Question 1

Who are the top researchers at Perth Observatory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Roland Martín, R. L. J. Ellery and P. V. Birch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Perth Observatory.

Question 2

What are the most cited papers from Perth Observatory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Perth Observatory is "The Ensemble Properties of Comets: Results from Narrowband Photometry of 85 Comets, 1976-1992" (Michael F. A’Hearn, R. Millis, D. G. Schleicher et al., 1995), with 993 citations. Next come "Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing" (600) and "One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations" (593).

Question 3

Which research topics does Perth Observatory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Information Society and Technology Trends, Offshore Engineering and Technologies, Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency and Drilling and Well Engineering.

Question 4

Which keywords describe research at Perth Observatory?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Gravitational Waves and Nucleosynthesis.

Question 5

Which fields of science does Perth Observatory work in?

Accepted Answer

In all years, 93% of research at Perth Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (62%), Engineering (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 6

Is Perth Observatory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

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