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Physical Communication
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Physical Communication

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 228 88 126 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 169
Documents by Best Scientists*: 223
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 54
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.488
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Physical Communication?

Algorithm, Computer network, Communication channel, Wireless and Relay are among the topics commonly tackled in Physical Communication. Issues in Algorithm were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like MIMO, Bit error rate, Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing and Fading. The journal explores issues in MIMO which can be linked to other research areas like Telecommunications link and Spectral efficiency.

The research on Telecommunications link tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Mathematical optimization, Interference (wave propagation) and Base station. Physical Communication features studies on Fading, including topics such as Nakagami distribution. Computer network research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Cognitive radio, Wireless network and Throughput.

The journal is concerned with the study of Communication channel and Telecommunications in general. Physical Communication connects the study in Wireless with the closely related area of Maximum power transfer theorem. The work on Relay tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Node (networking) and Topology.

  • Algorithm (22.94%)
  • Computer network (19.75%)
  • Communication channel (19.58%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks: A survey (1487 citations)
  • Full length article: Terahertz band: Next frontier for wireless communications (736 citations)
  • The evolution to 4G cellular systems: LTE-Advanced (388 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Physical Communication:

The most cited publications aim to foster the development of research in Computer network, Wireless, Telecommunications, Cognitive radio and Communication channel. The works on Computer network tackled in the published papers bring together disciplines like Wireless network, Heterogeneous network and Throughput. The published articles explore Telecommunications concepts, specifically Bit error rate and MIMO but expand to research in Term (time).

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

  • Computer network
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Algorithm, Communication channel, Wireless, Computer network and Spectral efficiency. While the journal focused on Communication channel, it was also able to explore topics like Transmission (telecommunications) and Energy (signal processing). In Physical Communication, Telecommunications link, Base station and Artificial intelligence are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Wireless research.

Some problems in Base station that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Wireless network and Optimization problem. Research in Relay and the interrelating topic of Noma were among the subjects of interest in the Computer network studies discussed in the journal. The concepts on Spectral efficiency presented in Physical Communication can also apply to other research fields, including MIMO and Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Intelligent secure mobile edge computing for beyond 5G wireless networks (20 citations)
  • A parallel joint optimized relay selection protocol for wake-up radio enabled WSNs (16 citations)
  • Battery-constrained federated edge learning in UAV-enabled IoT for B5G/6G networks (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 Physical Communication (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ian F. Akyildiz (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Junjuan Xia (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Xin Liu (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Huseyin Arslan (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Oran Sharon (8 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 Physical Communication (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (23 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Guangzhou University (23 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Southeast University (23 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Dalian University of Technology (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (18 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 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, 6.53% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.91% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.05% of all publications and 62.37% 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

  • Joint resource allocation and power control for D2D communication with deep reinforcement learning in MCC

    Dan Wang;Hao Qin;Bin Song;Ke Xu

    (2021)
    35 Citations
  • Intelligent handover decision scheme using double deep reinforcement learning

    Michael S. Mollel;Michael S. Mollel;Attai Ibrahim Abubakar;Metin Öztürk;Shubi Felix Kaijage

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Power allocation scheme for maximizing spectral efficiency and energy efficiency tradeoff for uplink NOMA systems in B5G/6G

    Xinji Tian;Yuxia Huang;Sahil Verma;Machao Jin

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Secrecy sum rate maximization for a MIMO-NOMA uplink transmission in 6G networks

    (2022)
    30 Citations
  • COLREGS-based collision avoidance algorithm for unmanned surface vehicles using modified artificial potential fields

    (2023)
    26 Citations
  • Region coverage-aware path planning for unmanned aerial vehicles: A systematic review

    (2023)
    24 Citations
  • Blockchain and 5G integrated softwarized UAV network management: Architecture, solutions, and challenges

    Rajesh Gupta;Sudeep Tanwar;Neeraj Kumar;Neeraj Kumar;Neeraj Kumar

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Physical layer security using beamforming techniques for 5G and beyond networks: A systematic review

    (2022)
    22 Citations
  • A vision towards integrated 6G communication networks: Promising technologies, architecture, and use-cases

    (2022)
    21 Citations
  • Deep learning based physical layer security for terrestrial communications in 5G and beyond networks: A survey

    (2023)
    20 Citations

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