Information for Contributors
These documents give a general overview of how to prepare and submit a manuscript to a Physical Review journal.
Physical Review [ A /
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(A collection of old Information for Contributors documents is also available for historic interest:
Physical Review
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General Style Guidelines
These documents provide specific information on manuscript layout, math notation, and all other aspects of manuscript style.
Physical Review Style and Notation Guide
[ PDF (58k) ]
List of most frequently encountered style problems:
[ ASCII /
PDF ]
Production Memos for Authors
RMP Style and Notation Guide [ PDF ]
RMP Manuscript Preparation
AIP Style Manual
Specific Style Information
These documents target important or complex style issues. Note that
different journals may have different styles in some areas. Documents
are organized into groups corresponding to the basic elements of a manuscript.
Many of the links below lead to the section of a more general document (e.g.,
Information for Contributors) dealing with a particular topic.
Title [back to index]
General Guidelines: [ ASCII /
PDF ]
Journal-specific requirements:
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Affiliations, Bylines, Byline footnotes [back to index]
General information on affiliations, bylines, byline footnotes, acknowledgments:
[ ASCII /
PDF ]
PRC: Special instructions for affiliations
PRL: Special instructions for affiliations, bylines, byline footnotes
[also in ASCII]
PRST-AB: Special instructions for affiliations, bylines, byline footnotes
PR[ A /
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Obtaining permission of authors in bylines:
PR[ A /
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Abstract [back to index]
PR[ A /
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PACS [back to index]
PACS Scheme
Introductory Paragraph [back to index]
PR[ L]
Keyword Abstract [back to index]
PR[ C]
Scientific Notation [back to index]
General Information:
Crystallographic Notation [ PDF ]
Logarithms [ PDF ]
Magnetons [ PDF ]
Rydberg [ PDF ]
Sample Numbers [ PDF ]
Similar Symbols (e.g., one, "ell," vertical bar; zero, "oh;" capital sigma, summation, etc.)
[ PDF ]
More on identifying ambiguous symbols
[ PDF ]
Journal Specific Information:
Symbols and Units: PR[ C /
ST-AB ]
Notation for PRA & PRE:
General Notation in Terminology [ PDF ]
Atomic and Molecular Notation [ PDF ]
Molecular Physics (PRA) [ PDF ]
Liquid-Crystal Notation [ PDF ]
Fluid-Dynamics Notation [ PDF ]
Group Symmetry and Algebra Notation and Terminology [ PDF ]
Vector Notation [ PDF ]
Equations and Math [back to index]
General Guidelines: PR [ A /
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Bracketing [ PDF ]
"Case" Fractions: [ PDF ]
Limiting Behavior and Approximation [ PDF ]
Matrices [ PDF ]
Multiplication Signs [ PDF ]
Multiletter Symbols in Equations [ PDF ]
Vectors, etc. [ PDF ]
Writing the Article [back to index]
General Information:
Dates [ PDF ]
"Decreases with" (use of) [ PDF ]
"I, We," and impersonal contructions (use of) [ PDF ]
Typographic Requirements (Line Spacing) [ ASCII /
PDF ]
Permission to quote from a published article
Journal Specific Information:
- PRA and E:
- "New" and "Novel" (the use of) [ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Slash or Solidus between Words, Symbols, and Abbreviations: [ ASCII/
PDF ]
- Spelling and Hyphenation: [ PDF ]
- Typographic Requirements: [ ASCII /
PDF ]
New Terminology/Jargon: PR[ A /
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ST-AB /
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Special Presentation Requirements PR [ L]
Content: PR [ A /
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L and more L /
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More PRA [ ASCII /
PDF ]
Prior Disclosure Policy PR [ L ]
Based on previously published work: PR [ A /
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more C /
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ST-AB /
more ST-AB ]
Readability/accessibility of content: PR [ A /
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ST-AB ]
Apparatus: PR [ C /
ST-AB ]
Current State of Research: PR [ A /
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Example of data: PR [ C /
ST-AB ]
