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British Astronomical Association

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Research works
117
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
728
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: British Astronomical Association is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 5.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 30.72× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 3.82× its world share, 1 worksArts and Humanities1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 30.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at British Astronomical Association?

Ranked on the composite score, John Rogers, D. Arditti and R. J. McKim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Astronomical Association.

  1. 1 John Rogers United Kingdom · #452,529 worldwide 182 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 D. Arditti United Kingdom · #791,136 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 R. J. McKim United Kingdom · #1,114,208 worldwide 17 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Patrick Moore United Kingdom · #1,282,672 worldwide 8 citations · 101 works
  5. 5 R. Miles United Kingdom · #1,312,588 worldwide 24 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 D. Peach United Kingdom · #1,340,204 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 G. Poyner United Kingdom · #1,377,291 worldwide 24 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 R. Pickard United Kingdom · #1,445,276 worldwide 5 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at British Astronomical Association

Which keywords describe research at British Astronomical Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Historical Figures, Spectroscopy, Radio Astronomy, High-Resolution Imaging, Transits of Venus and Mars.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Solar System Abundances20▲ 199×1 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets20▲ 199×1 topic
  3. Historical Figures19▲ 437×2 topics
  4. Spectroscopy19▲ 51×3 topics
  5. Radio Astronomy19▲ 447×2 topics
  6. High-Resolution Imaging19▲ 266×1 topic
  7. Transits of Venus19▲ 826×1 topic
  8. Mars12▲ 210×1 topic
  9. Martian Surface12▲ 210×1 topic
  10. Exoplanets6▲ 68×1 topic
  11. Stellar Astrophysics6▲ 68×1 topic
  12. Historical Astronomy6▲ 230×2 topics
  13. Solar Wind4▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Accretion Disks4▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Antikythera Mechanism4▲ 370×1 topic
  16. Astronomical Calculator4▲ 370×1 topic
  17. Magnetic Fields4▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Coronal Mass Ejections4▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Solar Dynamics Observatory4▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Holocene3▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Structural Health Monitoring3▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Gravitational Waves3▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Glacial Cycles3▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Paleoclimatology3▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 108×1 topic
  26. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 108×1 topic
  27. Star Formation2▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Nucleosynthesis2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Supernovae2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Astrobiology2▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Extraterrestrial Life2▲ 91×1 topic
  32. Gamma-Ray Bursts2▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Neutron Stars2▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Black Holes2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Molecular Clouds2▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Science2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  38. Satellite Imagery2▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 52×1 topic
  40. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does British Astronomical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: History and Developments in Astronomy, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

History and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena …1Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 1 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…1Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksTwentieth Century Scientific Developments: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsComputational MechanicsOceanographyHistory and Philosophy of Science

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

  1. 1 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
  3. 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  9. 9 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has British Astronomical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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.

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