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Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
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Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 72 51 34 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 59
Documents by Best Scientists*: 37
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 139
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.428
Impact Factor: 17.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics?

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics generally zeroes in on subjects such as Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Nucleon, Neutrino and Atomic physics. Topics like Neutron, Nuclear matter, Nuclear structure, Proton and Large Hadron Collider are tackled as part of the discussions on Nuclear physics. It concentrates on Particle physics topics that focus on Quark, Hadron, Meson, Quantum chromodynamics and Pion.

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics centers on topics in Quark, with a focus on Gluon. It focuses on Meson research which is adjacent to topics in Baryon. The research on Quantum chromodynamics discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Theoretical physics.

Most of the Nucleon studies addressed also intersect with Scattering. Neutrino oscillation, Solar neutrino problem, Solar neutrino, Measurements of neutrino speed and Neutrino detector are all topics related to Neutrino research discussed. Atomic physics works presented in the journal have a specific focus on Excited state.

  • Nuclear physics (47.11%)
  • Particle physics (44.82%)
  • Nucleon (16.30%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Microscopic models for ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions (1257 citations)
  • Relativistic mean field theory in finite nuclei (952 citations)
  • Dyson-Schwinger equations and their application to hadronic physics (760 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics:

Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Nucleon and Quark are the main subjects of interest in the journal publications. The published Particle physics works encompass concepts such as Meson, Hadron, Neutrino and Baryon and examines them in conjunction with Bibliography. The most cited articles with studies in Nuclear physics featured incorporate elements of Deep inelastic scattering and Scattering.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Photon

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics covers a variety of subjects, including Particle physics, Nuclear physics, Quantum chromodynamics, Physics beyond the Standard Model and Theoretical physics. The study on Particle physics presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Lepton. Presentations on Nuclear physics include those discussing Nucleon, Nuclide, Nuclear drip line, Neutron and Nuclear structure.

The studies in Quantum chromodynamics featured incorporate elements of Hadron, Quark and Effective field theory. Some problems in Physics beyond the Standard Model that were presented in Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics overlapped with concepts under Collider, Standard Model (mathematical formulation) and Dark matter. The research on Theoretical physics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Phase transition, Quantum phase transition, Quantum, Algebraic number and Homogeneous space.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Diquark correlations in hadron physics: Origin, impact and evidence (31 citations)
  • On the physics potential to study the gluon content of proton and deuteron at NICA SPD (14 citations)
  • Quenching of single-particle strength from direct reactions with stable and rare-isotope beams (12 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 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Amand Faessler (66 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fedor Šimkovic (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anthony W. Thomas (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Walter Greiner (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Peter Ring (10 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 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tübingen (120 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (75 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Mainz (57 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technische Universität Darmstadt (50 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Technische Universität München (47 papers) published 2 papers 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, 4.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 46.15% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.82% of all publications and 33.33% 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

  • Quantum gravity phenomenology at the dawn of the multi-messenger era—A review

    (2021)
    528 Citations
  • JUNO physics and detector

    (2021)
    334 Citations
  • Status of Light Sterile Neutrino Searches

    Sebastian Böser;Christian Buck;Carlo Giunti;Julien Lesgourgues

    (2020)
    230 Citations
  • The Nuclear Shell Model towards the Drip Lines

    (2022)
    146 Citations
  • Transport model comparison studies of intermediate-energy HI collisions

    (2022)
    140 Citations
  • Insights into the emergence of mass from studies of pion and kaon structure

    Craig D. Roberts;David G. Richards;Tanja Horn;Tanja Horn;Lei Chang

    (2021)
    128 Citations
  • Diquark correlations in hadron physics: Origin, impact and evidence

    M.Yu. Barabanov;M.A. Bedolla;W.K. Brooks;G.D. Cates

    (2021)
    125 Citations
  • Astronuclear Physics: A tale of the atomic nuclei in the skies

    Marcel Arnould;Stéphane Goriely

    (2020)
    101 Citations
  • Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions

    (2023)
    95 Citations
  • On the physics potential to study the gluon content of proton and deuteron at NICA SPD

    A. Arbuzov;A. Bacchetta;M. Butenschoen;F.G. Celiberto

    (2021)
    90 Citations

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