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Physics Reports
Physics and astronomy
Among the 48 physics and astronomy journals in this index it has the 7th highest h-index and the 3rd highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 404 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| China | 16% |
| United States | 11% |
| Germany | 10% |
| Italy | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 7% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 52% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | 6% |
| Black Holes and Theoretical Physics | 5% |
| Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation | 2% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- A review on Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm and its variants (2024, 417 citations)
- Advances in QED with intense background fields (2023, 402 citations)
- The structure and dynamics of networks with higher order interactions (2023, 369 citations)
- Signal propagation in complex networks (2023, 363 citations)
- Resonant leaky modes in all-dielectric metasystems: Fundamentals and applications (2023, 331 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 0370-1573):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
Similar journals
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Physics B
- Physics Letters B
- Physical Review Letters
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Reviews of Modern Physics
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