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LIGO Scientific Collaboration

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Research works
75
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
34.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: LIGO Scientific Collaboration 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.

Computer Science: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.81× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 26.35× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.72× 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, 26.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at LIGO Scientific Collaboration?

Ranked on the composite score, M. C. Díaz, A. Effler and J. W. Richardson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is LIGO Scientific Collaboration.

  1. 1 M. C. Díaz United States · #210,393 worldwide 449 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 A. Effler United States · #212,180 worldwide 237 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 J. W. Richardson United States · #871,726 worldwide 101 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 S. Soni United States · #907,348 worldwide 127 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Which keywords describe research at LIGO Scientific Collaboration?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gravitational Waves, Binary Black Hole, Neutron Star, Ring Laser Gyroscope, Rotational Seismology, Atomic Clocks, Optical Clocks 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 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. Gravitational Waves18▲ 363×2 topics
  2. Binary Black Hole14▲ 591×1 topic
  3. Neutron Star14▲ 591×1 topic
  4. Ring Laser Gyroscope6▲ 385×1 topic
  5. Rotational Seismology6▲ 385×1 topic
  6. Atomic Clocks5▲ 553×1 topic
  7. Optical Clocks5▲ 553×1 topic
  8. Supernovae5▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 149×1 topic
  10. Neutron Stars4▲ 149×1 topic
  11. Tomography3▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Climate Change3▲ 1.56×4 topics
  14. GRACE3▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Geodetic Measurements3▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise3▲ 30×1 topic
  17. Accretion Disks3▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Adaptive Optics3▲ 173×1 topic
  19. Black Holes3▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Magnetic Fields3▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Wavefront Sensing3▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Seismic Noise2▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Surface Wave2▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Galactic Center2▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 84×1 topic
  26. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 84×1 topic
  27. Dimensional Metrology2▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Error Compensation2▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Exoplanets2▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Spectroscopy2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  31. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Earthquake Detection2▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Seismic Signals2▲ 104×1 topic
  34. Quantum Simulation1▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Ultracold Gases1▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Astronomical Instrumentation1▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Cosmological Parameters1▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Dark Energy1▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Microfabrication1▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Spectrograph1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does LIGO Scientific Collaboration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations and Geophysics and Sensor Technology.

Pulsars and Gravitationa…2Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…1Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 1 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena …1Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 1 fractional worksGeophysics and Sensor Technology: 1 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Meth…0Innovative Teaching Methods: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 0 fractional worksEducation and Teacher Training: 0 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsOcean EngineeringGeophysicsEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Geophysics and Sensor Technology Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Education and Teacher Training Education 0 works
  10. 10 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 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 available54.1%not open45.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.0%domestic only68.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has LIGO Scientific Collaboration's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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