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Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute

In research, Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,254 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 85.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,322
of 22,385 · #28,817 all time
Rank in Kazakhstan
#84
of 84
Research works
349
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute

What is Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute 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 #10,254 of 10,670 3.0%64 #12697

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute 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 Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 96% of research at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (71%), Engineering (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 69 fractional works · 95.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 fractional works · 71.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 32 fractional works · 44.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 8 fractional works · 11.2% of its workInstrumentation: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 11.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFesenkovAstrophysical…72fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy5171.2%
    2. Engineering811.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.4%
    4. Computer Science23.5%
    5. Environmental Science22.6%
    6. Mathematics22.4%
    7. Chemistry00.6%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    2. Social Sciences00.6%
    3. Decision Sciences00.5%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    1. Medicine11.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 85.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 32.2 works86×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 51.4 works32×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 32.01× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 32.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy32.01×51 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.82×3 works
  3. Mathematics2.03×2 works
  4. Engineering0.73×8 works
  5. Environmental Science0.53×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.48×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.45×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.40×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.37×1 works
  10. Psychology0.15×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  12. Medicine0.06×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Nosratollah Jafari, Taras Panamarev and Denis Yurin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute.

  1. 1 Nosratollah Jafari Kazakhstan · #2,274,056 worldwide 92 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Taras Panamarev Kazakhstan · #2,666,312 worldwide 263 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Denis Yurin Kazakhstan · #3,803,177 worldwide 183 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Dana Kuvatova Kazakhstan · #4,318,858 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev Kazakhstan · #4,589,499 worldwide 363 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 É. K. Denisyuk Kazakhstan · #4,920,478 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 E. A. Glushkova Kazakhstan · #4,996,004 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 É. Ya. Vil'Koviskii Kazakhstan · #5,028,428 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Maxim A. Makukov Kazakhstan · #5,029,503 worldwide 106 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 G. K. Ajmanova Kazakhstan · #5,063,092 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute

What are the most cited papers from Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute?

The most cited paper from Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute is "Eclipses by circumstellar material in the T Tauri star AA Tau" (Jérôme Bouvier, K. N. Grankin, S. H. P. Alencar et al., 2003), with 218 citations. Next come "Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet" (199) and "Transition from fireball to Poynting-flux-dominated outflow in the three-episode GRB 160625B" (154).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Eclipses by circumstellar material in the T Tauri star AA Tau Jérôme Bouvier, K. N. Grankin, S. H. P. Alencar et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 12 Sep 2003 218
2 Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet C. M. Raiteri et al. · Nature Open access Dec 2017 199
3 Transition from fireball to Poynting-flux-dominated outflow in the three-episode GRB 160625B Bin‐Bin Zhang et al. · Nature Astronomy 16 Nov 2017 154
4 Eclipses by circumstellar material in the T Tauri star AA Tau. II. Evidence for non-stationary magnetospheric accretion Jérôme Bouvier, K. N. Grankin, S. H. P. Alencar et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 26 Jun 2003 140
5 GRB 170817A Associated with GW170817: Multi-frequency Observations and Modeling of Prompt Gamma-Ray Emission A. S. Pozanenko, M. V. Barkov, P. Yu. Minaev et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access 9 Jan 2018 128
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Nucleosynthesis, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Star Formation, Black Holes and Gravitational Waves.

▲ 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. Exoplanets8▲ 292×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics8▲ 292×1 topic
  3. Nucleosynthesis8▲ 213×3 topics
  4. Accretion Disks7▲ 200×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields7▲ 150×2 topics
  6. Star Formation6▲ 158×2 topics
  7. Black Holes6▲ 85×3 topics
  8. Gravitational Waves5▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Solar System Abundances5▲ 135×1 topic
  10. Terrestrial Planets5▲ 135×1 topic
  11. Astronomical Instrumentation4▲ 194×1 topic
  12. Spectrograph4▲ 194×1 topic
  13. Molecular Clouds4▲ 223×1 topic
  14. Protoplanetary Disks4▲ 223×1 topic
  15. Turbulence4▲ 67×2 topics
  16. Supernovae3▲ 56×2 topics
  17. Nuclear Forces3▲ 244×1 topic
  18. Nuclear Structure3▲ 244×1 topic
  19. Event Horizon Telescope3▲ 173×1 topic
  20. Galactic Center3▲ 88×2 topics
  21. X-Ray Astronomy3▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Binary Black Hole2▲ 114×1 topic
  23. Neutron Star2▲ 114×1 topic
  24. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 267×1 topic
  25. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 267×1 topic
  26. Gamma-Ray Bursts2▲ 115×1 topic
  27. Neutron Stars2▲ 115×1 topic
  28. Cosmology2▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Dark Matter2▲ 26×3 topics
  30. Galaxies2▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Mass Measurements2▲ 724×1 topic
  32. Nuclear Masses2▲ 724×1 topic
  33. Stellar Populations2▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Tomography2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Quantum Gravity2▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Mars2▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Martian Surface2▲ 67×1 topic
  38. DNA Strand Breaks1▲ 144×1 topic
  39. Low-Energy Electrons1▲ 144×1 topic
  40. Spectroscopy1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Stellar, planetary, and …8Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 8 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 5 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…4Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 4 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…4Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 4 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 3 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 3 fractional worksAstronomical Observation…2Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 2 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 2 fractional worksAstronomical and nuclear sciences: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy PhysicsComputational Mechanics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 4 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 2 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Astronomical and nuclear sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% 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 Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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