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Comptes Rendus Physique
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Comptes Rendus Physique

1631-0705

Published by: Academie des Sciences

https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 252 20 19 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 70
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 85
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.404
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Comptes Rendus Physique?

The journal facilitates discussions on Optics, Condensed matter physics, Nanotechnology, Quantum mechanics and Theoretical physics. Laser is a key component of Optics research discussed in it. Superconductivity is part of Condensed matter physics studies tackled in the journal.

  • Optics (16.64%)
  • Condensed matter physics (13.30%)
  • Nanotechnology (6.80%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Everything you always wanted to know about the cosmological constant problem (but were afraid to ask) (589 citations)
  • Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes: theoretical predictions and experimental measurements (526 citations)
  • Recent developments in transport phenomena in Weyl semimetals (486 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Comptes Rendus Physique:

The published articles focus on Optics, Nanotechnology, Condensed matter physics, Mechanics and Classical mechanics. The journal papers focus on Optics research which is adjacent to topics in Optoelectronics. Condensed matter physics research is the primary subject tackled in the journal papers with a focus in 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:

Comptes Rendus Physique is organized to address concerns in the fields of Condensed matter physics, Optoelectronics, Dislocation, Monolayer and 5G. The majority of Condensed matter physics studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Superconductivity. The Optoelectronics works featured in it incorporate elements from In situ, Radiator and Antenna (radio).

The research on Dislocation tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Hardening (metallurgy), Microstructure, Olivine and Plasticity. In it, Fiber Bragg grating, Hyperspectral imaging, Physical chemistry, Conductance and Graphene are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Monolayer research. The overlapping concepts between Dissolution and Field (physics) are the key highlights of Phase (matter) study.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Basic aspects of the metal–insulator transition in vanadium dioxide VO $_{2}$ : a critical review (3 citations)
  • Exciton–polarons in two-dimensional semiconductors and the Tavis–Cummings model (3 citations)
  • Design of acoustic metamaterials made of Helmholtz resonators for perfect absorption by using the complex frequency plane (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 Comptes Rendus Physique (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jacques Villain (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joe Wiart (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yvan Castin (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Christian J. Bordé (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dai Aoki (6 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 Comptes Rendus Physique (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (225 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Paris (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Paris-Sud (63 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • École Normale Supérieure (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • École Polytechnique (38 papers) absent 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, 86.21% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% 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 37.50% of all publications and 62.50% 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

  • Topological wave insulators: a review

    Farzad Zangeneh-Nejad;Andrea Alù;Romain Fleury

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • Exciton–polarons in two-dimensional semiconductors and the Tavis–Cummings model

    Atac Imamoglu;Ovidiu Cotlet;Richard Schmidt

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • All-dielectric Mie-resonant metaphotonics

    Nicolas Bonod;Yuri Kivshar

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Observations of circumstellar disks in scattered light with SPHERE at the VLT

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Direct imaging of exoplanets: Legacy and prospects

    (2023)
    5 Citations
  • Interface enhanced superconductivity in FeSe/SrTiO $_{3}$ and the hidden nature

    Sha Han;Can-Li Song;Xu-Cun Ma;Qi-Kun Xue

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Exoplanet science with SPIRou: near-infrared precision velocimetry and spectropolarimetry

    (2023)
    4 Citations
  • Tunable metasurface-based waveplates - A proposal using inverse design

    Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri;Nader Engheta

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Characterization and modelling of exoplanetary atmospheres

    (2023)
    3 Citations
  • Doppler cross-correlation spectroscopy as a path to the detection of Earth-like planets

    (2023)
    2 Citations

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