Question 1

Who are the top researchers at Calar Alto Observatory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, E. de Juan, Jens Helmling and D. Benítez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Calar Alto Observatory.

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from Calar Alto Observatory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Calar Alto Observatory is "Medium-resolution Isaac Newton Telescope library of empirical spectra" (P. Sánchez–Blázquez, R. F. Peletier, J. Jiménez-Vicente et al., 2006), with 1,615 citations. Next come "CALIFA, the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area survey" (1,286) and "A Survey of [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] > 5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I. Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ∼ 6" (960).

Question 3

Which research topics does Calar Alto Observatory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at Calar Alto Observatory?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Which fields of science does Calar Alto Observatory work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 92% of research at Calar Alto Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (78%), Engineering (8%), Environmental Science (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 6

Is Calar Alto Observatory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower than in 2018-2021.