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Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

In research, Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,807 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#142 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#856 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Instrumentation is 166.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,939
of 28,054 · #2,986 all time
Rank in Italy
#136
of 618
Research works
2.3k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
68k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,807 of 12,888 25.5%246 #1923
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #142 of 443 31.0%124 #116
Physics and AstronomyField #856 of 1,646 28.9%177 #806

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,923 #2,807
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#116 #142
  3. Physics and Astronomy#806 #856
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 166.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 21.4 works166×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 123.7 works92×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 177.5 works31×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.47× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.22× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 30.95× its world share, 178 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 30.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Mannucci, S. Zibetti and L. K. Hunt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory.

  1. 1 F. Mannucci Italy · #20,351 worldwide 1.1k citations · 107 works
  2. 2 S. Zibetti Italy · #29,132 worldwide 627 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 L. K. Hunt Italy · #68,200 worldwide 668 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 G. Comoretto Italy · #83,172 worldwide 289 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 M. Salvati Italy · #102,660 worldwide 496 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 E. Pancino Italy · #111,759 worldwide 603 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Elena Amato Italy · #111,810 worldwide 246 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Pasquale Blasi Italy · #130,084 worldwide 545 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 A. Natta Italy · #133,372 worldwide 443 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 G. Cresci Italy · #151,792 worldwide 557 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

Which keywords describe research at Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Turbulence, Molecular Clouds and Protoplanetary Disks.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation36▲ 268×2 topics
  2. Accretion Disks30▲ 249×2 topics
  3. Magnetic Fields30▲ 181×2 topics
  4. Exoplanets27▲ 263×1 topic
  5. Stellar Astrophysics27▲ 263×1 topic
  6. Turbulence23▲ 101×2 topics
  7. Molecular Clouds22▲ 345×1 topic
  8. Protoplanetary Disks22▲ 345×1 topic
  9. Black Holes22▲ 90×3 topics
  10. Astronomical Instrumentation21▲ 319×1 topic
  11. Spectrograph21▲ 319×1 topic
  12. Dark Matter16▲ 55×3 topics
  13. Cosmology16▲ 94×2 topics
  14. Galaxies14▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Stellar Populations14▲ 197×1 topic
  16. Gravitational Waves14▲ 97×2 topics
  17. Adaptive Optics14▲ 415×1 topic
  18. Wavefront Sensing14▲ 415×1 topic
  19. Solar System Abundances13▲ 102×1 topic
  20. Terrestrial Planets13▲ 102×1 topic
  21. Supernovae12▲ 58×2 topics
  22. Nucleosynthesis11▲ 87×3 topics
  23. Cosmic Rays10▲ 80×2 topics
  24. Gamma-Ray Bursts10▲ 152×1 topic
  25. Neutrinos10▲ 80×2 topics
  26. Neutron Stars10▲ 152×1 topic
  27. Galactic Center10▲ 86×2 topics
  28. Radio Astronomy10▲ 165×2 topics
  29. Structural Health Monitoring9▲ 44×2 topics
  30. High-Energy Astrophysics8▲ 118×1 topic
  31. Particle Acceleration8▲ 118×1 topic
  32. Optical 3D Laser Measurement8▲ 274×1 topic
  33. Position-Sensitive Detector8▲ 274×1 topic
  34. Event Horizon Telescope8▲ 139×1 topic
  35. X-Ray Astronomy8▲ 139×1 topic
  36. Epoch of Reionization6▲ 185×1 topic
  37. Low-Frequency Telescopes6▲ 185×1 topic
  38. Spectroscopy5▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Solar Wind4▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Laser4▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 27 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 22 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…21Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 21 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…14Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 14 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 14 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 13 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…10Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 10 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 8 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 8 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 8 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsNuclear and High Energy Physics1 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  2. 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 21 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  5. 5 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 14 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 8 works
  10. 10 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 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 available59.4%not open40.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.6%domestic only50.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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