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Molecular Physics
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Molecular Physics

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tmph20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 158 34 62 12
Chemistry 362 248 364 21

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 344
Documents by Best Scientists*: 462
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 14
SCIMAGO H-index: 122
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.322
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Molecular Physics?

The scientific interests tackled in the journal are Atomic physics, Molecule, Molecular physics, Computational chemistry and Thermodynamics. While the journal focused on Atomic physics, it was also able to explore topics like Spectral line, Ab initio and Dipole. The in-depth study on Spectral line also explores topics in the intersecting field of Analytical chemistry.

Topics in Molecule were tackled in line with various other fields like Crystallography and Chemical physics. Molecular Physics focuses on Molecular physics as well as the interrelated topic of Condensed matter physics. The journal emphasizes research on Computational chemistry, which includes concerns such as Density functional theory.

The studies on Thermodynamics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Monte Carlo method and Molecular dynamics.

  • Atomic physics (26.40%)
  • Molecule (15.14%)
  • Molecular physics (12.20%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The calculation of small molecular interactions by the differences of separate total energies. Some procedures with reduced errors (17555 citations)
  • A molecular dynamics method for simulations in the canonical ensemble (6283 citations)
  • Self-consistent perturbation theory of diamagnetism (3503 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Molecular Physics:

The journal articles primarily tackle Atomic physics, Molecule, Thermodynamics, Molecular physics and Computational chemistry. Issues in Atomic physics were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Spectral line, Dipole and Ab initio. While the primary focus in the journal papers is Thermodynamics, they also dissect topics surrounding Statistical physics and Monte Carlo molecular modeling as a whole.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Organic chemistry
  • Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Molecule, Atomic physics, Molecular physics, Photochemistry and Chemical physics are the subjects of interest in Molecular Physics. Issues in Atomic physics were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Electron and Excitation. Research on Photochemistry addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Excited state.

It links adjacent topics like Chemical physics with Molecular dynamics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • SOF2 sensing by Rh-doped PtS2 monolayer for early diagnosis of partial discharge in the SF6 insulation device (31 citations)
  • Energy spectra and thermal properties of diatomic molecules in the presence of magnetic and AB fields with improved Kratzer potential (15 citations)
  • Molecular interaction studies of cumene and toluene on δ-arsenene nanosheet – a first-principles outlook (14 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 Molecular Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Douglas Henderson (86 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keith E. Gubbins (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • George Jackson (73 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • John N. Murrell (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicholas C. Handy (63 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 Molecular Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Cambridge (334 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (303 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (176 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Paris (159 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • ETH Zurich (138 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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, 8.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.42% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.86% of all publications and 73.19% 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 symmetric quasi-classical model using on-the-fly time-dependent density functional theory within the Tamm–Dancoff approximation

    (2022)
    155 Citations
  • Theoretical screening into Ru-doped MoS2 monolayer as a promising gas sensor upon SO2 and SOF2 in SF6 insulation devices

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Quasirelativistic two-component core excitations and polarisabilities from a damped-response formulation of the Bethe–Salpeter equation

    Max Kehry;Yannick J. Franzke;Christof Holzer;Wim Klopper

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Influence of Dispersive Long-range Interactions on Properties of Vapour–liquid Equilibria and Interfaces of Binary Lennard-Jones Mixtures

    Simon Stephan;Hans Hasse

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • On the basis set selection for calculations of core-level states: different strategies to balance cost and accuracy

    Ronit Sarangi;Marta L. Vidal;Sonia Coriani;Anna I. Krylov

    (2020)
    49 Citations
  • Adsorption behaviour of SO2 and SOF2 gas on Rh-doped BNNT: a DFT study

    Xiaoxing Zhang;Zhenwei Chen;Dachang Chen;Hao Cui

    (2020)
    47 Citations
  • Mass transfer through vapour–liquid interfaces: a molecular dynamics simulation study

    Simon Stephan;Dominik Schaefer;Kai Langenbach;Hans Hasse

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Efficient evaluation of three-centre two-electron integrals over London orbitals

    Ansgar Pausch;Wim Klopper

    (2020)
    39 Citations

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