Proposed Experiments PR [ A /
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ST-AB ]
Acknowledgments [back to index]
PR[ A /
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Reference Section [back to index]
For use in citations: Journal Title Abbreviations
Footnotes [ PDF]
General guidelines: PR[ A /
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Journal specific information:
PRA and E: unpublished references [ PDF]
PRA and E: more unpublished references [ PDF ]
PRB:
specific information on reference styling [also available in ASCII / PDF]
Sample PRB References [ ASCII / PDF ]
PRC: specific information on reference styling [ ASCII / PDF]
PRL: specific information on reference styling [ ASCII / PDF ]
PRST-AB:
bibliographic links
Figures [back to index]
General guidelines: PR[ A /
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Graphs: style for axis labels [ PDF ]
Figure labels [ PDF ]
Photographs: PR [ A /
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Color Figures:
PR[ A /
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Tables [back to index]
PR[ A / B / C / D / E / L / ST-AB /
ST-AB ]
Types of Papers [back to index]
Short Papers: [ ASCII /
PDF ]
Journal Specific Information
PR[ A
/ B / C/ D / E / L]
Brief Reports: PR[ A / B / C / D / E ]
Rapid Communications: PR[ A / B / C / D / E ]
Comments/Replies (general information): PR[ A and more A / B / C / D / E / L and more L / ST-AB
and more
ST-AB /PRST-PER]
Comments/Replies (specific instructions):
- PRA and E [ ASCII / PDF ]
- PRB [ ASCII
/ PDF ]
- PRC [ ASCII
/ PDF ]
- PRD [ ASCII
/ PDF ]
- PRL [ ASCII
/ PDF ]
Errata: PR [ A / B / C / D / E / L / ST-AB
]
Series of Papers: PR [ A / B / D / E ]
Submit to Physical Review or Physical Review Letters? [ ASCII / PDF ]
Section Selection [back to index]
PRA [ also
available in PDF
]
Solitons in PRA and PRE [ ASCII / PDF ] Molecular
Physics[ PDF ]
PRB [ PDF
]
PRC [ PDF
]
PRD
PRE [ also
available in PDF
]
Biological Physics [ ASCII / PDF ]
Plasma Physics [ ASCII / PDF ]
Physics of Beams [ ASCII
/ PDF ]
Computational Physics [ ASCII / PDF ]
Solitons in PRA and PRE [ ASCII / PDF ]
PRL [ PDF]
Physics of Beams [ ASCII / PDF ]
PRST-AB
and more PRST-AB
Physics of Beams [ ASCII /
PDF ]
Compuscripts and REVTeX [back to index]
Compuscripts are author-provided computer files, composed using REVTeX (APS's LaTeX
macro package) and submitted electronically, that can be used for production
essentially as supplied.
General information: PR [ A /
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REVTex Home Page
REVTex Tips
Basic LaTex Introduction
RMP Compuscript Submissions
Length of Articles [back to index]
Why length is important: [ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Supplementary material can be deposited in EPAPS rather than published in the journal:
- What is EPAPS?
- EPAPS deposit form
- EPAPS Server
General Information: PR [ A /
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more L /
ST-AB]
Length Check Forms:
- Physical Review A
- Brief Report / Comment / Rapid Communication
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ], Guidelines
[ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Physical Review B
- Brief Report / Comment / Rapid Communication
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ], Guidelines
[ ASCII /
PDF
]
- Physical Review C
- Comment / Reply
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ], Guidelines
[ ASCII
/ PDF ]
- Rapid Communication
- Form [ ASCII / PDF ], Guidelines
[ ASCII
/ PDF
]
- Brief Report
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ], Guidelines
[ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Physical Review D
- Rapid Communication
- Form [ ASCII / PDF ], Guidelines [
ASCII
/ PDF ]
- Brief Report / Comment
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ],
Guidelines [ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Physical Review E
- Brief Report / Comment / Rapid Communication
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ],
Guidelines [ASCII
/ PDF
]
- Physical Review Letters
- Letter
- Form [ ASCII
/ PDF ],
Guidelines [ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Comment
- Form [ ASCII /
PDF ],
Guidelines [ ASCII /
PDF ]
- Notice sent to authors if article is over the length limit [ ASCII / PDF ]
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