Physical Review C (PRC) is a leading journal in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics, publishing more than two-thirds of the research literature in the field.
Established in 1970, PRC is a trusted, essential resource for nuclear physics researchers, nuclear data aggregators and evaluators, and others who use nuclear science research results. PRC provides a collegial and proactive environment for researchers looking to publish in APS’s Physical Review family of journals. PRC coordinates with other members of APS’s Physical Review family of journals to serve new subspecialties as they develop.
PRC publishes detailed research articles as well as Letters, which are short accessible papers of particular importance. The journal has a flexible approach to article lengths and welcomes submission of longer papers that provide depth and authority in their subject areas.
Like all of the journals in the Physical Review family, PRC is shaped by researchers to serve the research community. This commitment ensures that its mission and standards prioritize the needs of researchers and authors, not commercial publishing interests. The journal is international, with approximately three-quarters of published articles originating from outside the U.S. Physical Review’s reach is far and wide, with authors and referees from over 130 countries.
PRC covers experimental and theoretical results in all aspects of nuclear physics, including:
Submitted manuscripts should meet the following criteria:
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:
The PRC Editorial Board is a diverse, global group of active, distinguished scientists, selected by editors in consultation with APS units and appointed by the Executive Editor. Board members serve three-year terms. They may be requested by the editors to advise at any stage of the review process and they serve as adjudicators in formal appeals.
PRC is managed by a professional editorial team of Ph.D. scientists with extensive research experience at major academic institutions or research laboratories around the world. The team consists of both in-house and remote editors, who are active researchers in the array of topics published by the journal. All editorial decisions are based on PRC’s acceptance criteria.
PRC authors gain high visibility and achieve broad dissemination of their work in this leading nuclear physics journal. PRC editors bring attention to outstanding research and elucidate its importance through a number of features:
All Physical Review journals, including Reviews of Modern Physics, follow a common set of Editorial Policies and Practices, which cover Editorial Oversight and Decision Making, Authorship, Submissions, Resubmissions, and Transfers, Peer Review, Ethics and Research Integrity, Post Publication, and Open Access and Publications Rights.
PRC is published electronically one article at a time. The print version of the journal is published monthly. Articles are identified by volume number and a six digit article number, for example, Phys. Rev. C 60, 015803 (1999).