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Physics Letters B
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Physics Letters B

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 20 424 686 57

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Number of Best Scientists*: 599
Documents by Best Scientists*: 823
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 85
SCIMAGO H-index: 290
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.383
Impact Factor: 4.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Physics Letters B?

The journal facilitates discussions on Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Mathematical physics, Atomic physics and Quantum electrodynamics. Quark, Quantum chromodynamics, Hadron, Higgs boson and Meson are among the areas of Particle physics tackled. The main emphasis of Physics Letters B is the research on Quantum chromodynamics, emphasizing the topic of Gluon.

The study on Higgs boson presented in Physics Letters B intersects with the topics under Standard Model. Nucleon, Pion, Large Hadron Collider, Neutrino and Lepton are some of the study areas of Nuclear physics discussed. In particular, the Neutrino works presented emphasize discussions on Neutrino oscillation.

The Mathematical physics works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Quantum mechanics and Classical mechanics. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Quantum mechanics and Theoretical physics. Atomic physics research featured in it incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Neutron, Scattering, Excitation and Proton.

  • Particle physics (39.05%)
  • Nuclear physics (28.48%)
  • Mathematical physics (17.34%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Gauge Theory Correlators from Non-Critical String Theory (10511 citations)
  • Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC (8676 citations)
  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC (7634 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Physics Letters B:

The main points discussed in the published papers deal with Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Mathematical physics, Quantum mechanics and Quantum electrodynamics. The journal publications primarily discuss Particle physics topics, particularly Quark, Quantum chromodynamics, Higgs boson, Supersymmetry and Hadron. Most of the works presented in the published papers deal with Nuclear physics but they intersect with the subject of Atomic physics.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in Physics Letters B mainly cover the fields of Particle physics, Mathematical physics, Nuclear physics, Theoretical physics and Dark matter. The study on Particle physics presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Lepton. Physics Letters B focuses on Mathematical physics but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Field (physics), Gravitation, Gravity (chemistry) and Black hole.

The presentations discussing Nuclear physics offer insights in topics such as Nucleon, Proton, Rapidity and Range (particle radiation). The close relationship between Large Hadron Collider and Hadron is one of the points of interest dissected in Higgs boson research. Quark and Quantum chromodynamics are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Solar-mass primordial black holes explain NANOGrav hint of gravitational waves (52 citations)
  • A search for the dimuon decay of the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector (50 citations)
  • Gravitational waves and dark radiation from dark phase transition: Connecting NANOGrav pulsar timing data and hubble tension (42 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 Physics Letters B (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Christopher George Tully (442 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Frank Filthaut (426 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Konrad Kleinknecht (418 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Derek Strom (398 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Felicitas Pauss (394 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous 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 Physics Letters B (based on the number of publications) are:

  • CERN (6181 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition, 35 less than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (2085 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Tokyo (1941 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (1861 papers) published 35 papers at the last edition, 14 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (1536 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 18 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, 7.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.64% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.66% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.31% of all publications and 63.39% 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 Area of a Rough Black Hole

    John D. Barrow

    (2020)
    273 Citations
  • Horndeski gravity as D → 4 limit of Gauss-Bonnet

    H. Lu;Yi Pang

    (2020)
    239 Citations
  • Relic abundance of dark photon dark matter

    Prateek Agrawal;Naoya Kitajima;Matthew Reece;Toyokazu Sekiguchi

    (2020)
    231 Citations
  • Combination of searches for Higgs boson pairs in pp collisions at √{ s } = 13TeV with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;Eleni M. Asimakopoulou;Elin Bergeås Kuutmann;Petar Bokan;Petar Bokan

    (2020)
    215 Citations
  • A measurement of the Higgs boson mass in the diphoton decay channel

    A.M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;F. Ambrogi

    (2020)
    211 Citations
  • Solar-mass primordial black holes explain NANOGrav hint of gravitational waves

    Kazunori Kohri;Kazunori Kohri;Kazunori Kohri;Takahiro Terada

    (2021)
    209 Citations
  • First evidence that non-metricity f(Q) gravity could challenge ΛCDM

    Fotios K. Anagnostopoulos;Spyros Basilakos;Emmanuel N. Saridakis

    (2021)
    207 Citations
  • Barrow entropic dark energy: A member of generalized holographic dark energy family

    (2021)
    203 Citations
  • More indications for lepton nonuniversality in b → sℓ+ℓ−

    (2021)
    185 Citations
  • A consistent theory of D → 4 Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

    Katsuki Aoki;Mohammad Ali Gorji;Shinji Mukohyama;Shinji Mukohyama

    (2020)
    177 Citations

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