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European Astronaut Centre

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Research works
117
▲ 127% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: European Astronaut Centre 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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.55× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 9 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Astronaut Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Aidan Cowley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Astronaut Centre.

  1. 1 Aidan Cowley Germany · #927,303 worldwide 68 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at European Astronaut Centre

Which keywords describe research at European Astronaut Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Muscle Atrophy, Neurological Effects, Microgravity, Spaceflight, Mars, Martian Surface, Biomechanics and Risk Assessment.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Muscle Atrophy4▲ 434×2 topics
  2. Neurological Effects4▲ 193×2 topics
  3. Microgravity4▲ 634×1 topic
  4. Spaceflight4▲ 634×1 topic
  5. Mars3▲ 293×1 topic
  6. Martian Surface3▲ 293×1 topic
  7. Biomechanics2▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Risk Assessment2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  9. Extravehicular Activity2▲ 591×1 topic
  10. Simulation2▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Space Suit2▲ 591×1 topic
  12. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.5×6 topics

Which research topics does European Astronaut Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spaceflight effects on biology, Planetary Science and Exploration, Space Exploration and Technology and Astro and Planetary Science.

Spaceflight effects on b…4Spaceflight effects on biology: 4 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…3Planetary Science and Exploration: 3 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…1Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 1 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional worksHigh Altitude and Hypoxia: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 0 fractional works
PhysiologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsAerospace EngineeringSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  3. 3 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  7. 7 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.6%domestic only45.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Astronaut Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 127% higher 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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