Annals of Physics

Top Research Topics at Annals of Physics?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Quantum mechanics, Mathematical physics, Classical mechanics, Quantum electrodynamics and Theoretical physics. Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Quantum, Wave function, Scattering and Fermion are all subfields of Quantum mechanics research that were featured in Annals of Physics. The work tackled in Annals of Physics goes beyond the discipline of Scattering as it also encompasses Atomic physics.

It features studies on Atomic physics, including topics such as Nuclear reaction. It concentrates on Mathematical physics topics that focus on Gauge theory, Quantum field theory, Renormalization and BRST quantization. Equations of motion is part of Classical mechanics studies tackled in it.

Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Quantum electrodynamics and the similar topic of Nucleon.

• Quantum mechanics (33.58%)
• Mathematical physics (22.00%)
• Classical mechanics (18.36%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Fault tolerant quantum computation by anyons (3953 citations)
• Chiral perturbation theory to one loop (2760 citations)
• Two soluble models of an antiferromagnetic chain (2756 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annals of Physics:

The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Quantum mechanics, Mathematical physics, Classical mechanics, Quantum electrodynamics and Theoretical physics. Quantum field theory, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Quantum, Scattering and Schrödinger equation are among the areas of Quantum mechanics tackled in the journal papers. The published papers connects the study in Classical mechanics with the closely related areas of Differential equation.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Electron
• Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Annals of Physics facilitates discussions on Mathematical physics, Theoretical physics, Condensed matter physics, Quantum and Quantum mechanics. The research on Mathematical physics featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Tensor, Gravity (chemistry), Spacetime, Scalar (mathematics) and Gravitation. Topics in Spacetime were tackled in line with various other fields like Scalar field and Classical mechanics.

The work on Theoretical physics tackled in Annals of Physics brings together disciplines like Field (physics), Quantum field theory, Observable and Gauge theory. The journal deals with Quantum in conjunction with Statistical physics and similar fields in Scaling, Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) and Anderson localization. Specifically, studies on Wave function are prevalent in the Quantum mechanics works discussed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Distinguishing localization from chaos: Challenges in finite-size systems (44 citations)
• Fracton phases via exotic higher-form symmetry-breaking (16 citations)
• Phase transition of AdS black holes in 4D EGB gravity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics (15 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Annals of Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Hans A. Weidenmüller (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Herman Feshbach (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Knut Bakke (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Henry W. Newson (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Paul-Gerhard Reinhard (21 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annals of Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (326 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• Harvard University (154 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Princeton University (135 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (122 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (113 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 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, 7.35% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.94% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.35% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.99% of all publications and 76.72% 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.