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NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Research works
30
▲ 588% vs 2013–17
Citations
104
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.95× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 18.45× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 3.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× 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, 18.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, Roberto Tighe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

  1. 1 Roberto Tighe Chile · #1,507,238 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Which keywords describe research at NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Astronomical Instrumentation5▲ 294×1 topic
  2. Spectrograph5▲ 294×1 topic
  3. Optical 3D Laser Measurement4▲ 737×1 topic
  4. Position-Sensitive Detector4▲ 737×1 topic
  5. Adaptive Optics3▲ 527×1 topic
  6. Wavefront Sensing3▲ 527×1 topic
  7. Exoplanets2▲ 87×1 topic
  8. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 87×1 topic
  9. Gravitational Waves2▲ 77×2 topics
  10. Gamma-Ray Bursts1▲ 134×1 topic
  11. Neutron Stars1▲ 134×1 topic
  12. Supernovae1▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Star Formation1▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Astronomical Observation…2Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 2 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…2Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 2 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…1Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 1 fractional worksHistory and Developments…0History and Developments in Astronomy: 0 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 0 fractional worksLegal Studies and Policies: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and construction materials studies: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsInstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 2 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 2 works
  3. 3 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Legal Studies and Policies Law 0 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.0%domestic only39.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 588% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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