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Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

In research, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,363 of 2,917 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,537 of 17,446 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#505 of 954 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 25.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#23,519
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,887
of 7,310
Research works
348
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
35.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

What is Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network 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 #1,363 of 2,917 13.1%238
Physical SciencesDomain #8,537 of 17,446 12.6%329
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #505 of 954 15.6%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network 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 Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (56%), Engineering (27%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 92.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 55.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 31.1% of its workInstrumentation: 6 fractional works · 10.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 10.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 26.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLas CumbresObservatory…53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy3055.6%
    2. Engineering1426.7%
    3. Computer Science36.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.5%
    5. Environmental Science00.9%
    6. Chemistry00.6%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences11.8%
    2. Psychology11.3%
    3. Decision Sciences11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine11.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 25.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 29.6 works25×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.78× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 25.01× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 25.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy25.01×30 works
  2. Engineering1.78×14 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.57×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.29×1 works
  5. Computer Science0.77×3 works
  6. Psychology0.42×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.38×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.14×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works
  13. Medicine0.08×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph Farah, Megan Newsome and Timothy M. Brown lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network.

  1. 1 Joseph Farah United States · #5,407 worldwide 19k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Megan Newsome United States · #24,544 worldwide 1.6k citations · 149 works
  3. 3 Timothy M. Brown United States · #43,950 worldwide 30k citations · 213 works
  4. 4 Estefania Padilla Gonzalez United States · #133,664 worldwide 1.5k citations · 211 works
  5. 5 Moira Andrews United States · #170,355 worldwide 233 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 D. Andrew Howell United States · #191,864 worldwide 38k citations · 1,042 works
  7. 7 G. Terreran United States · #196,305 worldwide 6k citations · 422 works
  8. 8 G. Hosseinzadeh United States · #308,594 worldwide 21k citations · 508 works
  9. 9 C. Pellegrino United States · #361,836 worldwide 1.9k citations · 282 works
  10. 10 D. Hiramatsu United States · #402,500 worldwide 3.6k citations · 396 works
All ranked researchers at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network

What are the most cited papers from Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network?

The most cited paper from Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network 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 "The Gaia mission" (7,118).

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 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
4 Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results William J. Borucki et al. · Science 7 Jan 2010 4,121
5 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite George R. Ricker et al. · Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems Open access 24 Oct 2014 4,102
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Gravitational Waves, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Supernovae.

▲ 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 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. Astronomical Instrumentation6▲ 334×1 topic
  2. Spectrograph6▲ 334×1 topic
  3. Adaptive Optics6▲ 842×1 topic
  4. Wavefront Sensing6▲ 842×1 topic
  5. Gravitational Waves5▲ 169×2 topics
  6. Exoplanets4▲ 199×1 topic
  7. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 293×1 topic
  8. Neutron Stars4▲ 293×1 topic
  9. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 161×2 topics
  10. Stellar Astrophysics4▲ 199×1 topic
  11. Supernovae4▲ 97×2 topics
  12. Accretion Disks3▲ 108×2 topics
  13. Magnetic Fields3▲ 81×2 topics
  14. Black Holes2▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 311×1 topic
  16. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 311×1 topic
  17. Structural Health Monitoring2▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  19. Solar System Abundances2▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 141×1 topic
  22. Wavelet Transform2▲ 14×2 topics
  23. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 141×1 topic
  24. Star Formation2▲ 53×2 topics
  25. Imaging2▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Camera Calibration1▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Dimensional Metrology1▲ 131×1 topic
  28. Error Compensation1▲ 131×1 topic
  29. Laser1▲ 134×1 topic
  30. STEM Education1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  31. Semiconductor1▲ 7.8×1 topic
  32. Structured Light1▲ 50×1 topic
  33. High-Energy Astrophysics1▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Particle Acceleration1▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Molecular Clouds1▲ 79×1 topic
  36. Protoplanetary Disks1▲ 79×1 topic
  37. Compound Eyes1▲ 228×1 topic
  38. Deep Learning1▼ 0.55×6 topics
  39. Freeform Optics1▲ 228×1 topic

Which research topics does Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 6 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 6 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …4Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 4 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques: 1 fractional worksOptical measurement and interference techniques: 1 fractional worksOptical Systems and Laser Technology: 1 fractional works
InstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAstronomy and AstrophysicsComputational Mechanics3 others

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

  1. 1 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 6 works
  2. 2 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  3. 3 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  10. 10 Optical Systems and Laser Technology Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.0%domestic only57.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network0.000096% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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