physical-review-b
Use when targeting Physical Review B (PRB) or deciding whether a condensed matter or materials physics manuscript fits this APS archival venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill physical-review-b --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Physical Review B (physical-review-b) ## Journal positioning Physical Review B is the APS journal of record for condensed matter physics and materials physics — the highest-volume journal in the Physical Review family and the primary archival venue for the condensed-matter community worldwide. PRB covers the full breadth of the field, from strongly correlated electrons and topological phases to semiconductor physics, magnetic materials, superconductivity, nanoscale systems, and the electronic-structure and computational methods that underpin the field. Like all archival Physical Review journals, the bar is substantive, rigorous correctness and a real contribution within the subfield — not cross-subfield broad importance. The condensed-matter and materials physics communities worldwide use PRB as the primary literature of record. This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the APS site and the Physical Review B submission system. ## When to trigger - The author is targeting PRB for a condensed matter or materials physics manuscript.
- Journal positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-submission checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the physical-review-b skill do?
Use when targeting Physical Review B (PRB) or deciding whether a condensed matter or materials physics manuscript fits this APS archival venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill physical-review-b --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.