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prl-length-management
Use when a Physical Review Letters manuscript exceeds the strict deductible length limit, where figures, equations, and references all count against the budget. Triages what to cut, compress, or move to Supplemental Material; does not rewrite content from scratch.
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# PRL Length Management (prl-length-management)
## When to trigger
- The manuscript is over the length limit (or you suspect it is)
- You need to know how much "room" a figure or equation actually costs
- You must decide what to cut, compress, or push to Supplemental Material
- A reviewer/editor flagged the Letter as too long
- Late stage: content, figures, and SM are stable and now must fit
## How the PRL length limit works (the deductible model)
A Letter is **short** — on the order of ~3750 words / roughly four journal pages including figures and references; **verify the current limit on the APS author page.** The key feature is that the limit is a **deductible budget**: it is not just running text. Against the same total budget you must count, in current APS practice:
