Question 1

What is Simons Foundation known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Simons Foundation stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#72 of 1,417 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#623 of 10,670 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#27 of 400 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Instrumentation is 76.8× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Simons Foundation rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Simons Foundation ranks #1,053 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#646 all time), and #231 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Simons Foundation?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, LeeAnne Green Snyder, John E. Spiro and Julia Koehler Leman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Simons Foundation.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Simons Foundation?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Simons Foundation is "Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria" (Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Brenda Banwell et al., 2011), with 9,914 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package *" (7,690) and "The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*" (5,044).

Question 5

Which research topics does Simons Foundation publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Simons Foundation?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Black Holes, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Dark Matter, Cosmology, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Simons Foundation work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Simons Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Simons Foundation's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

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