European Journal of Physics

Papers
(The TQCC of European Journal of Physics is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Using neural networks: a guidance with application in inverse heat conduction problem37
Understanding the natural units and their hidden role in the laws of physics23
An inexpensive way to introduce students to gamma spectroscopy13
Quantum mechanics for non-inertial reference frames13
A derivation of E = mc 2 without electrodynamics13
An alternative to the Euler equation of rigid body rotational dynamics12
Coordinating vector field equations and diagrams with a serious game in introductory physics11
Force, inertia and motion from Aristotle to nowadays didactics11
Optimizing acceleration measurements using a single photogate11
Newton’s electromagnetic bucket11
A magnetic pendulum for demonstrating Mathieu-type parametric resonance9
All possible paths: bringing quantum electrodynamics to classrooms8
Estimating the size of Fermi’s CP-1 nuclear pile: a classroom approach8
Theory and experiment for a solenoid based currents and the magnetic drag8
A simple and low cost USB webcam-driven optical tomography system suitable for teaching x-ray computed tomography8
Electrostatic potential of a uniformly charged triangle in barycentric coordinates8
Addendum to ‘The paradoxical zero reflection at zero energy’ (2017 Eur. J. Phys. 38 025401)8
Utilizing peer teaching and reflection on low-stakes quizzes to improve concept learning outcomes in introductory calculus-based physics classes8
Mechanical apparatus for the fold catastrophe demonstration8
Determination of effective magnon mass of neodymium magnet by temperature dependence of spontaneous magnetization8
The Lorentz group and the Kronecker product of matrices8
Didactic laser speckle experiments with a lensless camera7
Brachistochrone of off-centered cylinders7
Wilberforce pendulum: modelling linearly damped coupled oscillations of a spring-mass system7
The stable and unstable oscillations of a rod attached to many springs7
The eccentric disk and its eccentric behavior7
A simple model of thermal conduction in human skin: temperature perception and thermal effusivity7
From speed of sound to vapour pressure: an undergraduate school experiment as an example of systematic error research7
A shadow of the repulsive Rutherford scattering in the laboratory frame7
Various methods for solving the pursuit problem with two objects on a plane7
Fiber optic Michelson interference experimental course towards the cultivation of undergraduates majoring in optical engineering7
Disguised electromagnetic connections in classical electron theory6
An analytical, numerical and experimental study of the double pendulum6
Computing the gravitational acceleration within the World Pendulum Alliance as an application of the remote laboratory methodology6
Measurements of rolling friction with a stringless pendulum6
The origins of physics words6
New analytical results in solid state physics using the Lambert W function6
Complementary uses of the magnetic vector potential for the understanding and teaching of electromagnetics6
Comment on ‘On the electrostatic potential and electric field of a uniformly charged disk’6
Physics language and language use in physics—What do we know and how AI might enhance language-related research and instruction6
Elementary examples of renormalization from mechanics and integral calculus6
Students’ confusions about the electric field of a uniformly moving charge6
Fraunhofer approximation of Fresnel integrals5
Physical effects of gravitational waves: pedagogical examples5
Learning fluid dynamics and the principles of flight: from primary school to STEM degrees5
Magnetic field calculation of a uniformly magnetized sphere using solid angles5
Rearranging equations to develop physics reasoning5
Rotational modes of a double conical pendulum5
The classical Aharonov–Bohm interaction as a relativity paradox5
Enigmatic factor of 4/3 in electromagnetic momentum of a moving spherical capacitor5
Study of the effect of electromagnetic damping force on a magnet oscillating near a non-ferromagnetic conducting plate5
Comment on ‘Maxwell’s equations and Lorentz transformations’5
Reply to Comment on ‘An ideal gas and the increasing (total) entropy principle: what is allowed in the PV plane and what is not’5
Enhancing traditional grading in introductory physics courses5
Impact of traditional physics lab instruction on students’ critical thinking skills in a Finnish context5
Experimental analysis of propeller thrust in an undergraduate physics laboratory4
A research-informed graphical tool to visually approach Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems in vector calculus4
