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Frontiers in Physics
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Frontiers in Physics

2296-424X

Published by: Frontiers Media S.A.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 90 104 122 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 950
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1018
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 41
SCIMAGO H-index: 69
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.483
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Frontiers in Physics?

The journal mainly tackles studies in Fiber bundle, Stress (mechanics), Material failure theory, Catastrophic failure and Mechanics. It explores topics in Fiber bundle which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Electromagnetic shielding, Shielding effect and Fracture (geology). The journal explores research in Stress (mechanics) and the adjacent study of Bundle.

The Mechanics study tackled in the journal also covered diverse fields such as Orders of magnitude (time), Numerical analysis, Mathematics, Porous medium and Capillary number.

  • Fiber bundle (40.00%)
  • Stress (mechanics) (40.00%)
  • Material failure theory (40.00%)

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 Frontiers in Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Alex Hansen (3 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Srutarshi Pradhan (2 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Russell C. Hardie (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jonas T. Kjellstadli (2 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Douglas R. Droege (1 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 Frontiers in Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (3 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Dayton (1 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 2019 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 100.00% 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 0.00% of all publications and 0.00% 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

  • Qudits and high-dimensional quantum computing

    Yuchen Wang;Zixuan Hu;Barry C. Sanders;Sabre Kais

    (2020)
    321 Citations
  • Forecasting COVID-19

    Matjaž Perc;Matjaž Perc;Nina Gorišek Miksić;Mitja Slavinec;Andraž Stožer

    (2020)
    238 Citations
  • A Critique of the Asymptotic Safety Program

    John F. Donoghue

    (2020)
    100 Citations
  • Correlated Multimodal Imaging in Life Sciences: Expanding the Biomedical Horizon

    Andreas Walter;Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux;Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux;Birgit Plochberger;Ludek Sefc

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Predicting COVID-19 Peaks Around the World

    Constantino Tsallis;Constantino Tsallis;Ugur Tirnakli

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Phase Diagram of Nickelate Superconductors Calculated by Dynamical Vertex Approximation

    (2022)
    76 Citations
  • Dynamical Mean Field Studies of Infinite Layer Nickelates: Physics Results and Methodological Implications

    (2022)
    72 Citations
  • Complexity and Newton's Laws

    Leonard Susskind

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Searches for long-lived particles at the future FCC-ee

    (2022)
    60 Citations
  • Einstein, Planck and Vera Rubin: relevant encounters between the cosmological and the quantum worlds

    Paolo Salucci;Giampiero Esposito;Gaetano Lambiase;Emmanuele Battista

    (2021)
    48 Citations

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