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Astronomy and Space

In research, Astronomy and Space stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,526 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#174 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,080 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 76.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,120
of 28,054 · #2,656 all time
Rank in Australia
#102
of 391
Research works
3.2k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
66k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Astronomy and Space 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 #3,526 of 12,888 16.2%366 #1762
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #174 of 443 19.2%162 #194
Physics and AstronomyField #1,080 of 1,646 18.3%233 #929
EngineeringField #5,678 of 6,636 10.0%60 #3285

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Astronomy and Space 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#1,762 #3,526
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#194 #174
  3. Physics and Astronomy#929 #1,080
  4. Engineering#3,285 #5,678
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 Astronomy and Space specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 76.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 161.6 works76×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 232.6 works26×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 25.7 works20×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 25.60× its world share, 233 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 25.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Astronomy and Space?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald Hesper, Alan W. Harris and Keith N. A. Alexander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Astronomy and Space.

  1. 1 Ronald Hesper Australia · #89,852 worldwide 323 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Alan W. Harris Australia · #96,810 worldwide 540 citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Keith N. A. Alexander Australia · #459,589 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Michael Mueller Australia · #494,865 worldwide 264 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 M. Cameron Australia · #599,915 worldwide 76 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 De Bruyn Australia · #617,539 worldwide 52 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Danny Boxhoorn Australia · #740,440 worldwide 41 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 W. Wild Australia · #839,764 worldwide 73 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 S. W. Duchesne Australia · #1,343,193 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Jacqueline van Gorkom Australia · #1,400,085 worldwide 41 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Astronomy and Space

Which keywords describe research at Astronomy and Space?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gravitational Waves, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Black Holes and Supernovae.

▲ 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. Gravitational Waves29▲ 127×2 topics
  2. Exoplanets28▲ 173×1 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics28▲ 173×1 topic
  4. Star Formation25▲ 115×2 topics
  5. Accretion Disks24▲ 128×2 topics
  6. Magnetic Fields24▲ 93×3 topics
  7. Black Holes24▲ 62×3 topics
  8. Supernovae22▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Nucleosynthesis20▲ 102×3 topics
  10. Astronomical Instrumentation20▲ 187×1 topic
  11. Radio Astronomy20▲ 213×2 topics
  12. Spectrograph20▲ 187×1 topic
  13. Solar Wind18▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Gamma-Ray Bursts18▲ 166×1 topic
  15. Neutron Stars18▲ 166×1 topic
  16. Cosmic Rays18▲ 86×2 topics
  17. Neutrinos18▲ 86×2 topics
  18. Solar System Abundances16▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Terrestrial Planets16▲ 82×1 topic
  20. Dark Matter15▲ 32×3 topics
  21. High-Energy Astrophysics15▲ 136×1 topic
  22. Particle Acceleration15▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Epoch of Reionization14▲ 276×1 topic
  24. Low-Frequency Telescopes14▲ 276×1 topic
  25. Turbulence14▲ 41×3 topics
  26. Cosmology14▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Galactic Center14▲ 75×2 topics
  28. Molecular Clouds13▲ 130×1 topic
  29. Protoplanetary Disks13▲ 130×1 topic
  30. Coronal Mass Ejections12▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Solar Dynamics Observatory12▲ 81×1 topic
  32. Galaxies12▲ 102×1 topic
  33. Stellar Populations12▲ 102×1 topic
  34. X-Ray Spectroscopy11▲ 63×2 topics
  35. Event Horizon Telescope11▲ 126×1 topic
  36. X-Ray Astronomy11▲ 126×1 topic
  37. Equation of State11▲ 51×2 topics
  38. Binary Black Hole11▲ 91×1 topic
  39. Neutron Star11▲ 91×1 topic
  40. Spectroscopy9▲ 13×10 topics

Which research topics does Astronomy and Space publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Astro and Planetary Science.

Stellar, planetary, and …28Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 28 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…20Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 20 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…18Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 18 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…16Astro and Planetary Science: 16 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 15 fractional worksRadio Astronomy Observations and Technology: 14 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…13Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 13 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 12 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 12 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena …11Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 11 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 28 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 20 works
  3. 3 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 15 works
  6. 6 Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  8. 8 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  9. 9 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  10. 10 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 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 available51.9%not open48.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.8%domestic only44.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Astronomy and Space's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.