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International Journal of Modern Physics A
H-index 11

International Journal of Modern Physics A

0217-751X

Published by: World Scientific

https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/ijmpa

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 202 36 55 8

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 82
Documents by Best Scientists*: 102
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 113
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.402
Impact Factor: 1.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Modern Physics?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Mathematical physics, Particle physics, Theoretical physics, Classical mechanics and Nuclear physics. The research on Mathematical physics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) and Quantum mechanics. Quark–gluon plasma, Quantum chromodynamics and Hadron research are fields of study within Particle physics but they also intertwine with concepts in Realization (systems) and Bibliography.

The close relationship between Effective field theory and Neutron and Neutron star is one of the points of interest dissected in Quantum chromodynamics research. Topics in Theoretical physics were tackled in line with various other fields like Dirac equation, Gravitation, Universe and Higgs boson. The studies in Gravitation featured incorporate elements of General relativity, Black hole thermodynamics, Cosmology, Dark energy and Scalar field.

Dark energy research presented in International Journal of Modern Physics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Cosmological constant, Dark matter and f(R) gravity. The journal explores themes in Classical mechanics like Theory of relativity and links them with other fields of study like Hořava–Lifshitz gravity. Some problems in Nuclear matter that were presented in International Journal of Modern Physics overlapped with concepts under Strangeness and Hyperon.

  • Mathematical physics (24.07%)
  • Particle physics (21.30%)
  • Theoretical physics (16.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Models of Two-Dimensional Conformal Quantum Field Theory with Z(n) Symmetry (602 citations)
  • Zum Unitätsproblem der Physik (279 citations)
  • A Second Law for higher curvature gravity (59 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Modern Physics:

Gravitation, Theoretical physics, Mathematical physics, Universe and Classical mechanics are the main subjects of interest in the most cited publications. While Theoretical physics is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Electromagnetism and Spacetime. The journal publications aim to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Mathematical physics and Conformal field theory.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Quantum field theory
  • General relativity

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Particle physics, Quark–gluon plasma, Quark, Combinatorics and QCD sum rules are among the topics commonly tackled in International Journal of Modern Physics. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Particle physics, apply to Scattering as well. International Journal of Modern Physics explores issues in Quark–gluon plasma which can be linked to other research areas like Correlation function, Gluon, Critical phenomena, Momentum and Nuclear matter.

While work presented in International Journal of Modern Physics provided substantial information on Quark, it also covered topics in Neutron, Nuclear force, Quantum chromodynamics, Baryon and Neutron star. While it focused on Combinatorics, it was also able to explore topics like Structure (category theory) and Form factor (quantum field theory).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Zum Unitätsproblem der Physik (279 citations)
  • Nonperturbative quark–gluon thermodynamics at finite density (10 citations)
  • From QCD Symmetries to Nuclei and Neutron Stars (0 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 International Journal of Modern Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Farnell Djj. (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Raymond F. Bishop (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alvaro Ferraz (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • E.M. Szanto (1 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • M.Z. Yang (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 International Journal of Modern Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Waterloo (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (2 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (2 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 2018 edition, 66.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% 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 50.00% of all publications and 50.00% 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

  • Taiji program: Gravitational-wave sources

    (2020)
    320 Citations
  • The "96 GeV excess'' at the ILC

    T. Biekötter;M. Chakraborti;S. Heinemeyer

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • Duality Walls, Duality Trees and Fractional Branes

    (2024)
    19 Citations
  • Charge conservation, entropy current and gravitation

    Sinya Aoki;Tetsuya Onogi;Tetsuya Onogi;Shuichi Yokoyama

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • The “96 GeV excess” at the LHC

    T. Biekötter;M. Chakraborti;S. Heinemeyer;S. Heinemeyer

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Conserved non-Noether charge in general relativity: Physical definition vs. Noether's 2nd theorem

    (2022)
    15 Citations
  • Taiji program in space for gravitational universe with the first run key technologies test in Taiji-1

    Yue-Liang Wu;Zi-Ren Luo;Jian-Yu Wang

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Are the XYZ states unconventional states or conventional states with unconventional properties

    Christoph Hanhart;Eberhard Klempt

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Suppression of Electroweak Instanton Processes in High-energy Collisions

    Valentin V. Khoze;Daniel L. Milne

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Conserved charges in general relativity

    Sinya Aoki;Tetsuya Onogi;Tetsuya Onogi;Shuichi Yokoyama

    (2021)
    8 Citations

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