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Government institution · Greenbelt · United States

Heliophysics Science Division

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Research works
28
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
507
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Heliophysics Science Division 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 37.98× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and Astronomy1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 38.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Heliophysics Science Division?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and Exoplanets.

▲ 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 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. Solar Wind13▲ 332×2 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections7▲ 372×1 topic
  3. Solar Dynamics Observatory7▲ 372×1 topic
  4. Ionosphere6▲ 291×1 topic
  5. Magnetosphere6▲ 291×1 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances3▲ 121×1 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets3▲ 121×1 topic
  8. Exoplanets2▲ 70×1 topic
  9. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 70×1 topic
  10. Geomagnetic Field1▲ 116×1 topic
  11. Magnetosome Formation1▲ 116×1 topic
  12. Climate Change1▲ 1.46×5 topics

Which research topics does Heliophysics Science Division publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Solar and Space Plasma D…2Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 2 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…1Astro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksSolar Radiation and Photovoltaics: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 0 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 0 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial IntelligenceOceanographyGeophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary ScienceAstronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studiesAstronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Solar Radiation and PhotovoltaicsArtificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsOceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovaeAstronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Earthquake Detection and AnalysisGeophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Cosmic PhenomenaNuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  10. 10 Dark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaNuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available76.1%not open23.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.1%domestic only50.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Heliophysics Science Division's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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