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Space Foundation

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Research works
61
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
24
0.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Space Foundation 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: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 18.78× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.05× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.06× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× 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, 18.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Space Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Space Policy, Space Tourism, Astrobiology, Extraterrestrial Life, Asset Pricing, Financial Stability, Risk Assessment and Economic Growth.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Space Policy10▲ 1967×1 topic
  2. Space Tourism10▲ 1967×1 topic
  3. Astrobiology3▲ 321×1 topic
  4. Extraterrestrial Life3▲ 440×1 topic
  5. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  6. Asset Pricing2▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Financial Stability2▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Climate Change2▲ 2.0×5 topics
  9. Economic Growth2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  10. Risk Assessment2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  11. Big Data1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  12. Cyber-Physical Systems1▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Investment Strategies1▲ 252×1 topic
  14. Market Efficiency1▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Sovereign Wealth Funds1▲ 317×1 topic
  16. Stock Returns1▲ 81×1 topic
  17. System Maturity1▲ 170×1 topic
  18. Technology Readiness Levels1▲ 170×1 topic
  19. Neural Networks1▲ 2.2×2 topics
  20. Digital Transformation1▲ 5.2×1 topic
  21. GRACE1▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Innovation Management1▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Risk Management1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  24. Sea Level Rise1▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Shrinking Cities1▲ 139×1 topic
  26. Urban Decline1▲ 139×1 topic

Which research topics does Space Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Space exploration and regulation, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, State Capitalism and Financial Governance and Financial Markets and Investment Strategies.

Space exploration and re…10Space exploration and regulation: 10 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional worksState Capitalism and Financial Governance: 1 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 1 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 1 fractional worksUrbanization and City Planning: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Technological Systems Analysis: 1 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 1 fractional worksEconomic theories and models: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsStrategy and ManagementFinanceSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5 others

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

  1. 1 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  3. 3 State Capitalism and Financial Governance Strategy and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 1 works
  5. 5 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 1 works
  7. 7 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Economic and Technological Systems Analysis Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  9. 9 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 1 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Space Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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