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Dudley Observatory

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Research works
89
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
758
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Dudley 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.

Who are the top researchers at Dudley Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, George Wise, C. L. Hemenway and Lewis Boss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dudley Observatory.

  1. 1 George Wise United States · #868,472 worldwide 17 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 C. L. Hemenway United States · #890,563 worldwide 54 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Lewis Boss United States · #1,319,819 worldwide 16 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Benjamin Boss United States · #1,582,183 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Dudley Observatory

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 2022–2025: Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics, Computational Physics and Python Applications, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

Quantum and Classical El…0Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics: 0 fractional worksComputational Physics an…0Computational Physics and Python Applications: 0 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…0Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  2. 2 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  4. 4 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Dudley Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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