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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

0953-8984

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0953-8984

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 89 121 184 21
Materials Science 255 588 748 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1021
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1141
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 29
SCIMAGO H-index: 263
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.624
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Condensed matter physics, Crystallography, Analytical chemistry, Magnetization and Electron. It addresses concerns in Condensed matter physics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Magnetic field and Electrical resistivity and conductivity. Crystallography research featured in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Phase transition, Phase (matter) and Diffraction.

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter focuses on Analytical chemistry as well as the interrelated topic of Ion. It focuses on Magnetization but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Magnetic susceptibility and Magnetic moment. The study on Electron presented in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter intersects with the topics under Atomic physics.

  • Condensed matter physics (48.91%)
  • Crystallography (10.42%)
  • Analytical chemistry (9.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials (15412 citations)
  • First-principles simulation: ideas, illustrations and the CASTEP code (7924 citations)
  • The SIESTA method for ab initio order-N materials simulation (6301 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter:

The journal publications primarily tackle Condensed matter physics, Crystallography, Analytical chemistry, Chemical physics and Electronic structure. While the most cited publications focused on Condensed matter physics, they were also able to explore topics like Electrical resistivity and conductivity and Magnetization. The most cited papers facilitate discussions on Crystallography that incorporate concepts from other fields like Phase (matter) and Diffraction.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Condensed matter physics, Density functional theory, Ferromagnetism, Chemical physics and Electron. The research on Condensed matter physics featured in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter combines topics in other fields like Magnetic field and Magnetization. Density functional theory research discussed connects with the study of Electronic structure.

It is focused mainly on Ferromagnetism, particularly Spintronics. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Band gap and the similar topic of Semiconductor.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Absence of local moments in the kagome metal KV3Sb5 as determined by muon spin spectroscopy (41 citations)
  • Recent progress on superconductors with time-reversal symmetry breaking. (20 citations)
  • The 2021 Magnonics Roadmap. (19 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 Physics: Condensed Matter (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ekhard K. H. Salje (100 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hartmut Löwen (86 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Martin T. Dove (69 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peter A. Dowben (62 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Michael Pepper (61 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 Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (916 papers) published 33 papers at the last edition, 7 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (894 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (872 papers) published 24 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (539 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (492 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 12 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, 4.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.79% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.62% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.75% of all publications and 68.84% 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

  • QuantumATK: an integrated platform of electronic and atomic-scale modelling tools.

    Søren Smidstrup;Troels Markussen;Pieter Vancraeyveld;Jess Wellendorff

    (2020)
    1717 Citations
  • Wannier90 as a community code: new features and applications.

    Giovanni Pizzi;Valerio Vitale;Valerio Vitale;Ryotaro Arita;Stefan Blügel

    (2020)
    734 Citations
  • The 2021 Magnonics Roadmap.

    Anjan Barman;Gianluca Gubbiotti;S. Ladak;A. O. Adeyeye

    (2021)
    526 Citations
  • The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

    Gerhard Gompper;Roland G Winkler;Thomas Speck;Alexandre Solon

    (2020)
    482 Citations
  • Thermal transport of carbon nanomaterials.

    Xue-Kun Chen;Xue-Kun Chen;Ke-Qiu Chen

    (2020)
    181 Citations
  • The stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation: calculating vibrational properties of materials with full quantum and anharmonic effects

    Lorenzo Monacelli;Raffaello Bianco;Marco Cherubini;Matteo Calandra

    (2021)
    146 Citations
  • The 2021 Room-Temperature Superconductivity Roadmap.

    Lilia Boeri;Richard G Hennig;Peter J Hirschfeld;Gianni Profeta

    (2021)
    90 Citations

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