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Astronomical Observatory

In research, Astronomical Observatory stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,024 of 1,417 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#346 of 400 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,382 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Instrumentation is 164.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,141
of 22,385 · #16,088 all time
Rank in Serbia
#45
of 66
Research works
2.3k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Astronomical Observatory

What is Astronomical Observatory known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physics and AstronomyField #1,024 of 1,417 4.4%137 #1498
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #346 of 400 4.4%100 #703
Physical SciencesDomain #9,382 of 10,670 4.5%191 #10616

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

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Physics and Astronomy#1,498 #1,024
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#703 #346
  3. Physical Sciences#10,616 #9,382
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Astronomical Observatory work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Astronomical Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (64%), Engineering (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 242 fractional works · 85.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 182 fractional works · 64.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 129 fractional works · 45.6% of its workInstrumentation: 23 fractional works · 8.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 15 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 9.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAstronomicalObservatory284fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences11%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy18264.0%
    2. Engineering279.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences134.6%
    4. Computer Science72.5%
    5. Environmental Science72.5%
    6. Chemistry31.1%
    7. Mathematics20.7%
    8. Materials Science10.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences124.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities93.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences20.7%
    6. Psychology10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.8%
    2. Neuroscience20.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine31.0%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Astronomical Observatory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 164.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 23.3 works165×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 129.5 works88×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 181.7 works29×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.92× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 28.80× its world share, 182 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 28.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy28.80×182 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.92×13 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.07×9 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×4 works
  5. Chemistry0.71×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.69×2 works
  7. Engineering0.63×27 works
  8. Mathematics0.57×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.49×7 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×5 works
  11. Neuroscience0.33×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.33×12 works
  13. Computer Science0.32×7 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.11×1 works
  17. Energy0.10×0 works
  18. Psychology0.09×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  20. Medicine0.05×3 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Astronomical Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Marko Stalevski, O. Vince and M. Stojanović lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Astronomical Observatory.

  1. 1 Marko Stalevski Serbia · #477,128 worldwide 4.2k citations · 132 works
  2. 2 O. Vince Serbia · #1,926,389 worldwide 2k citations · 119 works
  3. 3 M. Stojanović Serbia · #2,349,141 worldwide 380 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Kuniji Saito Serbia · #3,427,460 worldwide 650 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 G. Damljanović Serbia · #3,513,127 worldwide 1.8k citations · 178 works
  6. 6 Sladjana Marčeta-Mandić Serbia · #3,555,197 worldwide 201 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Naozo Ichinohe Serbia · #3,842,341 worldwide 32 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Shin Hirayama Serbia · #3,909,428 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kiyotsugu Hirayama Serbia · #4,022,999 worldwide 433 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Kiyofusa Sotome Serbia · #4,180,487 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Astronomical Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Astronomical Observatory?

The most cited paper from Astronomical Observatory is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs" (3,658).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,149 authors 4 Sep 2019 3,658
4 LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products Željko Ivezić et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access327 authors 10 Mar 2019 3,523
5 GW151226: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a 22-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access977 authors 15 Jun 2016 3,514
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Which keywords describe research at Astronomical Observatory?

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

▲ 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. Star Formation28▲ 176×2 topics
  2. Black Holes28▲ 101×3 topics
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation23▲ 253×1 topic
  4. Spectrograph23▲ 253×1 topic
  5. Magnetic Fields22▲ 118×3 topics
  6. Accretion Disks22▲ 156×2 topics
  7. Exoplanets22▲ 193×1 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics22▲ 193×1 topic
  9. Cosmology17▲ 90×3 topics
  10. Dark Matter17▲ 52×3 topics
  11. Galaxies16▲ 189×1 topic
  12. Stellar Populations16▲ 189×1 topic
  13. Supernovae15▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Solar System Abundances14▲ 106×1 topic
  15. Terrestrial Planets14▲ 106×1 topic
  16. Spectroscopy13▲ 27×4 topics
  17. Gravitational Waves12▲ 78×2 topics
  18. Turbulence12▲ 49×3 topics
  19. Molecular Clouds12▲ 161×1 topic
  20. Protoplanetary Disks12▲ 161×1 topic
  21. Galactic Center11▲ 85×2 topics
  22. Radio Astronomy11▲ 172×2 topics
  23. X-Ray Spectroscopy10▲ 80×2 topics
  24. Event Horizon Telescope10▲ 151×1 topic
  25. X-Ray Astronomy10▲ 151×1 topic
  26. Nucleosynthesis9▲ 67×3 topics
  27. Space Exploration9▲ 74×2 topics
  28. Cosmic Rays9▲ 63×2 topics
  29. Neutrinos9▲ 63×2 topics
  30. Dark Energy8▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Solar Wind8▲ 32×2 topics
  32. General Relativity8▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Cosmic Microwave Background8▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Cosmological Parameters8▲ 49×1 topic
  35. High-Energy Astrophysics8▲ 101×1 topic
  36. Particle Acceleration8▲ 101×1 topic
  37. Structural Health Monitoring8▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Gamma-Ray Bursts7▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Neutron Stars7▲ 97×1 topic
  40. Optical 3D Laser Measurement7▲ 193×1 topic

Which research topics does Astronomical Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Astro and Planetary Science.

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 23 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 22 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…16Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 16 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…14Astro and Planetary Science: 14 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 12 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 10 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…8Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 8 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 7 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 7 fractional works
InstrumentationAstronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsComputational Mechanics

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

  1. 1 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 23 works
  2. 2 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  3. 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  7. 7 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  9. 9 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  10. 10 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 7 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 available61.7%not open38.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.1%domestic only49.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Astronomical Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher 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 Astronomical Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Astronomical Observatory0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Astronomical Observatory 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Astronomical Observatory7.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 1992.

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