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Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

In research, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,243 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 100.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,282
of 22,385 · #31,083 all time
Rank in Ukraine
#233
of 233
Research works
986
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

What is Crimean Astrophysical Observatory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,243 of 10,670 1.2%73 #15722

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Crimean Astrophysical Observatory 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Crimean Astrophysical Observatory work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (65%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (14%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 93.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 60 fractional works · 65.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 48 fractional works · 52.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInstrumentation: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCrimeanAstrophysical…93fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6065.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1313.7%
    3. Engineering77.8%
    4. Environmental Science32.9%
    5. Computer Science21.9%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Crimean Astrophysical Observatory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 100.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 48.1 works100×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 60.5 works29×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.72× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 29.33× its world share, 60 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 29.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy29.33×60 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.72×13 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×4 works
  4. Environmental Science0.58×3 works
  5. Engineering0.52×7 works
  6. Chemistry0.38×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.25×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  11. Energy0.13×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  14. Medicine0.03×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexey V. Zhovtan, Sergey V. Nazarov and Sergey G. Sergeev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.

  1. 1 Alexey V. Zhovtan Ukraine · #815,974 worldwide 503 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Sergey V. Nazarov Ukraine · #1,497,144 worldwide 2.6k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Sergey G. Sergeev Ukraine · #1,995,185 worldwide 4.7k citations · 150 works
  4. 4 N. M. Gaftonyuk Ukraine · #2,783,567 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  5. 5 K. N. Grankin Ukraine · #2,880,203 worldwide 3.8k citations · 203 works
  6. 6 Julia V. Babina Ukraine · #3,610,858 worldwide 237 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Yu. F. Malkov Ukraine · #3,642,061 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 A. V. Terebizh Ukraine · #4,046,961 worldwide 110 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Ekaterina A. Sergeeva Ukraine · #4,421,515 worldwide 1.4k citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Y. S. Efimov Ukraine · #4,454,960 worldwide 400 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Crimean Astrophysical Observatory?

The most cited paper from Crimean Astrophysical Observatory is "GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa‐Arabia‐Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions" (Robert E. Reilinger et al., 2006), with 2,211 citations. Next come "MOJAVE. X. PARSEC-SCALE JET ORIENTATION VARIATIONS AND SUPERLUMINAL MOTION IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI" (458) and "A reconsideration of disk properties in Herbig Ae stars" (365).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GPS constraints on continental deformation in the Africa‐Arabia‐Eurasia continental collision zone and implications for the dynamics of plate interactions Robert E. Reilinger et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access May 2006 2,211
2 MOJAVE. X. PARSEC-SCALE JET ORIENTATION VARIATIONS AND SUPERLUMINAL MOTION IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI M. L. Lister, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 8 Oct 2013 458
3 A reconsideration of disk properties in Herbig Ae stars Antonella Natta, T. Prusti, R. Neri et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access May 2001 365
4 REVERBERATION MAPPING MEASUREMENTS OF BLACK HOLE MASSES IN SIX LOCAL SEYFERT GALAXIES K. D. Denney et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Sep 2010 362
5 THE AFTERGLOWS OFSWIFT-ERA GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. I. COMPARING PRE-SWIFTANDSWIFT-ERA LONG/SOFT (TYPE II) GRB OPTICAL AFTERGLOWS David Alexander Kann et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 23 Aug 2010 359
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory and Accretion Disks.

▲ 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-now 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. Exoplanets12▲ 319×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics12▲ 319×1 topic
  3. Solar System Abundances12▲ 262×1 topic
  4. Terrestrial Planets12▲ 262×1 topic
  5. Solar Wind10▲ 121×2 topics
  6. Coronal Mass Ejections9▲ 261×1 topic
  7. Solar Dynamics Observatory9▲ 261×1 topic
  8. Accretion Disks7▲ 161×2 topics
  9. Magnetic Fields7▲ 121×2 topics
  10. Climate Change6▲ 2.5×12 topics
  11. Star Formation6▲ 116×2 topics
  12. Turbulence6▲ 69×2 topics
  13. Molecular Clouds6▲ 226×1 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks6▲ 226×1 topic
  15. Geodetic Measurements4▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Astronomical Instrumentation4▲ 139×1 topic
  17. Spectrograph4▲ 139×1 topic
  18. Geomagnetic Field4▲ 164×1 topic
  19. Magnetosome Formation4▲ 164×1 topic
  20. Sea Level Rise3▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Cosmic Rays3▲ 71×2 topics
  22. Neutrinos3▲ 71×2 topics
  23. GRACE3▲ 70×1 topic
  24. groundwater depletion3▲ 70×1 topic
  25. High-Energy Astrophysics3▲ 119×1 topic
  26. Particle Acceleration3▲ 119×1 topic
  27. Ionospheric Anomalies3▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Seismic Electromagnetics3▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Gravitational Waves2▲ 48×2 topics
  30. Nucleosynthesis2▲ 54×3 topics
  31. Mars2▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Martian Surface2▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Supernovae2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Black Holes2▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Galactic Center2▲ 50×2 topics
  36. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 169×1 topic
  37. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 169×1 topic
  38. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 84×1 topic
  39. Spectroscopy2▲ 12×6 topics
  40. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does Crimean Astrophysical Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Stellar, planetary, and …12Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 12 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…12Astro and Planetary Science: 12 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 9 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 6 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 4 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleoma…4Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 4 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 3 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 3 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationMolecular BiologyOceanography2 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  3. 3 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  5. 5 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 4 works
  6. 6 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 3 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  9. 9 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Crimean Astrophysical Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Crimean Astrophysical Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Crimean Astrophysical Observatory0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Crimean Astrophysical Observatory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Crimean Astrophysical Observatory0.4% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.2% in 2005.

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