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Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos

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World rank, all time
#22,859
of 34,923
Rank in Uruguay
#19
of 27
Research works
285
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos

Which fields of science does Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 36.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 14.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 13.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 26.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKObservatorioAstronómico Los…31fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences20%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy414.1%
    2. Environmental Science310.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences26.7%
    4. Engineering12.9%
    5. Computer Science12.0%
    6. Energy00.4%
    1. Medicine721.6%
    2. Health Professions13.0%
    3. Veterinary00.8%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Social Sciences411.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities14.4%
    3. Psychology13.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences38.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 6.32× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.32×4 works
  2. Veterinary6.16×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.29×2 works
  4. Environmental Science2.02×3 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.78×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.52×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.15×1 works
  9. Psychology1.15×1 works
  10. Medicine1.12×7 works
  11. Nursing1.09×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.90×4 works
  13. Dentistry0.73×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×0 works
  16. Energy0.39×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.26×1 works
  18. Engineering0.20×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos?

Ranked on the quality score, Edgardo Rubianes, G. Tancredi and Julio Angel Fernández lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos.

  1. 1 Edgardo Rubianes Uruguay · #1,344,116 worldwide 3k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 G. Tancredi Uruguay · #1,961,617 worldwide 2.5k citations · 207 works
  3. 3 Julio Angel Fernández Uruguay · #2,076,587 worldwide 3.1k citations · 132 works
  4. 4 S. Roland Uruguay · #2,531,740 worldwide 648 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 María Alejandra Ramos Uruguay · #4,010,788 worldwide 105 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 José Jerónimo Estévez Uruguay · #4,680,621 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Ángel Martínez Cuesta Uruguay · #6,721,859 worldwide 34 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos

What are the most cited papers from Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos?

The most cited paper from Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos is "A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo" (F. Braga-Ribas et al., 2014), with 302 citations. Next come "Effect of long-term and short-term progestagen treatment on follicular development and pregnancy rate in cyclic ewes" (261) and "Assessment of contamination by heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments of Montevideo Harbour (Uruguay)" (231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo F. Braga-Ribas et al. · Nature Open access 26 Mar 2014 302
2 Effect of long-term and short-term progestagen treatment on follicular development and pregnancy rate in cyclic ewes C. Viñoles, M. Forsberg, Georgget Banchero et al. · Theriogenology Mar 2001 261
3 Assessment of contamination by heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons in sediments of Montevideo Harbour (Uruguay) Pablo Muñiz · Environment International 12 May 2003 231
4 The ‘male effect’ in sheep and goats—Revisiting the dogmas J.A. Delgadillo, Hélène Gelez, Rodolfo Ungerfeld et al. · Behavioural Brain Research 13 Feb 2009 208
5 New treatments associated with timed artificial insemination in small ruminants Alejo Menchaca, Edgardo Rubianes · Reproduction Fertility and Development 5 Jul 2004 203
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Cultural Identity, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Climate Change, Conservation, Population Dynamics and Health.

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

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change2▲ 2.7×15 topics
  2. Biogeography2▲ 17×6 topics
  3. Cultural Identity1▲ 9.0×3 topics
  4. Solar System Abundances1▲ 90×1 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets1▲ 90×1 topic
  6. Conservation1▲ 9.3×5 topics
  7. Education1▲ 2.2×4 topics
  8. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.2×3 topics
  9. Health1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  10. Population Dynamics1▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Epidemiology1◆ 0.91×10 topics
  12. Nutrition1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  13. Social Network Analysis1▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Teaching Methods1▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Aging1▲ 5.9×1 topic
  16. Biodiversity1▲ 4.3×11 topics
  17. Economic Analysis1▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Indigenous Peoples1▲ 127×1 topic
  19. Peer Review Process1▲ 810×1 topic
  20. Radio Astronomy1▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Research Methodology1▲ 52×1 topic
  22. Social Sciences1▲ 22×1 topic
  23. State Policies1▲ 475×1 topic
  24. Transits of Venus1▲ 340×1 topic

Which research topics does Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astro and Planetary Science, Psychology Research and Bibliometrics, Health, Education, and Aging and Indigenous Cultures and History.

Astro and Planetary Scie…1Astro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksPsychology Research and …1Psychology Research and Bibliometrics: 1 fractional worksHealth, Education, and Aging: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Cultures and …1Indigenous Cultures and History: 1 fractional worksHistory and Developments…1History and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Architectural Studies: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…1Marine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyHealthAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Psychology Research and Bibliometrics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Health, Education, and Aging Health 1 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Cultures and History Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Historical and Architectural Studies Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.9%domestic only65.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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