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Calar Alto Observatory

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Research works
113
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
37.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Calar Alto Observatory 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 29.93× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 29.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Calar Alto Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Galadí-Enríquez, J. Aceituno and M. Azzaro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Calar Alto Observatory.

  1. 1 D. Galadí-Enríquez Spain · #631,547 worldwide 101 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 J. Aceituno Spain · #834,620 worldwide 110 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 M. Azzaro Spain · #1,423,764 worldwide 43 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Calar Alto Observatory

Which keywords describe research at Calar Alto Observatory?

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

▲ 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. Star Formation26▲ 244×2 topics
  2. Exoplanets21▲ 250×1 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics21▲ 250×1 topic
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation18▲ 304×1 topic
  5. Spectrograph18▲ 304×1 topic
  6. Black Holes17▲ 101×2 topics
  7. Accretion Disks16▲ 171×2 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields16▲ 134×2 topics
  9. Cosmology13▲ 128×2 topics
  10. Dark Matter13▲ 63×2 topics
  11. Galaxies13▲ 265×1 topic
  12. Stellar Populations13▲ 265×1 topic
  13. Molecular Clouds12▲ 225×1 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks12▲ 225×1 topic
  15. Solar System Abundances4▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Terrestrial Planets4▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Adaptive Optics4▲ 174×1 topic
  19. Wavefront Sensing4▲ 174×1 topic
  20. Gravitational Waves4▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Supernovae4▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Optical 3D Laser Measurement4▲ 170×1 topic
  23. Position-Sensitive Detector4▲ 170×1 topic
  24. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Neutron Stars4▲ 95×1 topic
  26. Galactic Center4▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Event Horizon Telescope3▲ 91×1 topic
  28. X-Ray Astronomy3▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  30. Spectroscopy2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Radio Astronomy2▲ 48×2 topics
  32. High-Resolution Imaging2▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Transits of Venus2▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Hydrogen Bonds1▲ 45×2 topics
  35. Nighttime Light Data1▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Cosmic Rays1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Health Policy1▲ 7.7×1 topic
  38. Neutrinos1▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Nursing Advocacy1▲ 64×1 topic
  40. High-Energy Astrophysics1▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Calar Alto Observatory 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 …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…0Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 0 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 0 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 0 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 0 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSoil Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 1 works
  3. 3 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 0 works
  10. 10 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available71.9%not open28.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors73.1%domestic only26.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Calar Alto Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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