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Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
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Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

1742-5468

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1742-5468

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 77 48 132 20
Physics 83 22 81 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 182
Documents by Best Scientists*: 334
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 95
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.373
Impact Factor: 1.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment?

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment investigates areas of study like Statistical physics, Condensed matter physics, Quantum mechanics, Mathematical physics and Scaling. Statistical physics works presented in it have a specific focus on Ising model. As a part of Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, discussions in Quantum mechanics involve topics like Quantum and Quantum entanglement.

The journal facilitated presentations on Mathematical physics research, particularly Bethe ansatz and Integrable system. Most of the Scaling studies addressed also intersect with Exponent. Renormalization group research discussed connects with the study of Critical exponent.

  • Statistical physics (31.49%)
  • Condensed matter physics (9.03%)
  • Quantum mechanics (8.67%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Fast unfolding of communities in large networks (10816 citations)
  • Entanglement entropy and quantum field theory (2031 citations)
  • Comparing community structure identification (1993 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment:

The main points discussed in the most cited papers deal with Statistical physics, Mathematical physics, Quantum mechanics, Quantum and Quantum entanglement. The journal articles are focused mainly on Statistical physics, particularly Ising model. The journal articles with studies in Quantum entanglement featured incorporate elements of Conformal field theory, Scaling, Entropy (arrow of time) and Ground state.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Statistics
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment focuses largely on the fields of Statistical physics, Mathematical physics, Brownian motion, Stochastic process and Quantum. The journal addresses concerns in Statistical physics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Random walk, Markov chain and Observable. The Mathematical physics study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Spin-½.

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment explores topics in Brownian motion which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Active matter, Steady state, Mathematical analysis and Classical mechanics. The journal is concerned with the study of Quantum and Quantum mechanics in general. Discussions in the journal are anchored in the subject of Large deviations theory and the similar topic of Joint probability distribution.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Localization transition in the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation: ensembles inequivalence and negative temperatures (14 citations)
  • Large deviations of the Lyapunov exponent in 2D matrix Langevin dynamics with applications to one-dimensional Anderson localization models (11 citations)
  • Large deviations for Markov processes with stochastic resetting: analysis via the empirical density and flows or via excursions between resets (9 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 Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Pasquale Calabrese (66 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Cécile Monthus (53 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Satya N. Majumdar (43 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sidney Redner (41 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Giorgio Parisi (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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 Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (147 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sapienza University of Rome (146 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (138 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • International School for Advanced Studies (105 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Paris-Sud (91 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 2021 edition, 73.86% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.63% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.70% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.87% of all publications and 50.79% 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

  • Introduction to the Special Issue on Emergent Hydrodynamics in Integrable Many-Body Systems

    (2022)
    126 Citations
  • Symmetry resolved entanglement entropy of excited states in a CFT

    Luca Capizzi;Paola Ruggiero;Pasquale Calabrese;Pasquale Calabrese

    (2020)
    118 Citations
  • Intermittent resetting potentials

    Gabriel Mercado-Vásquez;Denis Boyer;Satya N. Majumdar;Grégory Schehr

    (2020)
    110 Citations
  • Symmetry resolved entanglement in two-dimensional systems via dimensional reduction

    Sara Murciano;Paola Ruggiero;Pasquale Calabrese

    (2020)
    96 Citations
  • Exact quench dynamics of symmetry resolved entanglement in a free fermion chain

    Gilles Parez;Riccarda Bonsignori;Pasquale Calabrese

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • Dynamics of charge-imbalance-resolved entanglement negativity after a quench in a free-fermion model

    (2022)
    81 Citations
  • Symmetry-resolved entanglement in a long-range free-fermion chain

    (2022)
    71 Citations
  • Soliton gas in integrable dispersive hydrodynamics

    Gennady A El

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Optimal mean first-passage time of a Brownian searcher with resetting in one and two dimensions: experiments, theory and numerical tests

    F Faisant;B Besga;A Petrosyan;S Ciliberto

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • Correlation functions and transport coefficients in generalised hydrodynamics

    (2021)
    57 Citations

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