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Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica

In research, Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,167 of 21,541 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#3,319 of 3,663 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#1,052 of 1,146 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy and Physical Sciences — Astronomy and Astrophysics is 100.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#20,565
of 42,892
Rank in Brazil
#306
of 870
Research works
250
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica 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
Physical SciencesDomain #11,167 of 21,541 15.9%236
Physics and AstronomyField #3,319 of 3,663 17.7%184
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #1,052 of 1,146 18.5%130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 100.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 23.6 works100×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 33.3 works33×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 41.0 works2.3×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 33.01× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 33.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica?

Ranked on the composite score, C. A. O. Torres, Eder Martioli and A. Rodríguez-Ardila lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica.

  1. 1 C. A. O. Torres Brazil · #239,744 worldwide 223 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Eder Martioli Brazil · #870,205 worldwide 63 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 A. Rodríguez-Ardila Brazil · #1,215,715 worldwide 91 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 A. Bruch Brazil · #1,282,023 worldwide 44 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 G. R. Quast Brazil · #1,329,743 worldwide 54 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica

Which keywords describe research at Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Galactic Center and Event Horizon Telescope.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Black Holes9▲ 209×3 topics
  2. Accretion Disks7▲ 328×2 topics
  3. Magnetic Fields7▲ 237×2 topics
  4. Exoplanets5▲ 282×1 topic
  5. Star Formation5▲ 214×2 topics
  6. Stellar Astrophysics5▲ 282×1 topic
  7. Event Horizon Telescope5▲ 507×1 topic
  8. Galactic Center5▲ 246×2 topics
  9. X-Ray Astronomy5▲ 507×1 topic
  10. Gravitational Waves4▲ 179×2 topics
  11. Supernovae4▲ 121×2 topics
  12. Astronomical Instrumentation3▲ 289×1 topic
  13. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 152×3 topics
  14. Spectrograph3▲ 289×1 topic
  15. Cosmology3▲ 105×2 topics
  16. Dark Matter3▲ 61×3 topics
  17. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 265×1 topic
  18. Neutron Stars3▲ 265×1 topic
  19. Galaxies3▲ 251×1 topic
  20. Stellar Populations3▲ 251×1 topic
  21. Molecular Clouds2▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 173×1 topic
  23. Turbulence2▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Structural Health Monitoring2▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 324×1 topic
  26. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 324×1 topic
  27. Binary Black Hole1▲ 100×1 topic
  28. Cosmological Parameters1▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Dark Energy1▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Neutron Star1▲ 100×1 topic
  31. Cosmic Rays1▲ 53×2 topics
  32. High-Energy Astrophysics1▲ 96×1 topic
  33. Neutrinos1▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Particle Acceleration1▲ 96×1 topic
  35. Solar System Abundances1▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Terrestrial Planets1▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Optical Lattices1▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Nonlinear Photonic Systems1▲ 91×1 topic
  39. Solitons1▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 5 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 5 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…3Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 3 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…3Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 3 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 3 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 2 fractional worksAstronomical Observation…2Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 2 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 1 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationComputational Mechanics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 3 works
  4. 4 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 2 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available72.6%not open27.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.5%domestic only52.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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