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Chinese Physics Letters
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Chinese Physics Letters

0256-307X

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0256-307X

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 128 48 92 15

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 360
Documents by Best Scientists*: 401
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 79
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.199
Impact Factor: 4.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Chinese Physics Letters?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Optics, Atomic physics, Condensed matter physics, Optoelectronics and Quantum mechanics. Optics studies presented include Laser and Wavelength. Ion, Spectral line, Electron and Plasma are some topics wherein Atomic physics research discussed in Chinese Physics Letters have an impact.

Superconductivity is a focus of the Condensed matter physics works in Chinese Physics Letters. The presentations discussing Optoelectronics offer insights in topics such as Doping and Diode. Quantum mechanics study tackled is connected to the field of Quantum electrodynamics.

  • Optics (17.47%)
  • Atomic physics (14.29%)
  • Condensed matter physics (14.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Superconductivity at 55 K in Iron-Based F-Doped Layered Quaternary Compound Sm[O1-xFx] FeAs (1325 citations)
  • Interface-Induced High-Temperature Superconductivity in Single Unit-Cell FeSe Films on SrTiO3 (837 citations)
  • Experimental Realization of an Intrinsic Magnetic Topological Insulator (289 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Chinese Physics Letters:

The journal publications generally zeroe in on subjects such as Optics, Optoelectronics, Condensed matter physics, Quantum mechanics and Atomic physics. The journal papers focus on different Optics studies like Laser and Wavelength. The most cited publications are mostly focused on Condensed matter physics, specifically Superconductivity.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Chinese Physics Letters is organized to address concerns in the fields of Condensed matter physics, Optoelectronics, Superconductivity, Crystallography and Quantum mechanics. The journal focuses on Condensed matter physics research which is adjacent to topics in Monolayer. Studies on Superconductivity discussed in the journal link to the field of Metal.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Superconductivity and Normal-State Properties of Kagome Metal RbV${3}$Sb${5}$ Single Crystals (61 citations)
  • Highly Robust Reentrant Superconductivity in CsV${3}$Sb${5}$ under Pressure (26 citations)
  • Strain Tunable Berry Curvature Dipole, Orbital Magnetization and Nonlinear Hall Effect in WSe$_{2}$ Monolayer (16 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 Chinese Physics Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gong Qi-Huang (64 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Guo Guang-Can (60 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wang Zhan-Guo (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • XU Zhi-Zhan (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zheng Youdou (48 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 Chinese Physics Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (3126 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 19 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (648 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of China (599 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (509 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tsinghua University (502 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 79.11% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 59.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.51% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.15% of all publications and 12.77% 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

  • Anisotropic Superconducting Properties of Kagome Metal CsV$_{3}$Sb$_{5}$

    Shunli Ni;Sheng Ma;Yuhang Zhang;Jie Yuan

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Pressure-Induced Topological and Structural Phase Transitions in an Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator

    Cuiying Pei;Yunyouyou Xia;Yunyouyou Xia;Jiazhen Wu;Yi Zhao

    (2020)
    60 Citations
  • NMR Evidence of Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations in Nd$_{0.85}$Sr$_{0.15}$NiO$_2$

    Yi Cui;Cong Li;Qing Li;Xiyu Zhu

    (2021)
    55 Citations
  • Regarding the Distribution of Glue in the Pion

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • Resolving the Bethe-Salpeter kernel

    Si-Xue Qin;Craig D. Roberts

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Impressions of the Continuum Bound State Problem in QCD

    Si-xue Qin;Craig D Roberts

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Anisotropic superconducting properties of Kagome metal CsV3Sb5

    Shunli Ni;Sheng Ma;Yuhang Zhang;Jie Yuan

    (2021)
    33 Citations
  • Quantum Oscillations in Noncentrosymmetric Weyl Semimetal SmAlSi

    (2021)
    25 Citations
  • Modulation Instability and Non-Degenerate Akhmediev Breathers of Manakov Equations

    (2022)
    23 Citations
  • Valence Quark Ratio in the Proton

    (2021)
    22 Citations

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