Black holes, Achilles and the original tortoise coordinate4
Variability as a better characterization of Shannon entropy4
Does a physical pendulum ever act like a simple pendulum?4
Reply to the comment on ‘Thermodynamics of a particle in square well potential’4
An elementary approach to simulating the perihelion of Mercury4
Getting started with spacecraft instrument data: a walkthrough with Voyager 2 magnetometry4
Comment on ‘Thermodynamics of a particle in square well potential’4
An educational model of the Deutsch algorithm for secondary school4
Construction of color-magnitude diagrams using real astronomical data for teaching at school4
Berry phase of spin-one system in a rotating electric field4
Pulley and block with massive rope, sliding friction, and fluid drag4
Packing soft spheres: experimental demonstrations with hydrogels4
Effects of implementing a problem-solving template in introductory physics courses4
Affordable methods for surface tension and contact angle measurements4
A graduate laboratory experiment to study the dynamics of an acoustically levitated particle4
Study on the magnetic levitation of a magnetic flea4
Advanced undergraduate laboratory: exploring isotopic shifts in molecular spectroscopy4
Experimenting with light at the 6th European Physics Olympiad4
Comments on ‘Why not energy conservation?’ (2016 Eur. J. Phys. 37 015801)4
Falling off a balcony: a student experiment4
Drude’s lesser known error of a factor of two and Lorentz’s correction4
Radioactivity in a bucket3
Covariant formulation of electrodynamics in isotropic media3
On the Sagnac effect and the consistency of relativity theory3
Geodetic model for teaching motion on the Earth’s spheroidal surface3
Novel design of phase demodulation scheme for fiber optic interferometric sensors in the advanced undergraduate laboratory3
Estimating the maximum visual intensity of a nuclear fireball3
Transforming laboratory experiments for digital teaching: remote access laboratories in thermodynamics3
Acoustic wonders of Crane Mountain reproduced in backyard3
Saha–Basu equation of state and its application to Carnot cycle3
Harmonic balance: simple and accurate estimation of nonlinear oscillator parameters3
The increasing added mass of a bouncing ball3
Comparing students’ flow states during apparatus-based versus video-based lab activities3
Numerical simulation of ro-vibrational spectra for diatomic molecules using the Numerov matrix method3
Flux through a Möbius strip?3
Moving tubes: the role of walls in a modified Bernoulli equation3
Measuring the center and the dimension of our Galaxy using globular clusters3
A pedagogical approach to relativity effects in quantum mechanics3
The advance of Mercury’s perihelion3
Maxwell’s equations and Lorentz transformations3
Remote teaching data-driven physical modeling through a COVID-19 open-ended data challenge3
An impulse to the ground to end rolling with slipping3
Moment of inertia: tricky ways3
One-dimensional Migdal effect3
One-dimension periodic potentials in Schrödinger equation solved by the finite difference method3
A demonstration of contextuality using quantum computers3
Using zero-energy states to explore how external boundaries affect the number of bound states in a quantum well3
Study of Babinet’s principle and Rayleigh criterion through elementary theory and simple experiments3
Delayed rebounds in the two-ball bounce problem3
The quantum pencil revisited3
Properties of classical evanescent waves obtained by using the linear independence concept3
Understanding the nature of students’ experience of pre-university practical work in physics3
Augmented reality technology in teaching about physics: a systematic review of opportunities and challenges3
Nodes and energy flow in the transverse oscillations of resonantly end-driven stretched strings with viscous damping3
An analysis of pendulum motion in the presence of quadratic and linear drag3
Helmholtz resonators with more than one opening3
Grounding analytical mechanics in statics: a didactic emphasis on the principle of virtual work3
Vortex flow, a couple important theorems, and an introduction to distributions3
How understanding large language models can inform the use of ChatGPT in physics education3
Investigation of infinitely rapidly oscillating distributions3
An exact treatment of the Dirac delta derivative potential3
Using residual heat maps to visualise Benford’s multi-digit law3
Visualization of cylindrical resonances2
Wilks’s theorem, global fits, and neutrino oscillations2
Superposing tidal force fields2
On the ball on a string demonstration of angular momentum conservation2
The geometrical origin of the Doppler factor in the Liénard–Wiechert potentials2
