The aim of these awards is to recognise papers which have made a significant, long-term contribution to the journal and to the plasma physics community as a whole. The papers listed below have received the highest number of citations in the five- and ten- year periods since their publication.
All six papers will be free to read until the end of 2010.
Most Highly Cited in the past five years*:
1st: Characterization of a dielectric barrier discharge operating in an open reactor with flowing helium G Nersisyan, W G Graham
2nd: Electrostatic modelling of dual frequency rf plasma discharges P C Boyle, A R Ellingboe, M M Turner
3rd: A new small microwave plasma torch R Stonies, S Schermer, E Voges, J A C Broekaert
1st: Cold-cathode discharges and breakdown in argon: surface and gas phase production of secondary electrons A V Phelps, Z Lj Petrovic
2nd: Physics of closed drift thrusters V V Zhurin, H R Kaufman, R S Robinson
3rd: Generation of chemically active species by electrical discharges in water P Sunka, V Babicky, M Clupek, P Lukes, M Simek, J Schmidt, M Cernak
*Papers published in 2004 only. Self-citations excluded
**Papers published in 1999 only. Self-citations excluded
You can also view the winners of last year's Most Highly Cited Paper Awards here.
Jens H Gundlach 2005 New J. Phys. 7 205
Fernando G S L Brandão 2005 New J. Phys. 7 254
Massimo Ostilli and Carlo Presilla 2004 New J. Phys. 6 107
Matjaž Perc and Attila Szolnoki 2007 New J. Phys. 9 267
S Axelsson et al 2005 New J. Phys. 7 245
K Dholakia et al 2004 New J. Phys. 6 136
K Tennakone et al 1995 Semicond. Sci. Technol. 10 1689
K. I. Kellermann et al. 1998 The Astronomical Journal 115 1295
Gary T Horowitz 2005 New J. Phys. 7 201
Alessio Ganci and Salvatore Ganci 2009 Phys. Educ. 44 119