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European Physical Journal A
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European Physical Journal A

1434-6001

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10050

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 68 80 166 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 144
Documents by Best Scientists*: 222
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.757
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Physical Journal A?

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Nuclear fusion, Atomic physics, Hadron, Nuclear physics and Particle physics. Topics in Nuclear fusion were tackled in line with various other fields like Scattering, Neutron, Isotope, Elementary particle and Proton. It features studies on Scattering, including topics such as Elastic scattering.

The Atomic physics works featured in European Physical Journal A incorporate elements from Spectral line, Electron and Excitation. Hadron research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Spectroscopy, Quantum electrodynamics, Baryon and Nuclear theory. It focuses on different Nuclear physics studies like Nucleon, Pion, Fission, Nuclear reaction and Deuterium.

Meson, Quark and Quantum chromodynamics studies are all carried out as a component of the study in Particle physics presented.

  • Nuclear fusion (59.63%)
  • Atomic physics (46.34%)
  • Hadron (34.64%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Beitrag zur Theorie des Ferromagnetismus (2642 citations)
  • On the theory of metals. 1. Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for the linear atomic chain (2560 citations)
  • Excitation of nonradiative surface plasma waves in silver by the method of frustrated total reflection (2133 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at European Physical Journal A:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Nuclear fusion, Atomic physics, Hadron, Nuclear physics and Particle physics. The published papers hold forums on Nuclear fusion that merge themes from other disciplines such as Scattering, Nuclear reaction, Neutron, Isotope and Elementary particle. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Atomic physics, it also covers topics in Ion, Spectroscopy, Electron and Excitation.

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:

Hadron, Nuclear fusion, Nuclear physics, Particle physics and Atomic physics are the subjects of interest in the journal. Hadron research presented in European Physical Journal A encompasses a variety of subjects, including Scattering, Neutron, Energy (signal processing), Proton and Nucleon. European Physical Journal A facilitates discussions on Nuclear fusion that incorporate concepts from other fields like Coulomb barrier, Breakup, Nuclear reaction, Fission and Cluster (physics).

Many of the studies tackled connect Nuclear physics with a similar field of study like Photon. In addition to Atomic physics research, it aims to explore topics under Excitation and Pairing. The work on Quark tackled in it brings together disciplines like Pion and Magnetic field.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The x -dependence of hadronic parton distributions: A review on the progress of lattice QCD (22 citations)
  • Higgs modulation of emergent mass as revealed in kaon and pion parton distributions (17 citations)
  • On the nature of near-threshold bound and virtual states (13 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 European Physical Journal A (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ulf-G. Meißner (120 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • G. de Angelis (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • F. P. Heßberger (89 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • D. R. Napoli (83 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Walter Greiner (78 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 European Physical Journal A (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Bonn (490 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (441 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Mainz (426 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (360 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich (315 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition the same number as 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, 5.78% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.94% of all publications and 48.38% 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

  • Hyperon–nucleon interaction within chiral effective field theory revisited

    J. Haidenbauer;U.-G. Meißner;U.-G. Meißner;U.-G. Meißner;A. Nogga

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • TALYS: modeling of nuclear reactions

    (2023)
    132 Citations
  • On the deconfinement phase transition in neutron-star mergers

    Elias R. Most;Elias R. Most;L. Jens Papenfort;Veronica Dexheimer;Matthias Hanauske;Matthias Hanauske

    (2020)
    96 Citations
  • Towards high-order calculations of three-nucleon scattering in chiral effective field theory

    E. Epelbaum;J. Golak;K. Hebeler;H. Kamada

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • On the nature of near-threshold bound and virtual states

    Inka Matuschek;Vadim Baru;Vadim Baru;Vadim Baru;Feng-Kun Guo;Christoph Hanhart

    (2021)
    71 Citations
  • Concerning pion parton distributions

    (2021)
    67 Citations
  • Hyperon–nucleon three-body forces and strangeness in neutron stars

    Dominik Gerstung;Norbert Kaiser;Wolfram Weise

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Electromagnetic counterparts of black hole–neutron star mergers: dependence on the neutron star properties

    C. Barbieri;C. Barbieri;O. S. Salafia;O. S. Salafia;A. Perego;A. Perego;M. Colpi;M. Colpi

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • PANDA Phase One: PANDA collaboration

    G. Barucca;F. Davì;G. Lancioni;P. Mengucci

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Dispersion-theoretical analysis of the electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon: Past, present and future

    Yong-Hui Lin;Hans-Werner Hammer;Ulf-G. Meißner;Ulf-G. Meißner;Ulf-G. Meißner

    (2021)
    52 Citations

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