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Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
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Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

0954-3899

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/0954-3899

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 65 101 78 26

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 141
Documents by Best Scientists*: 95
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 123
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.17
Impact Factor: 3.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Physics G?

The journal covers a variety of subjects, including Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Atomic physics, Hadron and Quark. It explores research in Nuclear physics and the adjacent study of Spectral line. The presentations discussing Particle physics offer insights in topics such as Quantum chromodynamics, Large Hadron Collider, Meson, Baryon and Neutrino.

Neutrino oscillation is part of Neutrino studies tackled in Journal of Physics G. While Atomic physics is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Scattering, Excitation, Isotope and Fission. Journal of Physics G is mostly focused on Hadron, specifically Parton.

It connects the study in Quark with the closely related area of Quantum electrodynamics.

  • Nuclear physics (46.43%)
  • Particle physics (39.51%)
  • Atomic physics (18.75%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Review of Particle Physics (2718 citations)
  • Review of Particle Physics (2006) (1756 citations)
  • Presentation of search results: the CLs technique (1736 citations)

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

The most cited publications tackle a plethora of topics, such as Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Atomic physics, Hadron and Quantum chromodynamics. The Particle physics research presented in the published articles places emphasis on topics like Quark, Large Hadron Collider, Neutrino, Meson and Baryon. While Atomic physics is the focus of the most cited articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Excitation, Isotope and Fission.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Photon

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Journal of Physics G are Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Neutrino, Hadron and Quark. The study on Particle physics presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Lepton. The Nuclear physics works featured in Journal of Physics G incorporate elements from Transverse plane and Heavy ion.

Some problems in Hadron that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Pion and Baryon. In Journal of Physics G, Phase transition and Quantum chromodynamics are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Quark research. Energy (signal processing) and Multiplicity (mathematics) are some topics wherein Large Hadron Collider research discussed in the journal have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Primordial black holes as a dark matter candidate (87 citations)
  • IceCube-Gen2: The window to the extreme Universe (32 citations)
  • Revealing the structure of light pseudoscalar mesons at the electron-ion collider (13 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 G (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Walter Greiner (94 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Amand Faessler (84 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marcus Bleicher (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Horst Stöcker (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • A. W. Wolfendale (45 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 G (based on the number of publications) are:

  • CERN (200 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Goethe University Frankfurt (182 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (142 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory (142 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (141 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 68.83% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 29.17% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.33% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.67% of all publications and 45.83% 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

  • IceCube-Gen2: The Window to the Extreme Universe

    M. G. Aartsen;R. Abbasi;M. Ackermann

    (2020)
    506 Citations
  • Searching for long-lived particles beyond the Standard Model at the Large Hadron Collider

    Juliette Alimena;James Beacham;Martino Borsato;Yangyang Cheng

    (2020)
    340 Citations
  • Physics Beyond Colliders at CERN: Beyond the Standard Model Working Group Report

    J. Beacham;C. Burrage;D. Curtin;A. De Roeck

    (2020)
    329 Citations
  • The Forward Physics Facility at the High-Luminosity LHC

    (2022)
    285 Citations
  • The present and future status of heavy neutral leptons

    (2022)
    196 Citations
  • The PDF4LHC21 combination of global PDF fits for the LHC Run III*

    (2022)
    165 Citations
  • The Large Hadron–Electron Collider at the HL-LHC

    (2021)
    157 Citations
  • Future of nuclear fission theory

    Michael Bender;Rémi Bernard;George Bertsch;Satoshi Chiba

    (2020)
    143 Citations
  • nEXO: neutrinoless double beta decay search beyond 1028 year half-life sensitivity

    (2021)
    121 Citations
  • Novel tools and observables for jet physics in heavy-ion collisions

    Harry Arthur Andrews;Liliana Apolinario;Redmer Alexander Bertens;Christian Bierlich

    (2020)
    98 Citations

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