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Few-Body Systems
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Few-Body Systems

0177-7963

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/601

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 213 14 18 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 25
Documents by Best Scientists*: 32
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 48
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.431
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Few-body Systems?

The foci of Few-body Systems are Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Quantum mechanics, Nucleon and Atomic physics. The journal facilitated presentations on Particle physics research, particularly Quark, Meson, Quantum chromodynamics, Hadron and Baryon. The study on Quark presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Quark model.

It covers research in Nuclear physics, particularly Neutron, Deuterium, Proton and Elementary particle and how they are related with concepts in Breakup. The in-depth study on Quantum mechanics also explores topics in the intersecting field of Mathematical physics. Topics in Nucleon explored in Few-body Systems were investigated in conjunction with research in Pion, Scattering and Observable.

The research on Scattering featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Quantum electrodynamics and Classical mechanics. Many of the studies tackled connect Atomic physics with a similar field of study like Ion.

  • Particle physics (27.29%)
  • Nuclear physics (20.45%)
  • Quantum mechanics (19.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Reworking the Tucson-Melbourne Three-Nucleon Potential (180 citations)
  • Local three-nucleon interaction from chiral effective field theory (170 citations)
  • The Infrared Behaviour of the Pure Yang–Mills Green Functions (152 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Few-body Systems:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Quantum mechanics, Particle physics, Quantum electrodynamics, Bound state and Nuclear physics. The journal publications dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Quantum mechanics and Nuclear theory. The featured Quantum electrodynamics studies in the journal papers mainly concentrate on Scattering but also cover areas of interest in Atomic physics.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Quantum field theory

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Particle physics, Bound state, Mathematical physics, Scattering and Nucleon. The Particle physics research presented in the journal explores the relationship between Lambda and the closely related topic of Hyperon, J-PARC and Production (computer science). Few-body Systems focuses on Bound state but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Omega, Hadron, Nuclear theory, Isospin and Harmonic oscillator.

Scattering research featured in Few-body Systems incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Phase (waves), Effective field theory, Energy (signal processing), Atomic physics and Observable. The journal features research on Nucleon in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Nuclear physics. The featured Nuclear physics research zeroes in on concepts in Deuterium but also tackles themes under Breakup.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Generalized Parton Distributions of Light Nuclei (5 citations)
  • Relativistic Dynamics of Oppositely Charged Two Fermions Interacting with External Uniform Magnetic Field (4 citations)
  • Nuclear Structure at the Crossroads (3 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 Few-body Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • W. Glöckle (49 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hiroyuki Kamada (47 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Henryk Witała (45 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Hassan Hassanabadi (44 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tobias Frederico (40 papers) published 1 paper 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 Few-body Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ruhr University Bochum (83 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Osaka University (79 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition,
  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (73 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition,
  • Jagiellonian University (65 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition,
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (58 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, 20.72% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 36.36% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.41% of all publications and 54.55% 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

  • Selected Science Opportunities for the EicC

    Xurong Chen;Feng-Kun Guo;Craig D. Roberts;Rong Wang

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • The Nikiforov–Uvarov-Functional Analysis (NUFA) Method: A New Approach for Solving Exponential-Type Potentials

    A. N. Ikot;A. N. Ikot;U. S. Okorie;U. S. Okorie;P. O. Amadi;C. O. Edet

    (2021)
    60 Citations
  • Nuclear Forces for Precision Nuclear Physics: A Collection of Perspectives

    (2022)
    54 Citations
  • Few-Body Systems Consisting of Mesons

    A. Martínez Torres;K. P. Khemchandani;L. Roca;E. Oset

    (2020)
    31 Citations
  • Nuclear Effective Field Theories: Reverberations of the Early Days

    U. van Kolck;U. van Kolck

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Constraints on the $$ arLambda $$ Λ -Neutron Interaction from Charge Symmetry Breaking in the $$\mathbf {^4_\Lambda \mathrm{He}}$$ Λ 4 He - $$\mathbf {^4_\Lambda \mathrm{H}}$$ Λ 4 H Hypernuclei

    Johann Haidenbauer;Ulf-G. Meißner;Ulf-G. Meißner;Ulf-G. Meißner;Andreas Nogga

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Nuclear Structure at the Crossroads

    R. J. Furnstahl;H. W. Hammer;A. Schwenk;A. Schwenk

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Hadron Structure Using Continuum Schwinger Function Methods

    (2023)
    8 Citations
  • Pseudoscalar Mesons and Emergent Mass

    (2024)
    7 Citations
  • Structure of Two-Neutron Halo in Light Exotic Nuclei

    Toshio Suzuki;Takaharu Otsuka

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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