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Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

In research, Armagh Observatory & Planetarium stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,319 of 2,917 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#437 of 954 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,621 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 116.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#20,106
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,014
of 1,844
Research works
687
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

What is Armagh Observatory & Planetarium known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physics and AstronomyField #1,319 of 2,917 7.1%538
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #437 of 954 7.4%450
Physical SciencesDomain #9,621 of 17,446 7.3%623

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Armagh Observatory & Planetarium 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Armagh Observatory & Planetarium work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Armagh Observatory & Planetarium is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (80%), Engineering (3%), Social Sciences (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 91.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 49 fractional works · 79.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 38 fractional works · 60.3% of its workInstrumentation: 8 fractional works · 13.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKArmaghObservatory &…62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy4979.6%
    2. Engineering23.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.7%
    4. Chemistry12.0%
    5. Computer Science11.6%
    6. Environmental Science11.5%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences23.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    3. Psychology00.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine00.5%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Armagh Observatory & Planetarium specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 116.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 37.5 works116×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 49.5 works36×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 35.80× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 35.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy35.80×50 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.72×2 works
  3. Chemistry1.28×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities0.71×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.38×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.30×1 works
  8. Engineering0.23×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.23×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.18×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  14. Psychology0.15×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  19. Medicine0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Armagh Observatory & Planetarium?

Ranked on the quality score, Jorick S. Vink, G. Gräfener and Zuri Gray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Armagh Observatory & Planetarium.

  1. 1 Jorick S. Vink United Kingdom · #133,485 worldwide 19k citations · 525 works
  2. 2 G. Gräfener United Kingdom · #145,178 worldwide 7.5k citations · 163 works
  3. 3 Zuri Gray United Kingdom · #1,168,604 worldwide 142 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Gautham N. Sabhahit United Kingdom · #1,188,114 worldwide 439 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 S. Bagnulo United Kingdom · #1,900,232 worldwide 8.9k citations · 492 works
  6. 6 Mark E Bailey United Kingdom · #2,039,711 worldwide 3.7k citations · 287 works
  7. 7 Erin R. Higgins United Kingdom · #2,060,784 worldwide 452 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Gerry Doyle United Kingdom · #2,430,758 worldwide 371 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 J. L. E. Dreyer United Kingdom · #2,436,779 worldwide 359 citations · 156 works
  10. 10 Laura J. A. Scott United Kingdom · #2,628,142 worldwide 265 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Armagh Observatory & Planetarium

What are the most cited papers from Armagh Observatory & Planetarium?

The most cited paper from Armagh Observatory & Planetarium is "A hybrid symplectic integrator that permits close encounters between massive bodies" (John Chambers, 1999), with 1,864 citations. Next come "Rotating massive main-sequence stars" (893) and "Source regions and timescales for the delivery of water to the Earth" (880).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A hybrid symplectic integrator that permits close encounters between massive bodies John Chambers · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 16 Apr 1999 1,864
2 Rotating massive main-sequence stars I. Brott, S. E. de Mink, Matteo Cantiello et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 18 Apr 2011 893
3 Source regions and timescales for the delivery of water to the Earth Alessandro Morbidelli, John Chambers, Jonathan I. Lunine et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science Open access Nov 2000 880
4 Making More Terrestrial Planets John Chambers · Icarus Aug 2001 671
5 Mass loss from hot massive stars Joachim Puls, Jorick S. Vink, F. Najarro · The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review Open access Dec 2008 647
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Armagh Observatory & Planetarium?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and Molecular Clouds.

▲ 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-now 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. Exoplanets12▲ 485×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics12▲ 485×1 topic
  3. Accretion Disks9▲ 288×2 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields9▲ 217×2 topics
  5. Star Formation8▲ 237×2 topics
  6. Astronomical Instrumentation8▲ 402×1 topic
  7. Spectrograph8▲ 402×1 topic
  8. Molecular Clouds6▲ 387×1 topic
  9. Protoplanetary Disks6▲ 387×1 topic
  10. Gravitational Waves5▲ 143×2 topics
  11. Solar System Abundances5▲ 153×1 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets5▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Supernovae4▲ 86×2 topics
  14. Black Holes4▲ 71×3 topics
  15. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 134×3 topics
  16. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 238×1 topic
  17. Neutron Stars4▲ 238×1 topic
  18. Galactic Center3▲ 94×2 topics
  19. Dark Matter2▲ 35×3 topics
  20. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 172×1 topic
  21. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 172×1 topic
  22. Cosmology2▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Galaxies2▲ 97×1 topic
  24. Stellar Populations2▲ 97×1 topic
  25. Mars2▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Martian Surface2▲ 73×1 topic
  27. Solar Wind1▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Spectroscopy1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Coronal Mass Ejections1▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Optical 3D Laser Measurement1▲ 147×1 topic
  31. Position-Sensitive Detector1▲ 147×1 topic
  32. Solar Dynamics Observatory1▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Adaptive Optics1▲ 140×1 topic
  34. Binary Black Hole1▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Equation of State1▲ 33×2 topics
  36. High-Resolution Imaging1▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Radio Astronomy1▲ 83×2 topics
  38. Solar Observations1▲ 188×1 topic
  39. Transits of Venus1▲ 188×1 topic
  40. Wavefront Sensing1▲ 140×1 topic

Which research topics does Armagh Observatory & Planetarium publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies and Astro and Planetary Science.

Stellar, planetary, and …12Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 12 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 6 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 5 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 2 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationComputational Mechanics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 8 works
  3. 3 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
  10. 10 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 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 available58.0%not open42.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.6%domestic only56.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Armagh Observatory & Planetarium's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Armagh Observatory & Planetarium as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Armagh Observatory & Planetarium0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Armagh Observatory & Planetarium over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%Armagh Observatory & Planetarium10.1% in 2020all institutions10.0% in 202020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.7% in 2014.

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