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Reviews of Modern Physics
Physics and astronomy
Among the 48 physics and astronomy journals in this index it has the 3rd highest h-index and the 1st highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
Where its authors come from
Share of the 146 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 51% |
| Germany | 27% |
| France | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 16% |
| Italy | 14% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 97% |
| Editorials | 2% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Quantum Information and Cryptography | 5% |
| Magnetic properties of thin films | 3% |
| Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture | 3% |
| Micro and Nano Robotics | 3% |
| Quantum many-body systems | 3% |
| Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Semiconductor spin qubits (2023, 717 citations)
- Quantum error mitigation (2023, 607 citations)
- Quantum repeaters: From quantum networks to the quantum internet (2023, 561 citations)
- Colloquium : Quantum anomalous Hall effect (2023, 509 citations)
- Waveguide quantum electrodynamics: Collective radiance and photon-photon correlations (2023, 362 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 0034-6861):
- 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
- Physical Review Letters
- Reports on Progress in Physics
- Nature Physics
- Physical Review A
- Physics Reports
- Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
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