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Dudley Observatory

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Research works
89
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
758
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Dudley Observatory

Not ranked overall: Dudley Observatory is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Dudley Observatory work in?

In all years, 87% of research at Dudley Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (50%), Engineering (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 77 fractional works · 86.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 45 fractional works · 50.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 35 fractional works · 39.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 23.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDudleyObservatory89fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy4550.2%
    2. Engineering2123.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences55.2%
    4. Environmental Science44.7%
    5. Materials Science21.7%
    6. Chemistry10.8%
    7. Computer Science10.8%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities44.3%
    2. Social Sciences11.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine44.3%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Who are the top researchers at Dudley Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeff Weber, Lewis Boss and G. W. Hough lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dudley Observatory.

  1. 1 Jeff Weber United States · #996,509 worldwide 372 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Lewis Boss United States · #2,045,567 worldwide 143 citations · 166 works
  3. 3 G. W. Hough United States · #2,170,424 worldwide 31 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 G. Rupprecht United States · #2,419,094 worldwide 374 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Benjamin Boss United States · #2,630,988 worldwide 83 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 H. V. Egbert United States · #2,650,160 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 H. Patashnick United States · #2,709,218 worldwide 803 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Curtis L. Hemenway United States · #3,960,239 worldwide 823 citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Douglas S. Hallgren United States · #4,587,758 worldwide 147 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 R. D. Mercer United States · #5,861,726 worldwide 155 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Dudley Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Dudley Observatory?

The most cited paper from Dudley Observatory is "Survival of Micro-Organisms in Space" (John E. Hotchin, Peter R. Lorenz, Curtis L. Hemenway, 1965), with 90 citations. Next come "Development of butterfly scales. II. Struts, lattices and surface tension" (89) and "Radical formation, chemical processing, and explosion of interstellar grains" (86).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Survival of Micro-Organisms in Space John E. Hotchin, Peter R. Lorenz, Curtis L. Hemenway · Nature May 1965 90
2 Development of butterfly scales. II. Struts, lattices and surface tension HELEN T. GHIRADELLA, William Radigan · Journal of Morphology Oct 1976 89
3 Radical formation, chemical processing, and explosion of interstellar grains J. Mayo Greenberg · Astrophysics and Space Science 1976 86
4 Clusters Associated with Supergiant Galaxies Gummuluru N. Sastry · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Open access Jun 1968 85
5 Energy source for comet outbursts H. Patashnick, G. Rupprecht, Donald W. Schuerman · Nature Jul 1974 80
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dudley Observatory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Turbulence, Magnetic Fields, Spectroscopy, Accretion Disks, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

▲ 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 Abundances8▲ 100×1 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets8▲ 100×1 topic
  3. Turbulence6▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields6▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Spectroscopy6▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Accretion Disks6▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Exoplanets5▲ 83×1 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics5▲ 83×1 topic
  9. Mars5▲ 122×1 topic
  10. Martian Surface5▲ 122×1 topic
  11. Molecular Clouds5▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Star Formation5▲ 65×1 topic
  13. Radio Astronomy5▲ 144×1 topic
  14. Transits of Venus5▲ 267×1 topic
  15. Structural Health Monitoring4▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement4▲ 232×1 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector4▲ 232×1 topic
  18. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  19. Solar Wind3▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Coronal Mass Ejections3▲ 44×1 topic
  21. Microgravity3▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Solar Dynamics Observatory3▲ 44×1 topic
  23. Spaceflight3▲ 111×1 topic
  24. History2▲ 3.3×4 topics
  25. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  26. Astronomical Instrumentation2▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Imaging Spectroscopy2▲ 147×1 topic
  28. Polarimetry2▲ 147×1 topic
  29. Spectrograph2▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Design2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Tomography2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  32. On-Orbit Performance2▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Radiometric Calibration2▲ 92×1 topic
  34. Air Quality2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Biography2▲ 66×2 topics
  36. Science2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Space Exploration2▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Astrobiology1▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Extravehicular Activity1▲ 103×1 topic
  40. Space Suit1▲ 103×1 topic

Which research topics does Dudley Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Computational Physics and Python Applications, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics and Astro and Planetary Science.

Computational Physics an…0Computational Physics and Python Applications: 0 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…0Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 0 fractional worksQuantum and Classical El…0Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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

  1. 1 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  3. 3 Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dudley Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Dudley Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000025% in 2022.

0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Dudley Observatory0.000018% in 202419801990200020102020

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

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