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New Journal of Physics
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New Journal of Physics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 47 181 319 32

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 637
Documents by Best Scientists*: 802
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 23
SCIMAGO H-index: 216
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.936
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at New Journal of Physics?

New Journal of Physics investigates studies in Condensed matter physics, Quantum mechanics, Quantum, Atomic physics and Optics. The studies on Condensed matter physics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Magnetic field and Magnetization. Quantum entanglement, Qubit, Photon and Quantum information are all areas of Quantum mechanics tackled in it.

The journal focuses on Quantum research which is adjacent to topics in Statistical physics. Some problems in Atomic physics that were presented in New Journal of Physics overlapped with concepts under Plasma, Ion, Ionization, Electron and Laser. The journal focuses on Optics as well as the interrelated topic of Optoelectronics.

  • Condensed matter physics (21.50%)
  • Quantum mechanics (16.63%)
  • Quantum (12.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Detecting the overlapping and hierarchical community structure in complex networks (1456 citations)
  • Plasma medicine: an introductory review (1194 citations)
  • Topological insulators and superconductors: Tenfold way and dimensional hierarchy (1193 citations)

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

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Quantum mechanics, Condensed matter physics, Optics, Quantum and Statistical physics. The journal publications focus on Condensed matter physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Magnetic field, Magnetization and Graphene. The published papers tackle studies in Atomic physics and the interrelated subject of Electron to gain insights into Laser.

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 New Journal of Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Martin B. Plenio (59 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gregor E. Morfill (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Schmelcher (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Mauro Paternostro (38 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Maciej Lewenstein (36 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 New Journal of Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (1092 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (261 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (260 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Oxford (239 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (223 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 17 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, 39.08% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.37% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.72% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.46% of all publications and 61.45% 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

  • A phenomenological theory of superconductor diodes

    (2021)
    298 Citations
  • Optimization of identifiability for efficient community detection

    Hui-Jia Li;Lin Wang;Yan Zhang;Matjaž Perc;Matjaž Perc

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • Single trajectory characterization via machine learning

    Gorka Muñoz-Gil;Miguel Angel Garcia-March;Miguel Angel Garcia-March;Carlo Manzo;José D Martín-Guerrero

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • Spectroscopic Investigations of Negatively Charged Tin-Vacancy Centres in Diamond

    Johannes Görlitz;Dennis Herrmann;Gergő Thiering;Philipp Fuchs

    (2020)
    103 Citations
  • SNEWS 2.0: A next-generation supernova early warning system for multi-messenger astronomy

    S. Al Kharusi;S. Y. BenZvi;J. S. Bobowski;W. Bonivento

    (2021)
    82 Citations
  • Nanometric skyrmion lattice from anisotropic exchange interactions in a centrosymmetric host

    Max Hirschberger;Max Hirschberger;Satoru Hayami;Yoshinori Tokura;Yoshinori Tokura

    (2021)
    68 Citations
  • Distributed quantum sensing enhanced by continuous-variable error correction

    Quntao Zhuang;John Preskill;Liang Jiang;Liang Jiang

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Unexpected crossovers in correlated random-diffusivity processes

    Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Flavio Seno;Igor M Sokolov;Aleksei V Chechkin

    (2020)
    62 Citations
  • Local and global stimuli in reinforcement learning

    Danyang Jia;Hao Guo;Zhao Song;Lei Shi

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Community lockdowns in social networks hardly mitigate epidemic spreading

    Marko Gosak;Maja Duh;Rene Markovič;MatjaŽ Perc

    (2021)
    55 Citations

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