Europhysics Letters

Top Research Topics at EPL?

Condensed matter physics, Quantum mechanics, Statistical physics, Classical mechanics and Optics are the subjects of interest in the journal. Some problems in Condensed matter physics that were presented in EPL overlapped with concepts under Electron and Magnetic field, Magnetization. Discussions in EPL are anchored in the subject of Electron and the similar topic of Atomic physics.

The Quantum mechanics study tackling the subject of Quantum is the focus of it. The journal features Statistical physics research that overlaps with concepts in Scaling. It focused on Classical mechanics research but expanded to cover Mechanics.

• Condensed matter physics (30.98%)
• Quantum mechanics (10.16%)
• Statistical physics (10.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Lattice BGK Models for Navier-Stokes Equation (3683 citations)
• Simulating microscopic hydrodynamic phenomena with dissipative particle dynamics (2806 citations)
• Recurrence Plots of Dynamical Systems (2274 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at EPL:

The published papers tackle a plethora of topics, such as Condensed matter physics, Statistical physics, Classical mechanics, Optics and Quantum mechanics. The published papers explore topics in Condensed matter physics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Electron and Magnetic field, Magnetization. The Statistical physics study tackled in the most cited articles is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Scaling.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Electron
• Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

EPL is mainly concerned with subjects like Condensed matter physics, Statistical physics, Quantum, Mechanics and Mathematical physics. The journal emphasizes research on Condensed matter physics, which includes concerns such as Superconductivity. Convection and Turbulence are all topics related to Mechanics research discussed.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Collision models in open system dynamics: A versatile tool for deeper insights? (11 citations)
• Quantum computing models for artificial neural networks (7 citations)
• Long strings and symmetric product orbifold from the AdS 3 Bethe equations (7 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in EPL (based on the number of publications) are:

• Kurt Binder (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Sauro Succi (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Peter Hänggi (38 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Roland R. Netz (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Shlomo Havlin (36 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in EPL (based on the number of publications) are:

• Centre national de la recherche scientifique (848 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (807 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Chinese Academy of Sciences (443 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
• École Normale Supérieure (311 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Russian Academy of Sciences (286 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 3 more 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, 32.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.28% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 11.44% of all publications and 71.22% 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.