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Acta Physica Polonica A
H-index 7

Acta Physica Polonica A

0587-4246

Published by: Institute of Physics PAS

http://www.ifpan.edu.pl/APP/index.html

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 278 11 24 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 77
Documents by Best Scientists*: 109
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 51
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.184
Impact Factor: 0.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Acta Physica Polonica A?

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Condensed matter physics, Analytical chemistry, Optoelectronics, Atomic physics and Optics. Some problems in Condensed matter physics that were presented in Acta Physica Polonica A overlapped with concepts under Electron and Magnetic field, Magnetization.

  • Condensed matter physics (24.82%)
  • Analytical chemistry (7.66%)
  • Optoelectronics (7.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Secure Communication with a Publicly Known Key (376 citations)
  • Dispersion Properties of Optical Polymers (304 citations)
  • Differential Operator Technique in the Ising Spin Systems (268 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Acta Physica Polonica A:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Condensed matter physics, Optics, Chemical engineering, Optoelectronics and Analytical chemistry. The most cited articles center on topics in Condensed matter physics, with a focus on Superconductivity. The published papers link adjacent topics like Analytical chemistry with Doping.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Acta Physica Polonica A focuses on Condensed matter physics, Composite material, Optoelectronics, Thermodynamics and Mechanics. Ferromagnetism is a focus of the Condensed matter physics works in the journal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Arithmetic loophole in Bell's Theorem: Overlooked threat to entangled-state quantum cryptography (8 citations)
  • Cosmic Gamma Ray Bursts (2 citations)
  • Quantum State Tomography of Four-Level Systems with Noisy Measurements (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Acta Physica Polonica A (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Marek Godlewski (123 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jacek Kossut (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tomasz Wojtowicz (73 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Milan Timko (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Kopčanský (62 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Acta Physica Polonica A (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Polish Academy of Sciences (1555 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 15 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Warsaw (407 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 11 more than at the previous edition,
  • AGH University of Science and Technology (289 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Warsaw University of Technology (282 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Jagiellonian University (270 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.48% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 50.72% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.35% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.14% of all publications and 34.78% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • MCNPX Simulation for Radiation Dose Absorption of Anatomical Regions and Some Organs

    E. E. Altunsoy;E. E. Altunsoy;H. O. Tekin;A. Mesbahi;I. Akkurt

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Tunable Vortex Dynamics in Proximity Junction Arrays: A Possible Accurate and Sensitive 2D THz Detector

    J. Rezvani;D. Di Gioacchino;C. Gatti;N. Poccia

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Quantum Optics as Applied Quantum Electrodynamics is Back in Town

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Improving Euler-Heisenberg-Schwinger Effective Action with Dressed Photons

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Accumulation of Positrons from a LINAC Based Source

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Recent Progress in Crystal Growth of Bulk GaN

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Resistive Switching in Polyvinylpyrrolidone/Molybdenum Disulfide Composite-Based Memory Devices

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • Underwater Low-Frequency Sound Absorbing Metamaterials Based on Wave-Mode Transformation and Local Resonance Mechanism

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Photochromic YOxHy Thin Films Examined by in situ Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy

    S. W. H. Eijt;T. W. H. de Krom;D. Chaykina;H. Schut

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Hybrid imaging and timing ps laser excitation diagnostics for pulsed antihydrogen production

    R. Caravita;M. Antonello;A. Belov;G. Bonomi

    (2020)
    5 Citations

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