What does a Physical Review Letters reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Physical Review Letters looks like this: [1] M. Rivera and D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice, Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145 (2021).

How can I generate a Physical Review Letters citation?

Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Physical Review Letters as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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Physical Review Letters citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Physical Review Letters — a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers:

Journal article: [1] M. Rivera and D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice, Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145 (2021).
Book: [2] A. Okafor, The Craft of Research Writing, 2nd ed. (University Press, Cambridge, 2019).
Website: [3] S. Larsen, How Peer Review Works, https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article): [1]

About Physical Review Letters

Citation style for Physical Review Letters. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Physical Review Letters: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Physical Review Letters style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: physics.

Formatting rules: Physical Review Letters follows the formatting of American Physics Society, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Physical Review Letters generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Physical Review Letters" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Physical Review Letters

What is Physical Review Letters?: Citation style for Physical Review Letters. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Physical Review Letters?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Physical Review Letters style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Physical Review Letters?: Physical Review Letters is a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: [1]
What does a Physical Review Letters reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Physical Review Letters looks like this: [1] M. Rivera and D. Chen, The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice, Journal of Scholarly Communication 12, 145 (2021).
How can I generate a Physical Review Letters citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Physical Review Letters as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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