Question 1

What is SKA Observatory known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, SKA Observatory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,111 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 74.8× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does SKA Observatory rank in research?

Accepted Answer

SKA Observatory ranks #21,450 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#14,687 all time), and #807 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at SKA Observatory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Robert Hanbury Brown, Federico Di Vruno and R. D. Davies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SKA Observatory.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from SKA Observatory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from SKA Observatory is "The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*" (The Astropy Collaboration et al., 2022), with 5,044 citations. Next come "First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole" (4,300) and "HI4PI: a full-sky H i survey based on EBHIS and GASS" (1,657).

Question 5

Which research topics does SKA Observatory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at SKA Observatory?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radio Astronomy, Epoch of Reionization, Low-Frequency Telescopes, Star Formation, Gravitational Waves, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph and Accretion Disks.

Question 7

Which fields of science does SKA Observatory work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 85% of research at SKA Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (55%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is SKA Observatory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.