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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation

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Research works
106
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 29.69× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.50× 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, 29.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Douglas R. Neill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation.

  1. 1 Douglas R. Neill United States · #705,493 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Corporation

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 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Stellar, planetary, and …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 1 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional worksScience Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…0Planetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 0 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 0 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsInstrumentationEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 1 works
  5. 5 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 0 works
  6. 6 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 0 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower 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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