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Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division

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Research works
46
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division 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.

Which keywords describe research at Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and Accretion Disks.

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

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Wind10▲ 154×2 topics
  2. Coronal Mass Ejections7▲ 207×1 topic
  3. Solar Dynamics Observatory7▲ 207×1 topic
  4. Exoplanets5▲ 148×1 topic
  5. Stellar Astrophysics5▲ 148×1 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances4▲ 108×1 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets4▲ 108×1 topic
  8. Accretion Disks4▲ 99×2 topics
  9. Magnetic Fields4▲ 77×2 topics
  10. Ionosphere3▲ 101×1 topic
  11. Magnetosphere3▲ 101×1 topic
  12. Star Formation2▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Tomography2▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Turbulence2▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Molecular Clouds2▲ 95×1 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 95×1 topic
  17. Black Holes2▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Gravitational Waves2▲ 67×2 topics
  19. Galactic Center2▲ 59×2 topics
  20. X-Ray Spectroscopy2▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 104×1 topic
  22. Spectroscopy2▲ 11×6 topics
  23. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Climate Change2▲ 1.20×8 topics
  25. Remote Sensing1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  26. Cosmic Rays1▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Inorganic Scintillators1▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Neutrinos1▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Photon Counting1▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Scintillation Detectors1▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Supernovae1▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Binary Black Hole1▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Data Analysis1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  34. Neutron Star1▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Ozone Depletion1▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Stratospheric Water Vapor1▲ 38×1 topic
  37. X-ray Imaging1▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 0 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 0 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…0Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 0 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 0 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  8. 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Naval Research Laboratory Space Science Division's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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