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Physica Scripta
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Physica Scripta

0031-8949

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1402-4896

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 164 49 64 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 873
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1478
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 31
SCIMAGO H-index: 103
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.388
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Physica Scripta?

Physica Scripta facilitates discussions on Atomic physics, Ion, Condensed matter physics, Plasma and Electron. Excited state is a primary topic of Atomic physics research in Physica Scripta. The majority of Condensed matter physics studies in the journal are focused on the subject of Superconductivity.

Topics in Plasma explored in Physica Scripta were investigated in conjunction with research in Magnetic field and Classical mechanics.

  • Atomic physics (30.31%)
  • Ion (11.83%)
  • Condensed matter physics (11.33%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Viscoelastic Acoustic Response of Layered Polymer Films at Fluid-Solid Interfaces: Continuum Mechanics Approach (1269 citations)
  • Dust ion-acoustic wave (1011 citations)
  • SIXpack: A Graphical user interface for XAS analysis using IFEFFIT (849 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Physica Scripta:

The published articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Atomic physics, Ion, Quantum mechanics, Spectral line and Plasma. Excited state is a focus of the presented Atomic physics works in the most cited papers and they dives deep in Excited state. The most cited papers feature studies on Plasma, including topics such as Tokamak.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Physica Scripta are Optoelectronics, Mechanics, Condensed matter physics, Plasma and Mathematical physics. Nanofluid and Flow (mathematics) are among the areas of Mechanics tackled. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Plasma as it also encompasses Atomic physics.

The journal connects research in Atomic physics with the related topic of Ion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Radiative heat transfer of second grade nanofluid flow past a porous flat surface: a single-phase mathematical model (21 citations)
  • Single phase based study of Ag-Cu/EO Williamson hybrid nanofluid flow over a stretching surface with shape factor (19 citations)
  • Impact of magnetic dipole on ferromagnetic hybrid nanofluid flow over a stretching cylinder (17 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 Physica Scripta (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Padma Kant Shukla (143 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lennart Stenflo (99 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • S. Brezinsek (83 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 22 less than at the previous edition,
  • Y N Joshi (80 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Elmar Träbert (72 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 Physica Scripta (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (503 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 21 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (368 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ruhr University Bochum (273 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (260 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Lund University (238 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, 74.51% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 6.31% 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 7.21% of all publications and 86.49% 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

  • Role of heavy metal oxides on the radiation attenuation properties of newly developed TBBE-X glasses by computational methods

    M S Al-Buriahi;Jamila S Alzahrani;I O Olarinoye;Hakan Akyildirim

    (2021)
    92 Citations
  • Fe-based alloys and their shielding properties against directly and indirectly ionizing radiation by using FLUKA simulations

    M S Al-Buriahi;D K Gaikwad;H H Hegazy;H H Hegazy;Chahkrit Sriwunkum

    (2021)
    91 Citations
  • Effect of Ag2O/V2O5 substitution on the radiation shielding ability of tellurite glass system via XCOM approach and FLUKA simulations

    I.O. Olarinoye;Sultan Alomairy;Chahkrit Sriwunkum;Mohammed Sultan Al-Buriahi

    (2021)
    91 Citations
  • Temporal modes in quantum optics: then and now

    Michael G Raymer;Ian A Walmsley

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Design and physics basis for the upcoming DIII-D SAS-VW campaign to quantify tungsten leakage and transport in a new slot divertor geometry

    Tyler Abrams;Gregory Sinclair;J.H. Nichols;Ezekial A Unterberg

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • On single-photon and classical interference

    (2022)
    20 Citations
  • The significant role of CeO2 content on the radiation shielding performance of Fe2O3-P2O5 glass-ceramics: Geant4 simulations study

    Miysoon A. Alothman;Ziyad Awadh Alrowaili;Sultan Alomairy;Canel Eke

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • The sounds of science—a symphony for many instruments and voices

    Gerianne Alexander;Roland E. Allen;Anthony Atala;Warwick P. Bowen

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Observation of Bohm trajectories and quantum potentials of classical waves

    (2023)
    15 Citations
  • Linear/nonlinear optical parameters along with photon attenuation effectiveness of Dy3+ ions doped zinc-aluminoborosilicate glasses

    H O Tekin;H O Tekin;Sultan Alomairy;M S Al-Buriahi;Y S Rammah

    (2021)
    15 Citations

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