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European Physical Journal B
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European Physical Journal B

1434-6028

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10051

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 232 11 15 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 108
Documents by Best Scientists*: 126
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 142
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.377
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at European Physical Journal B?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Condensed matter physics, Solid-state physics, Complex system, Statistical physics and Quantum mechanics. It holds forums on Condensed matter physics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Electron and Magnetic field, Magnetization. The journal connects the study in Electron with the closely related area of Atomic physics.

The work on Solid-state physics tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Molecular physics, Electronic structure and Lattice (order). The Complex system study featured in the journal draws connections with the study of Nonlinear system. It focuses on Statistical physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Stochastic process, Monte Carlo method and Scaling.

Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Quantum and Ground state are among the concentrations of Quantum mechanics that garnered much attention in European Physical Journal B.

  • Condensed matter physics (46.49%)
  • Solid-state physics (22.62%)
  • Complex system (16.29%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Possible high Tc superconductivity in the Ba-La-Cu-O system (9480 citations)
  • Detecting community structure in networks (1726 citations)
  • Hierarchical structure in financial markets (1342 citations)

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

The most cited articles primarily focus on research topics in Condensed matter physics, Statistical physics, Complex system, Solid-state physics and Quantum mechanics. Many of the studies tackled in the most cited publications connect Condensed matter physics with a similar field of study like Magnetization. While Statistical physics is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Stochastic process, Monte Carlo method and Scaling.

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:

European Physical Journal B tackles a plethora of topics, such as Solid-state physics, Complex system, Condensed matter physics, Statistical physics and Magnetic field. While the primary focus in it is Solid-state physics, it also dissects topics surrounding Electronic band structure and Density of states as a whole. Topics in Complex system were tackled in line with various other fields like Particle, Phase (waves), Work (thermodynamics), Molecular dynamics and Algorithm.

European Physical Journal B explores issues in Condensed matter physics which can be linked to other research areas like Magnetization and Anisotropy. European Physical Journal B addresses concerns in Statistical physics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Context (language use) and Limit (mathematics). Specifically, studies on Pairing are prevalent in the Superconductivity works discussed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Investigating the effects of updating rules on cooperation by incorporating interactive diversity (6 citations)
  • Binding energy and decaytime of exciton in dielectric medium (6 citations)
  • Effect of the polar distortion on the thermoelectric properties of GeTe (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 European Physical Journal B (based on the number of publications) are:

  • J. Zittartz (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alois Loidl (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hermann Haken (50 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kurt Binder (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dima L. Shepelyansky (41 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 European Physical Journal B (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (524 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (446 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cologne (342 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Stuttgart (224 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (179 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, 10.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 4.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.29% of all publications and 87.83% 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

  • From adaptive resolution to molecular dynamics of open systems.

    Robinson Cortes-Huerto;Matej Praprotnik;Kurt Kremer;Luigi Delle Site

    (2021)
    45 Citations
  • Ultrafast dynamics with the exact factorization

    Federica Agostini;E. K. U. Gross

    (2021)
    28 Citations
  • A colloquium on the variational method applied to excitons in 2D materials

    Maurício F. C. Martins Quintela;Nuno M. R. Peres

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Energy diffusion of simple networks under the spatiotemporal thermostats

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Influence of anisotropy, tilt and pairing of Weyl nodes: the Weyl semimetals TaAs, TaP, NbAs and NbP

    Davide Grassano;Davide Grassano;Olivia Pulci;Olivia Pulci;Elena Cannuccia;Elena Cannuccia;Friedhelm Bechstedt

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Can Lévy noise induce coherence and stochastic resonances in a birhythmic van der Pol system

    Raoul Mbakob Yonkeu;René Yamapi;Giovanni Filatrella;Jürgen Kurths;Jürgen Kurths

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Effect of the polar distortion on the thermoelectric properties of GeTe

    Aida Sheibani Gunder;Charles Paillard;Charles Paillard;Abhyian Pandit;Raad Haleoot

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Sustaining Rabi oscillations by using a phase-tunable image drive

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Platform for controllable Majorana zero modes using superconductor/ferromagnet heterostructures

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Effects of pressure on the structural, mechanical, anisotropic, and electronic properties of $$\hbox {MgTi}_{2}\hbox {O}_{4}$$ via density functional theory

    (2021)
    4 Citations

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