materials is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Physical Review Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Physical Review Materials is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .