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Nuclear Physics A
H-index 14

Nuclear Physics A

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 134 59 64 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 82
Documents by Best Scientists*: 79
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 176
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.584
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Nuclear Physics?

Nuclear Physics facilitates discussions on Atomic physics, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Nuclear reaction and Mathematical physics. Topics in Atomic physics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Neutron, Scattering, Excitation and Proton. In the Scattering research discussed, Elastic scattering and Inelastic scattering are all tackled.

Nuclear physics and Spectral line are closely related fields of research discussed in it. Particle physics studies presented include Quark, Quantum chromodynamics, Hadron, Meson and Supersymmetry. Nuclear Physics connects research in Nuclear reaction with the related topic of Ground state.

The journal explores issues in Mathematical physics which can be linked to other research areas like Quantum electrodynamics and Quantum mechanics. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Quantum mechanics and Theoretical physics.

  • Atomic physics (31.66%)
  • Nuclear physics (29.35%)
  • Particle physics (23.08%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Infinite Conformal Symmetry in Two-Dimensional Quantum Field Theory (4030 citations)
  • A planar diagram theory for strong interactions (3783 citations)
  • Asymptotic Freedom in Parton Language (3710 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nuclear Physics:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Particle physics, Mathematical physics, Quantum mechanics, Nuclear physics and Atomic physics. The most cited publications dive deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Particle physics and Theoretical physics. The most cited publications focus on Atomic physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Neutron, Scattering and Excitation.

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 Nuclear Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Amand Faessler (272 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • D. R. O. Morrison (133 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Achim Richter (111 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wolfram Weise (110 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • P. von Brentano (100 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 Nuclear Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • CERN (3695 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (1511 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (1266 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tokyo (1255 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (1080 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 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 0.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 0.00% of all publications and 100.00% 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

  • Science Requirements and Detector Concepts for the Electron-Ion Collider

    (2022)
    549 Citations
  • ΛΛ and NΞ interactions from lattice QCD near the physical point

    Kenji Sasaki;Sinya Aoki;Sinya Aoki;Takumi Doi;Shinya Gongyo

    (2020)
    124 Citations
  • LHCb Collaboration

    (2021)
    123 Citations
  • The BEST framework for the search for the QCD critical point and the chiral magnetic effect

    Xin An;Marcus Bluhm;Lipei Du;Gerald V. Dunne

    (2022)
    91 Citations
  • Dynamics of critical fluctuations: Theory - phenomenology - heavy-ion collisions

    Marcus Bluhm;Marcus Bluhm;Alexander Kalweit;Marlene Nahrgang;Marlene Nahrgang;Mesut Arslandok

    (2020)
    77 Citations
  • Relativistic nuclear collisions: Establishing a non-critical baseline for fluctuation measurements

    P. Braun-Munzinger;B. Friman;K. Redlich;K. Redlich;A. Rustamov

    (2021)
    74 Citations
  • The Present and Future of QCD

    (2023)
    48 Citations
  • Revisiting Bayesian constraints on the transport coefficients of QCD

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Toroidal states in 28Si with covariant density functional theory in 3D lattice space

    Z.X. Ren;P.W. Zhao;S.Q. Zhang;J. Meng;J. Meng;J. Meng

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • JETSCAPE Collaboration

    (2021)
    16 Citations

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