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Atoms

2218-2004

Published by: MDPI

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atoms

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 233 11 13 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 29
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 28
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.46
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Atoms?

The topics of Atomic physics, Spectral line, Plasma, Ion and Electron are the focal point of discussions in Atoms. Atoms focuses on Atomic physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Spectroscopy, Stark effect, Ionization and Excitation. The journal connects the study in Ionization with the closely related area of Projectile.

Issues in Spectral line were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Line (formation), Astrophysics, Wavelength and Electron density. It features Line (formation) research that overlaps with concepts in Magnetic field. In it, Hydrogen, Computational physics and Laser are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Plasma research.

The Photoionization studies presented in the journal fall under the field of Ion, but it also has connections to other fields such as Tungsten. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Electron, it also covered topics in Electron ionization, Atom and Scattering. Studies on Excited state discussed in the journal link to the field of Ground state.

  • Atomic physics (54.11%)
  • Spectral line (24.42%)
  • Plasma (22.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Theory of the Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Electron (117 citations)
  • JJ2LSJ transformation and unique labeling for energy levels (53 citations)
  • Validation and Implementation of Uncertainty Estimates of Calculated Transition Rates (47 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Atoms:

The most cited publications investigate areas of study like Atomic physics, Ion, Computational physics, Plasma and Ionization. The journal papers facilitate discussions on Atomic physics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Electron magnetic dipole moment, Excitation and Electron, Fine-structure constant, Anomalous magnetic dipole moment. The journal articles link adjacent topics like Ion with Spectral line.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Photon

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Atomic physics, Electron, Ion, Ionization and Spectral line are among the topics commonly tackled in the journal. The work on Atomic physics presented in Atoms focuses on Excited state in particular. The presented Electron research focuses mostly on Helium and, on occasion, topics in Inelastic scattering.

The Ion works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Plasma, Dipole, Molecular physics, Charge (physics) and Emission spectrum. The studies in Plasma featured incorporate elements of Computational physics and Work (thermodynamics). The works on Spectral line deal in particular with Stark effect.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Data Needs for Modeling Low-Temperature Non-Equilibrium Plasmas: The LXCat Project, History, Perspectives and a Tutorial (9 citations)
  • Polaron Problems in Ultracold Atoms: Role of a Fermi Sea across Different Spatial Dimensions and Quantum Fluctuations of a Bose Medium (5 citations)
  • Investigation of Resonance-Enhanced High-Order Harmonics by Two-Component Laser-Produced Plasmas (5 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 Atoms (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Milan S. Dimitrijević (25 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Evgeny Stambulchik (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Christian G. Parigger (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joël Rosato (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Izumi Murakami (11 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous 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 Atoms (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Malmö University (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (4 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (3 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Northwestern University (3 papers) published 1 paper at the last 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, 92.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 33.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 66.67% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • A Decade with VAMDC: Results and Ambitions

    Damien Albert;Bobby K. Antony;Yaye Awa Ba;Yuri L. Babikov

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA): Current Status, Recent Updates, and Future Plans

    Floris F. S. van der Tak;François Lique;Alexandre Faure;John H. Black

    (2020)
    73 Citations
  • Empirical Line Lists in the ExoMol Database

    Yixin Wang;Jonathan Tennyson;Sergei N. Yurchenko

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Structure Calculations in Nd III and U III Relevant for Kilonovae Modelling

    (2022)
    17 Citations
  • Electron Scattering Cross-Section Calculations for Atomic and Molecular Iodine

    Harindranath B. Ambalampitiya;Kathryn R. Hamilton;Oleg Zatsarinny;Klaus Bartschat

    (2021)
    13 Citations
  • Cross Sections and Rate Coefficients for Vibrational Excitation of H2O by Electron Impact

    Mehdi Ayouz;Alexandre Faure;Jonathan Tennyson;Maria Tudorovskaya

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • On the Stark Effect of the O I 777-nm Triplet in Plasma and Laser Fields

    Evgeny Stambulchik;Eyal Kroupp;Yitzhak Maron;Victor Malka

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Targeted Cross-Section Calculations for Plasma Simulations

    Sebastian Mohr;Maria Tudorovskaya;Martin Hanicinec;Jonathan Tennyson

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • Collinear Laser Spectroscopy of Helium-like 11B3+

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Low-Energy Electron Scattering from c-C4F8

    (2022)
    1 Citations

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