Question 1

What is Australian Astronomical Observatory known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Australian Astronomical Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,906 of 17,446 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#896 of 2,917 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#361 of 954 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Sciences (Physical Sciences is 2.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Australian Astronomical Observatory rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Australian Astronomical Observatory ranks #9,536 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #164 of 476 in Australia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Australian Astronomical Observatory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Anthony J. Horton, J. Liske and Christopher E. Lidman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Astronomical Observatory.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Australian Astronomical Observatory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Australian Astronomical Observatory is "Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae" (S. Perlmutter et al., 1999), with 18,225 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (7,690) and "The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*" (5,044).

Question 5

Which research topics does Australian Astronomical Observatory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Australian Astronomical Observatory?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Australian Astronomical Observatory work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Australian Astronomical Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (65%), Engineering (13%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Australian Astronomical Observatory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% lower than in 2018-2021.