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General Relativity and Gravitation
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General Relativity and Gravitation

0001-7701

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10714

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 145 55 31 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 76
Documents by Best Scientists*: 51
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 104
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.716
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at General Relativity and Gravitation?

The foci of the journal are Differential geometry, Classical mechanics, Mathematical physics, General relativity and Theoretical physics. While Differential geometry is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Cosmology, Spacetime, Einstein, Quantum mechanics and Metric (mathematics). It focuses on Classical mechanics research which is adjacent to topics in Black hole.

As a part of General Relativity and Gravitation, discussions in Black hole involve topics like Extremal black hole, White hole, Hawking radiation and Black hole thermodynamics. Charged black hole is the primary subject of Extremal black hole works presented in the journal. It features studies on Hawking radiation, including topics such as Micro black hole.

The research on Mathematical physics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Curvature, De Sitter universe and Scalar (mathematics). In addition to Theoretical physics research, it aims to explore topics under Quantum gravity and Universe. Four-force is a focus of the presented Theory of relativity works and it dives deep in Four-force.

  • Differential geometry (39.51%)
  • Classical mechanics (38.11%)
  • Mathematical physics (33.25%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • On Gravity's Role in Quantum State Reduction (1067 citations)
  • Classical Gravity with Higher Derivatives (977 citations)
  • Republication of: The dynamics of general relativity (909 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at General Relativity and Gravitation:

The most cited articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Classical mechanics, Differential geometry, Mathematical physics, General relativity and Theoretical physics. The works on Classical mechanics tackled in the journal articles bring together disciplines like Schwarzschild radius and Black hole. The Mathematical physics research presented in the journal articles focuses mostly on De Sitter universe and, on occasion, topics in Metric expansion of space.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • General relativity

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The objective of the journal is to combine knowledge in the areas of Mathematical physics, Differential geometry, Black hole, Spacetime and Classical mechanics. The concepts on Mathematical physics presented in General Relativity and Gravitation can also apply to other research fields, including Space (mathematics) and De Sitter universe. Issues in Differential geometry were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Rotating black hole, Type (model theory), Gauss–Bonnet theorem, Gravity (chemistry) and Curvature.

It explores research in Quantum electrodynamics and overlapping concepts in Magnetic field and Scalar (mathematics) to expand the discourse in Black hole. The Spacetime works featured in General Relativity and Gravitation incorporate elements from Scale factor (cosmology), Theoretical physics, Proper time, f(R) gravity and Dark energy. It facilitates discussions on Classical mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Parameter space and Geodesic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Interpreting binary neutron star mergers: describing the binary neutron star dynamics, modelling gravitational waveforms, and analyzing detections (17 citations)
  • Anomalies in the CMB from a cosmic bounce (12 citations)
  • Spherical orbits around a Kerr black hole (11 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 General Relativity and Gravitation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • George F. R. Ellis (52 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Subenoy Chakraborty (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrzej Krasiński (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Muhammad Sharif (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mauro Francaviglia (29 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 General Relativity and Gravitation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (152 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Queen Mary University of London (85 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cape Town (79 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Waterloo (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • National Autonomous University of Mexico (75 papers) published 4 papers 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, 17.39% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.84% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 1.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 3.95% of all publications and 82.89% 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

  • Prospects for Fundamental Physics with LISA

    Enrico Barausse;Emanuele Berti;Thomas Hertog;Scott A. Hughes

    (2020)
    295 Citations
  • Detection of early-universe gravitational-wave signatures and fundamental physics

    (2022)
    124 Citations
  • Prospects for Fundamental Physics with LISA

    Enrico Barausse;Enrico Barausse;Emanuele Berti;Thomas Hertog;Scott A. Hughes

    (2020)
    99 Citations
  • The evolution of binary neutron star post-merger remnants: a review

    Nikhil Sarin;Paul D. Lasky

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • The effect of mission duration on LISA science objectives

    (2021)
    72 Citations
  • The key role of magnetic fields in binary neutron star mergers

    Riccardo Ciolfi

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Entanglement harvesting of three Unruh-DeWitt detectors

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Cosmological perfect fluids in higher-order gravity

    Salvatore Capozziello;Carlo Alberto Mantica;Luca Guido Molinari

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Compact binary coalescences: constraints on waveforms

    Abhay Ashtekar;Tommaso De Lorenzo;Neev Khera

    (2020)
    26 Citations
  • Emergent gravity as the eraser of anomalous gauge boson masses, and QFT-GR concord

    Durmuş Demir

    (2021)
    25 Citations

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