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Space Physics Data Facility

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Research works
13
fractional, all time
Citations
627
49.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Space Physics Data Facility 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.

Which research topics does Space Physics Data Facility publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Space Technology and Applications and Space exploration and regulation.

Solar and Space Plasma D…0Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 0 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…0Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 0 fractional worksSpace Technology and Applications: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Space Technology and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Environmental Monitoring and Data Management Geology 0 works
  8. 8 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  9. 9 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Space Physics Data Facility's research output changed?

1990200020102020
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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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