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Joint Space Science Institute

In research, Joint Space Science Institute stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#833 of 2,917 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,890 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy and Physical Sciences (Physics and Astronomy is 40.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#31,786
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,696
of 7,310
Research works
142
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.4k
65.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Joint Space Science Institute

What is Joint Space Science Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physics and AstronomyField #833 of 2,917 28.6%122
Physical SciencesDomain #6,890 of 17,446 29.5%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint Space Science 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 Joint Space Science Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 99% of research at Joint Space Science Institute is in Physical Sciences, 1% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (89%), Engineering (5%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 98.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 88.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 fractional works · 76.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJoint SpaceScience Institute25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences99%Health Sciences0%

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 3 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy2288.9%
    2. Engineering14.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.9%
    4. Environmental Science00.5%
    5. Computer Science00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Joint Space Science Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 40.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 22.5 works40×
  2. Physical SciencesDomain · 25.0 works2.5×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 39.99× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 40.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy39.99×22 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.49×1 works
  3. Engineering0.31×1 works
  4. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  11. Medicine0.01×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Joint Space Science Institute?

The most cited paper from Joint Space Science Institute is "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al., 2018), with 7,690 citations. Next come "The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation" (4,364) and "The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results" (2,121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package * Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access140 authors 23 Aug 2018 7,690
2 The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation Robert E. Kistler, William D. Collins, Suranjana Saha et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access Feb 2001 4,364
3 The Zwicky Transient Facility: System Overview, Performance, and First Results Eric C. Bellm et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Open access116 authors 7 Dec 2018 2,121
4 PSR J0030+0451 Mass and Radius from NICER Data and Implications for the Properties of Neutron Star Matter M. C. Miller et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access 10 Dec 2019 1,818
5 A NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Millisecond Pulsar Parameter Estimation T. E. Riley, A. L. Watts, S. Bogdanov et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access 10 Dec 2019 1,686
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Joint Space Science Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gravitational Waves, Black Holes, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Star Formation, Galactic Center, Event Horizon Telescope and X-Ray Astronomy.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Gravitational Waves6▲ 397×2 topics
  2. Black Holes6▲ 230×3 topics
  3. Accretion Disks5▲ 388×2 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields5▲ 291×2 topics
  5. Star Formation4▲ 275×2 topics
  6. Galactic Center4▲ 300×2 topics
  7. Event Horizon Telescope3▲ 568×1 topic
  8. X-Ray Astronomy3▲ 568×1 topic
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 470×1 topic
  10. Neutron Stars3▲ 470×1 topic
  11. Supernovae3▲ 156×2 topics
  12. Binary Black Hole2▲ 333×1 topic
  13. Cosmology2▲ 147×2 topics
  14. Dark Matter2▲ 87×3 topics
  15. Neutron Star2▲ 333×1 topic
  16. Galaxies2▲ 312×1 topic
  17. Stellar Populations2▲ 312×1 topic
  18. Solar Wind2▲ 94×2 topics
  19. Turbulence2▲ 80×2 topics
  20. Exoplanets2▲ 173×1 topic
  21. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Molecular Clouds2▲ 235×1 topic
  23. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 235×1 topic
  24. Cosmic Rays2▲ 121×2 topics
  25. Neutrinos2▲ 121×2 topics
  26. Coronal Mass Ejections1▲ 142×1 topic
  27. High-Energy Astrophysics1▲ 197×1 topic
  28. Particle Acceleration1▲ 197×1 topic
  29. Solar Dynamics Observatory1▲ 142×1 topic
  30. Solar System Abundances1▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Terrestrial Planets1▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Joint Space Science Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 3 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 3 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…2Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…2Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 2 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…1Astro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 1 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsInstrumentation

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

  1. 1 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  2. 2 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  3. 3 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 1 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 available90.8%not open9.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.0%domestic only44.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Joint Space Science Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Joint Space Science Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Joint Space Science Institute0.000072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Joint Space Science Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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