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Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility

In research, Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,192 of 21,541 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#2,643 of 3,663 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#12,622
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#621
of 2,077
Research works
202
▼ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.8k
28.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,192 of 21,541 23.0%194
Physics and AstronomyField #2,643 of 3,663 25.3%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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.

Who are the top researchers at Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility?

Ranked on the composite score, Fionn Murtagh, Richard Hook and R. Albrecht lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility.

  1. 1 Fionn Murtagh Germany · #111,309 worldwide 360 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Richard Hook Germany · #285,715 worldwide 365 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 R. Albrecht Germany · #952,844 worldwide 82 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 M. R. Rosa Germany · #1,086,082 worldwide 30 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 M. R. Rosa Germany · #1,631,612 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility

Which keywords describe research at Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Black Holes, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Cosmology and Dark Matter.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation41▲ 217×2 topics
  2. Astronomical Instrumentation32▲ 305×1 topic
  3. Spectrograph32▲ 305×1 topic
  4. Black Holes30▲ 102×2 topics
  5. Exoplanets27▲ 181×1 topic
  6. Stellar Astrophysics27▲ 181×1 topic
  7. Cosmology26▲ 139×2 topics
  8. Dark Matter26▲ 68×2 topics
  9. Galaxies26▲ 288×1 topic
  10. Stellar Populations26▲ 288×1 topic
  11. Accretion Disks19▲ 116×2 topics
  12. Magnetic Fields19▲ 91×2 topics
  13. Turbulence15▲ 51×2 topics
  14. Molecular Clouds15▲ 152×1 topic
  15. Protoplanetary Disks15▲ 152×1 topic
  16. Optical 3D Laser Measurement8▲ 215×1 topic
  17. Position-Sensitive Detector8▲ 215×1 topic
  18. Adaptive Optics7▲ 169×1 topic
  19. Wavefront Sensing7▲ 169×1 topic
  20. Supernovae7▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Gravitational Waves6▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Gamma-Ray Bursts6▲ 85×1 topic
  23. Neutron Stars6▲ 85×1 topic
  24. Radio Astronomy6▲ 79×2 topics
  25. Spectroscopy6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  26. Cosmic Rays5▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Neutrinos5▲ 37×2 topics
  28. High-Energy Astrophysics5▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Particle Acceleration5▲ 62×1 topic
  30. Galactic Center4▲ 35×2 topics
  31. X-Ray Spectroscopy4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Event Horizon Telescope4▲ 62×1 topic
  33. X-Ray Astronomy4▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Principal Component Analysis4▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Solar System Abundances4▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Terrestrial Planets4▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Epoch of Reionization3▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Low-Frequency Telescopes3▲ 89×1 topic
  39. High-Resolution Imaging3▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Transits of Venus3▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics, Space Exploration and Technology, Planetary Science and Exploration and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

  1. 1 Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  4. 4 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 0 works
  7. 7 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.3%domestic only43.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% lower 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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