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American Astronautical Society

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Research works
10
▲ 941% vs 2018-21
Citations
200
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
American Astronautical Society

Not ranked overall: American Astronautical Society is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does American Astronautical Society work in?

In all years, 87% of research at American Astronautical Society is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (44%), Engineering (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 86.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 43.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 36.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 35.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 22.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKAmericanAstronautical…10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy443.6%
    2. Engineering435.3%
    3. Computer Science04.7%
    4. Mathematics03.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.3%
    1. Decision Sciences05.0%
    1. Medicine00.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

What are the most cited papers from American Astronautical Society?

The most cited paper from American Astronautical Society is "Convergence: The future of health" (Phil Sharp, Susan J. Hockfield, 2017), with 105 citations. Next come "American Astronautical Society" (46) and "DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR MULTI-AGENT AUTONOMOUS SATELLITE INSPECTION" (11).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Convergence: The future of health Phil Sharp, Susan J. Hockfield · Science 10 Feb 2017 105
2 American Astronautical Society G. Richard Arthur · Science 19 Aug 1960 46
3 DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR MULTI-AGENT AUTONOMOUS SATELLITE INSPECTION Henry Lei, Matt Shubert, Nathan Damron et al. · Advances in the astronautical sciences Book chapter 2024 11
4 DESIGN OF THE ON-BOARD IMAGE PROCESSING OF THE MILANI MISSION Mattia Pugliatti, Vittorio Franzese, Alessandra Rizza et al. · Advances in the astronautical sciences Book chapterOpen access 2024 5
5 TOWARD VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF THE MILANI IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE IN THE HARDWARE-IN-THE-LOOP TESTBENCH TINYV3RSE Fabio Piccolo, Mattia Pugliatti, Paolo Panicucci et al. · Advances in the astronautical sciences Book chapterOpen access 2024 4
All 21 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does American Astronautical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Space Exploration and Technology, Inertial Sensor and Navigation, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms and Spacecraft Design and Technology.

Space Exploration and Te…0Space Exploration and Technology: 0 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navi…0Inertial Sensor and Navigation: 0 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…0Spacecraft Design and Technology: 0 fractional worksModeling, Simulation, an…0Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization: 0 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…0Fault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and re…0Space exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…0Planetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic…0Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 0 fractional worksAstronomical Observation…0Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringDiscrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsControl and Systems Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 0 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available22.5%not open77.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.0%domestic only68.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Astronautical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 941% higher than in 2018-2021.

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