NIU Observatory
- Research works
- 23 ▼ 26% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 569 25.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.7% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 71% world 28%
Not ranked overall: NIU Observatory is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.
What does NIU Observatory specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Physical SciencesDomain · 20.4 works2.2×
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.
Which keywords describe research at NIU Observatory?
By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields and Black Holes.
- Supernovae
- Galaxies
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Black Holes
- Accretion Disks
- Spectrograph
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Exoplanets
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Star Formation
- Magnetic Fields
- Molecular Clouds
- Cosmology
- Gravitational Waves
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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 14 words, with their numbers
- Exoplanets3▲ 206×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics3▲ 206×1 topic
- Astronomical Instrumentation3▲ 273×1 topic
- Spectrograph3▲ 273×1 topic
- Star Formation3▲ 148×2 topics
- Accretion Disks2▲ 135×2 topics
- Magnetic Fields2▲ 106×2 topics
- Black Holes2▲ 71×2 topics
- Molecular Clouds2▲ 147×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 147×1 topic
- Cosmology2▲ 71×1 topic
- Galaxies2▲ 149×1 topic
- Gravitational Waves1▲ 90×2 topics
- Supernovae1▲ 43×2 topics
Which research topics does NIU Observatory publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Career Development and Diversity, History and Developments in Astronomy, Conferences and Exhibitions Management and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 0 works
- 2 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
- 3 Conferences and Exhibitions Management Sociology and Political Science 0 works
- 4 Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
- 5 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
- 6 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
- 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
- 8 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 0 works
- 9 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has NIU Observatory's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in DeKalb
- Northern Illinois University
- DeKalb County School District
- DeKalb County Health Department
- United Leukodystrophy Foundation
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.