Contemporary Physics

Top Research Topics at Contemporary Physics?

Contemporary Physics was organized to reinforce research efforts on Scope (project management), Theoretical physics, Engineering physics, Early career and Quantum mechanics. The research on Scope (project management) featured in Contemporary Physics combines topics in other fields like Audience measurement, Epistemology, Engineering ethics and Library science.

• Scope (project management) (30.63%)
• Theoretical physics (10.91%)
• Engineering physics (7.87%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Power laws, Pareto distributions and Zipf's law (4072 citations)
• Under what conditions can a glass be formed (1705 citations)
• Quantum random walks: an introductory overview (1296 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Contemporary Physics:

The published articles mainly tackle studies in Theoretical physics, Statistical physics, Condensed matter physics, Optics and Quantum mechanics. The most cited publications with studies in Theoretical physics featured incorporate elements of Quantum and Classical mechanics. The Condensed matter physics research presented in the most cited publications focuses mostly on Electron and, on occasion, topics in Photon.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Electron
• World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The topics of Scope (project management), Astronomy, Library science, Mathematics education and COSMIC cancer database are the focal point of discussions in the journal. The journal holds forums on Scope (project management) that merges themes from other disciplines such as Audience measurement, Cover (algebra) and Publishing. Issues in Astronomy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Field (physics), Nuclear fusion, Neutrino and Stage (hydrology).

Some problems in Mathematics education that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Graduate students, Modern physics, Icon and Action (philosophy). While Contemporary Physics focused on COSMIC cancer database, it was also able to explore topics like Local Group, Andromeda Galaxy, Structure (mathematical logic), Cognitive science and Order (business). The journal held discussions to help close the divide between the fields of Early career and Field (geography), Probability and statistics, Component (UML), Discipline and Statistical learning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• String theory in a nutshell, 2nd edition (1 citations)
• Introduction to galaxy formation and evolution: from primordial gas to present-day galaxies (0 citations)
• Distributing time by fibre (0 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Contemporary Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

• Manuel Vogel (104 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Peter Bussey (85 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• K. Alan Shore (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Andrew Resnick (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nikolaos E. Myridis (44 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Contemporary Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of Oxford (113 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Imperial College London (96 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
• University of Glasgow (84 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Bangor University (68 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University College London (65 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 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, 16.67% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 20.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 23.33% of all publications and 16.67% 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.