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Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
Physics and astronomy
Among the 48 physics and astronomy journals in this index it has the 19th highest h-index and the 37th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Listed article processing charge: about $3 325.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 2 428 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| China | 29% |
| India | 21% |
| United States | 16% |
| Germany | 9% |
| Japan | 8% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 99% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Topological Materials and Phenomena | 13% |
| 2D Materials and Applications | 9% |
| Magnetic properties of thin films | 6% |
| Advanced Condensed Matter Physics | 6% |
| Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism | 5% |
| Quantum and electron transport phenomena | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Implementation strategies in phonopy and phono3py (2023, 1 346 citations)
- The 2024 magnonics roadmap (2024, 163 citations)
- Superconducting phenomena in systems with unconventional magnets (2025, 73 citations)
- 2025 roadmap on 3D nanomagnetism (2024, 61 citations)
- Non-Hermitian topological phases: principles and prospects (2023, 60 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0953-8984):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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