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Journal of Chemical Physics
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Journal of Chemical Physics

0021-9606

Published by: American Institute of Physics

https://aip.scitation.org/journal/jcp

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 34 144 509 39
Chemistry 52 1362 3289 70

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2326
Documents by Best Scientists*: 4404
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 61
SCIMAGO H-index: 409
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.819
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Chemical Physics?

The aim of Journal of Chemical Physics is to expand the discussion of research in Atomic physics, Analytical chemistry, Molecule, Molecular physics and Thermodynamics. The journal focuses on Atomic physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Ion, Spectral line and Excitation. The main emphasis of Journal of Chemical Physics is the subject of Ion, focusing on Ionization.

Journal of Chemical Physics connects the study in Analytical chemistry with the closely related area of Spectroscopy. In it, Chemical physics, Crystallography, Computational chemistry and Physical chemistry are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Molecule research. The journal explores topics in Molecular physics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Ab initio and Ab initio quantum chemistry methods.

Thermodynamics study tackled is connected to the field of Molecular dynamics. The studies in Excited state featured incorporate elements of Photodissociation and Photochemistry. Infrared spectroscopy research discussed connects with the study of Infrared.

  • Atomic physics (29.67%)
  • Analytical chemistry (12.45%)
  • Molecule (11.66%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Density-functional thermochemistry. III. The role of exact exchange (78216 citations)
  • Equation of state calculations by fast computing machines (28774 citations)
  • Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water (27618 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Chemical Physics:

The main points discussed in the published articles deal with Atomic physics, Molecule, Analytical chemistry, Molecular physics and Thermodynamics. The most cited articles facilitate discussions on Atomic physics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Ion, Spectral line and Excitation. While work presented in the most cited publications provide substantial information on Molecule, it also covers topics in Chemical physics, Crystallography and Computational chemistry.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Chemical physics, Molecular physics, Molecular dynamics, Statistical physics and Density functional theory. The research on Chemical physics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Ion, Molecule, Phase (matter) and Polymer. Molecular physics research presented in Journal of Chemical Physics encompasses a variety of subjects, including Spectroscopy, Spectral line, Ab initio, Excitation and Excited state.

Studies on Excited state discussed in it link to the field of Ground state. It explores research in Molecular dynamics and the adjacent study of Thermodynamics. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Statistical physics as it also encompasses Work (thermodynamics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Intermolecular interactions in optical cavities: An ab initio QED study (17 citations)
  • Δ-machine learning for potential energy surfaces: A PIP approach to bring a DFT-based PES to CCSD(T) level of theory. (17 citations)
  • Efficient implementation of atom-density representations (15 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 Journal of Chemical Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Henry F. Schaefer (441 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Donald G. Truhlar (378 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Stuart A. Rice (352 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Karl F. Freed (316 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Rodney J. Bartlett (259 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 Journal of Chemical Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (1670 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 23 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (683 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (589 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (576 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 17 less than at the previous edition,
  • Northwestern University (567 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 13 less 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, 2.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.35% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.52% of all publications and 64.75% 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

  • The ORCA quantum chemistry program package

    Frank Neese;Frank Wennmohs;Ute Becker;Christoph Riplinger

    (2020)
    4539 Citations
  • CP2K: An electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package - Quickstep: Efficient and accurate electronic structure calculations

    Thomas D. Kühne;Marcella Iannuzzi;Mauro Del Ben;Vladimir V. Rybkin

    (2020)
    3680 Citations
  • Scalable molecular dynamics on CPU and GPU architectures with NAMD.

    James C. Phillips;David J. Hardy;Julio D.C. Maia;John E. Stone

    (2020)
    2983 Citations
  • WIEN2k: An APW+lo program for calculating the properties of solids

    Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz;Fabien Tran;Robert Laskowski

    (2020)
    2325 Citations
  • Recent developments in the general atomic and molecular electronic structure system.

    Giuseppe M.J. Barca;Colleen Bertoni;Laura Carrington;Dipayan Datta

    (2020)
    1355 Citations
  • Quantum ESPRESSO toward the exascale.

    Paolo Giannozzi;Oscar Baseggio;Pietro Bonfà;Davide Brunato

    (2020)
    1056 Citations
  • The Molpro quantum chemistry package.

    Hans-Joachim Werner;Peter J. Knowles;Frederick R. Manby;Joshua A. Black

    (2020)
    1007 Citations

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