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Space Telescope Science Institute

In research, Space Telescope Science Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,263 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#328 of 1,417 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#96 of 400 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Instrumentation is 259.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,587
of 22,385 · #3,323 all time
Rank in United States
#1,022
of 3,332
Research works
4.2k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
183k
43.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Space Telescope Science Institute

What is Space Telescope Science Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,263 of 10,670 17.0%318 #1874
Physics and AstronomyField #328 of 1,417 16.7%265 #488
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #96 of 400 16.7%202 #89

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Space Telescope Science Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,874 #2,263
  2. Physics and Astronomy#488 #328
  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics#89 #96
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Space Telescope Science Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 97% of research at Space Telescope Science Institute is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (82%), Engineering (9%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 362 fractional works · 96.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 307 fractional works · 81.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 230 fractional works · 61.3% of its workInstrumentation: 49 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 9.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSpace TelescopeScience Institute375fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy30781.8%
    2. Engineering349.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.4%
    4. Chemistry51.3%
    5. Computer Science41.1%
    6. Environmental Science30.8%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Mathematics10.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences30.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities30.7%
    3. Social Sciences20.6%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Space Telescope Science Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 259.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 48.6 works260×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 230.0 works118×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 306.9 works37×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 34 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 36.78× its world share, 307 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 36.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy36.78×307 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×9 works
  3. Chemistry0.80×5 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.80×3 works
  5. Engineering0.60×34 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.24×3 works
  7. Environmental Science0.15×3 works
  8. Computer Science0.14×4 works
  9. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  10. Psychology0.09×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.05×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  17. Medicine0.02×1 works
  18. Energy0.01×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Space Telescope Science Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Nimisha Kumari, Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe and Anton M. Koekemoer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Space Telescope Science Institute.

  1. 1 Nimisha Kumari United States · #839 worldwide 10k citations · 211 works
  2. 2 Jeyhan S. Kartaltepe United States · #3,466 worldwide 33k citations · 525 works
  3. 3 Anton M. Koekemoer United States · #5,925 worldwide 92k citations · 1,748 works
  4. 4 Dale D. Kocevski United States · #5,927 worldwide 25k citations · 257 works
  5. 5 Mauro Giavalisco United States · #6,970 worldwide 58k citations · 652 works
  6. 6 Mark Dickinson United States · #8,005 worldwide 78k citations · 957 works
  7. 7 Kirsten L. Larson United States · #11,191 worldwide 5.7k citations · 207 works
  8. 8 R. Amorín United States · #13,434 worldwide 12k citations · 333 works
  9. 9 Henry C. Ferguson United States · #14,631 worldwide 71k citations · 770 works
  10. 10 Norman A. Grogin United States · #14,931 worldwide 33k citations · 696 works
All ranked researchers at Space Telescope Science Institute

What are the most cited papers from Space Telescope Science Institute?

The most cited paper from Space Telescope Science Institute is "Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant" (Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis et al., 1998), with 19,814 citations. Next come "Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae" (18,225) and "Gaia Data Release 2" (8,734).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access Sep 1998 19,814
2 Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae S. Perlmutter et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Jun 1999 18,225
3 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
4 The Astropy Project: Building an Open-science Project and Status of the v2.0 Core Package * Adrian M. Price-Whelan et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access140 authors 23 Aug 2018 7,690
5 The Dust Content and Opacity of Actively Star‐forming Galaxies Daniela Calzetti, L. Armus, R. C. Bohlin et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Apr 2000 5,835
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Space Telescope Science Institute?

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

▲ 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-now 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 Formation80▲ 377×2 topics
  2. Exoplanets62▲ 416×1 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics62▲ 416×1 topic
  4. Accretion Disks59▲ 315×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields59▲ 236×2 topics
  6. Black Holes52▲ 144×3 topics
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation49▲ 399×1 topic
  8. Spectrograph49▲ 399×1 topic
  9. Turbulence44▲ 128×4 topics
  10. Molecular Clouds43▲ 427×1 topic
  11. Protoplanetary Disks43▲ 427×1 topic
  12. Cosmology38▲ 148×2 topics
  13. Dark Matter38▲ 86×3 topics
  14. Galaxies36▲ 330×1 topic
  15. Stellar Populations36▲ 330×1 topic
  16. Gravitational Waves28▲ 130×2 topics
  17. Supernovae25▲ 83×2 topics
  18. Nucleosynthesis24▲ 127×3 topics
  19. Gamma-Ray Bursts23▲ 227×1 topic
  20. Neutron Stars23▲ 227×1 topic
  21. Solar System Abundances20▲ 109×1 topic
  22. Terrestrial Planets20▲ 109×1 topic
  23. Galactic Center17▲ 98×2 topics
  24. Event Horizon Telescope16▲ 181×1 topic
  25. X-Ray Astronomy16▲ 181×1 topic
  26. Adaptive Optics14▲ 285×1 topic
  27. Wavefront Sensing14▲ 285×1 topic
  28. Cosmic Rays9▲ 49×2 topics
  29. Neutrinos9▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Structural Health Monitoring8▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Radio Astronomy8▲ 98×2 topics
  32. Optical 3D Laser Measurement8▲ 164×1 topic
  33. Position-Sensitive Detector8▲ 164×1 topic
  34. High-Energy Astrophysics8▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Particle Acceleration8▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Spectroscopy7▲ 11×7 topics
  37. High-Resolution Imaging6▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Equation of State5▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Solar Observations5▲ 143×1 topic
  40. Transits of Venus5▲ 143×1 topic

Which research topics does Space Telescope Science Institute publish most on?

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

Stellar, planetary, and …62Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 62 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 49 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 43 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 36 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 23 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…20Astro and Planetary Science: 20 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 16 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 14 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 8 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsComputational Mechanics1 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 62 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 49 works
  3. 3 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 43 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 36 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 23 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  7. 7 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  8. 8 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 14 works
  9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 8 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.8%domestic only56.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Space Telescope Science Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Space Telescope Science Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Space Telescope Science Institute0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Space Telescope Science Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Space Telescope Science Institute17.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 2011.

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