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Physics of the Dark Universe
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Physics of the Dark Universe

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 50 67 146 31

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 165
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 58
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.362
Impact Factor: 6.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Physics of the Dark Universe?

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Dark matter, Dark energy, Astrophysics, Mathematical physics and Theoretical physics. Physics of the Dark Universe tackles topics on Dark matter, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Particle physics. The journal features Particle physics research that overlaps with concepts in Nuclear physics.

In addition to Dark energy research, it aims to explore topics under Scalar field and Universe. Most of the Astrophysics studies addressed also intersect with Cosmic microwave background. It focuses on Cosmic microwave background but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Planck and Spectral density.

Mathematical physics research featured in Physics of the Dark Universe incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric, Gravity (chemistry), Scalar (mathematics), Gravitation and Black hole. The study of Gravitation, which falls within the realm of Classical mechanics, was the main focus of the presentations. Physics of the Dark Universe connects the study in Theoretical physics with the closely related area of Spacetime.

  • Dark matter (32.53%)
  • Dark energy (26.20%)
  • Astrophysics (22.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The characterization of the gamma-ray signal from the central Milky Way: A case for annihilating dark matter (389 citations)
  • The clustering of massive Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter: measuring their mass distribution with Advanced LIGO (361 citations)
  • Beyond ΛCDM: Problems, solutions, and the road ahead (294 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Physics of the Dark Universe:

The published papers focus on Dark matter, Astrophysics, Dark energy, Particle physics and Theoretical physics. The journal articles address concerns in Dark matter which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Light dark matter, Scalar field dark matter, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Galaxy and Gravitational lens. The most cited publications explore research in Planck and overlapping concepts in Cosmic microwave background to expand the discourse in Dark energy.

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 of the Dark Universe (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Juan Garcia-Bellido (15 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mauricio Bellini (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sergei D. Odintsov (10 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Z. Yousaf (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Abdul Jawad (10 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 of the Dark Universe (based on the number of publications) are:

  • CERN (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (24 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (20 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Barcelona (20 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 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, 8.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 13.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.29% of all publications and 49.28% 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

  • Dark Matter Benchmark Models for Early LHC Run-2 Searches. Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum

    Daniel Abercrombie;Nural Akchurin;Ece Akilli;Juan Alcaraz Maestre

    (2020)
    704 Citations
  • Interacting dark energy in the early 2020s: A promising solution to the H0 and cosmic shear tensions

    Eleonora Di Valentino;Alessandro Melchiorri;Olga Mena;Sunny Vagnozzi

    (2020)
    352 Citations
  • Recommendations on presenting LHC searches for missing transverse energy signals using simplified $s$-channel models of dark matter

    Antonio Boveia;Oliver Buchmueller;Giorgio Busoni;Francesco D'Eramo

    (2020)
    324 Citations
  • Cosmic Conundra Explained by Thermal History and Primordial Black Holes

    Bernard Carr;Bernard Carr;Sebastien Clesse;Juan Garcia-Bellido;Florian Kuhnel

    (2021)
    161 Citations
  • Neutrino self-interactions: A white paper

    (2022)
    112 Citations
  • The galaxy power spectrum take on spatial curvature and cosmic concordance

    Sunny Vagnozzi;Eleonora Di Valentino;Eleonora Di Valentino;Stefano Gariazzo;Stefano Gariazzo;Alessandro Melchiorri

    (2021)
    110 Citations
  • LHC Dark Matter Working Group: Next-generation spin-0 dark matter models

    Tomohiro Abe;Yoav Afik;Andreas Albert;Christopher R. Anelli

    (2020)
    92 Citations
  • Einstein-Æther gravity in the light of event horizon telescope observations of M87*

    Mohsen Khodadi;Emmanuel N. Saridakis

    (2021)
    73 Citations
  • Towards a smooth unification from an ekpyrotic bounce to the dark energy era

    (2022)
    71 Citations
  • Black hole shadow in symmergent gravity

    İrfan Çimdiker;Durmuş Demir;Ali Övgün

    (2021)
    70 Citations

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