Seeing the unseen—enhancing and evaluating undergraduate polarization experiments with interactive Mixed-Reality technology2
Levitation, oscillations, and wave propagation in a stratified fluid2
Stability of floating objects at a two-fluid interface2
Ultrasound scanner—Teaching tool2
Comparative study on the maximum-pull and tear-off ring method for the measurement of surface tension2
On the free rotation of a polarized spinning-top as a test of the correct radiation reaction torque2
Classroom-suitable matrix method for one-dimensional stepped quantum potentials2
Analysis of the current induced by the motion of a magnet pendulum with a large initial angle2
Exploring the fundamentals of fast Fourier transform technique and its elementary applications in physics2
The pulsed rocket on a mass–momentum diagram2
Feynman's puzzle and the twins: applying the equivalence principle and the red shift2
(Avoided) crossings in the spectra of matrices with globally degenerate eigenvalues2
Teaching about non-deterministic physics: an almost forgotten fundamental contribution of Marie Curie2
Lost work and exergy: two views of the same concept2
Echoes of social experience: tracing the link between a sense of belonging in school physics classes and physics students’ persistence in higher education2
EMF revisited2
Exploring magnetic interactions between magnets and a magnetizable alloy2
Corrigendum: Simple do-it-yourself experimental set-up for electron charge q e measurement (2018 Eur. J. Phys. 39 065202)2
The initial trajectory of a ball released from uniform circular motion2
Dynamics of a bouncing table tennis ball from the acoustic signature using an optical fibre sensor2
Reply to Comment on ‘Covariant formulation of electrodynamics in isotropic media’2
Theoretical optimal shape of a longest reach cantilever2
The eye caustic of a ball lens2
Inflection reflection: images in mirrors whose curvature changes sign2
What do quantum computing students need to know about quantum physics?2
Physics competitions in the time of a pandemic: 3D printing as a new approach to the quantitative investigation of Cartesian divers at home2
New features in Franck–Hertz experiment with argon: experiment and Monte Carlo simulation2
Gender differences in test anxiety and self-efficacy: why instructors should emphasize low-stakes formative assessments in physics courses2
Holographic hadron masses in the language of quantum mechanics2
Unfurling a rolled-up sheet from a dispenser at constant speed2
A simple calibration experiment for light dependent resistors using Malus law2
Comment on ‘Sliding down over a horizontally moving semi-sphere’2
Inertia in relativistic mechanics2
Maxwell’s equations as mechanical law2
Analysis of the relationship between light intensity and electrical power of corona discharges2
What topics of peer interactions correlate with student performance in physics courses?2
Newton’s cradle and Astro-Blaster: toy hybridization for studying chain collisions2
Another look at the current-carrying wire in special relativity2
Solution of quantum eigenvalue problems by means of algebraic consistency conditions2
Playing lato–lato is difficult and this is why2
A pendulum with a broken cylindrical symmetry: normal modes and beats2
Comment on ‘Covariant formulation of electrodynamics in isotropic media’2
Image irradiance in the absence of aplanatism and isoplanatism2
University students’ recognition of typical wave optics patterns2
The jerk and the vertical fall of a shuttlecock2
Maxwell’s displacement current and the magnetic field between capacitor electrodes2
Simple pendulum with speed-independent bearing friction2
The Magnus effect in volleyball service by video analysis2
Cooling of an object by forced convection2
Digital orbitals: connecting the tight-binding and plane-wave approaches through sampled-real-space models2
Characterization of factors influencing absorbance measurements in LED-based colorimeters2
Thermal capacities and polytropic processes2
Energy equations for projectiles with linear and quadratic drag2
Teaching labs for blind students: equipment to measure standing waves on a string2
Chiral media and optical rotatory dispersion by means of a simple polarimetric experiment for undergraduate students2
Analysing the pressure effect on the contact resistance of electrical connections2
Stellar interferometer experiment by measuring visibilities at different wavelengths2
Trajectory of a golf ball on a sloping green2
Measurement of the angular correlation between the two gamma rays emitted in the radioactive decays of a 60Co source with two NaI(Tl) scintillators2
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