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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation

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Research works
106
▼ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation

Not ranked overall: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation work in?

In all years, 87% of research at Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (58%), Engineering (21%), Computer Science (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 92 fractional works · 86.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 62 fractional works · 58.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 27 fractional works · 25.9% of its workInstrumentation: 19 fractional works · 17.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 13.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 21.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKLarge SynopticSurvey Telescope…106fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6258.3%
    2. Engineering2221.1%
    3. Computer Science54.9%
    4. Chemistry10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    6. Environmental Science10.6%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine54.4%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences11.4%
    2. Social Sciences11.0%
    3. Psychology10.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 29.65× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.46× 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, 29.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy29.65×6 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.97×0 works
  3. Engineering0.85×1 works
  4. Neuroscience0.57×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.46×0 works
  6. Medicine0.45×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.35×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeffrey P. Kantor, Suzanne Jacoby and Jeff Barr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation.

  1. 1 Jeffrey P. Kantor United States · #1,788,664 worldwide 497 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Suzanne Jacoby United States · #2,292,063 worldwide 1.3k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Jeff Barr United States · #2,975,419 worldwide 154 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Dave Mills United States · #3,762,393 worldwide 203 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 D. Neill United States · #4,192,661 worldwide 90 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Paul J. Lotz United States · #4,934,055 worldwide 210 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Oliver Wiecha United States · #5,163,284 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 William J. Gressler United States · #5,859,062 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation

What are the most cited papers from Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation?

The most cited paper from Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation is "Gaia Data Release 2" (A. G. A. Brown et al., 2018), with 8,734 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (7,690) and "LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products" (3,523).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
2 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
3 LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products Željko Ivezić et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access327 authors 10 Mar 2019 3,523
4 Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys Arjun Dey et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access161 authors 9 Apr 2019 1,847
5 Dark Energy Survey year 1 results: Cosmological constraints from galaxy clustering and weak lensing T. M. C. Abbott et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access200 authors 27 Aug 2018 1,258
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation and Structural Health Monitoring.

▲ 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 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. Astronomical Instrumentation18▲ 336×1 topic
  2. Spectrograph18▲ 336×1 topic
  3. Adaptive Optics14▲ 668×1 topic
  4. Wavefront Sensing14▲ 668×1 topic
  5. Exoplanets11▲ 144×1 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics11▲ 144×1 topic
  7. Star Formation7▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Structural Health Monitoring7▲ 60×3 topics
  9. Optical 3D Laser Measurement6▲ 303×1 topic
  10. Position-Sensitive Detector6▲ 303×1 topic
  11. Accretion Disks5▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Magnetic Fields5▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Black Holes4▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Molecular Clouds4▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Protoplanetary Disks4▲ 78×1 topic
  16. Gravitational Waves4▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Supernovae4▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Cosmology3▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Dark Matter3▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Neutron Stars3▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Workflow Management3▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Remote Sensing3▲ 2.9×4 topics
  24. Galaxies3▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Laser3▲ 113×1 topic
  26. Semiconductor3▲ 8.7×1 topic
  27. Stellar Populations3▲ 65×1 topic
  28. Solar System Abundances3▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Terrestrial Planets3▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Compound Eyes2▲ 165×1 topic
  31. Distributed Systems2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Freeform Optics2▲ 165×1 topic
  33. Drug Discovery2▲ 5.1×1 topic
  34. Peptide Synthesis2▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Grid Computing2▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Resource Management2▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Glycosylation2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  40. Antibody Engineering2▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing.

Stellar, planetary, and …2Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 1 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…0Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 0 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 1 works
  4. 4 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 0 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.0%domestic only63.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000043% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation0.000034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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