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Space Telescope Science Institute

In research, Space Telescope Science Institute stands highest in Astronomy and Astrophysics (#19 of 443 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,024 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#294 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Instrumentation is 231.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,808
of 28,054 · #1,089 all time
Rank in United States
#277
of 4,192
Research works
4.2k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
183k
43.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Space Telescope Science Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #19 of 443 36.4%202 #30
Physical SciencesDomain #1,024 of 12,888 33.5%318 #751
Physics and AstronomyField #294 of 1,646 35.7%265 #295

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Astronomy and Astrophysics#30 #19
  2. Physical Sciences#751 #1,024
  3. Physics and Astronomy#295 #294
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Space Telescope Science Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 231.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 38.2 works232×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 201.5 works117×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 265.4 works36×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 36.12× its world share, 265 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 36.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Space Telescope Science Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeff A. Valenti, Ronald L. Gilliland and A. S. Fruchter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Space Telescope Science Institute.

  1. 1 Jeff A. Valenti United States · #4,824 worldwide 1.3k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Ronald L. Gilliland United States · #7,064 worldwide 1.6k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 A. S. Fruchter United States · #10,163 worldwide 1.7k citations · 131 works
  4. 4 Susana E. Deustua United States · #16,861 worldwide 809 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 N. Panagia United States · #22,911 worldwide 1.3k citations · 129 works
  6. 6 S. Michael Fall United States · #36,058 worldwide 670 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Marc Postman United States · #39,882 worldwide 908 citations · 109 works
  8. 8 Adam G. Riess United States · #40,840 worldwide 1.4k citations · 147 works
  9. 9 Mark Dickinson United States · #48,761 worldwide 2.3k citations · 242 works
  10. 10 Stephen H. Lubow United States · #55,220 worldwide 551 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Space Telescope Science Institute

Which keywords describe research at Space Telescope Science Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 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 Formation68▲ 393×2 topics
  2. Exoplanets54▲ 413×1 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics54▲ 413×1 topic
  4. Accretion Disks51▲ 332×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields51▲ 241×2 topics
  6. Black Holes46▲ 148×3 topics
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation38▲ 452×1 topic
  8. Spectrograph38▲ 452×1 topic
  9. Turbulence37▲ 128×3 topics
  10. Molecular Clouds37▲ 445×1 topic
  11. Protoplanetary Disks37▲ 445×1 topic
  12. Dark Matter33▲ 86×3 topics
  13. Cosmology33▲ 148×2 topics
  14. Galaxies31▲ 346×1 topic
  15. Stellar Populations31▲ 346×1 topic
  16. Gravitational Waves25▲ 138×2 topics
  17. Supernovae23▲ 86×2 topics
  18. Nucleosynthesis22▲ 135×3 topics
  19. Gamma-Ray Bursts21▲ 241×1 topic
  20. Neutron Stars21▲ 241×1 topic
  21. Solar System Abundances18▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Terrestrial Planets18▲ 111×1 topic
  23. Galactic Center16▲ 105×2 topics
  24. Event Horizon Telescope14▲ 201×1 topic
  25. X-Ray Astronomy14▲ 201×1 topic
  26. Adaptive Optics13▲ 304×1 topic
  27. Wavefront Sensing13▲ 304×1 topic
  28. Cosmic Rays8▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Neutrinos8▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Structural Health Monitoring8▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Optical 3D Laser Measurement8▲ 201×1 topic
  32. Position-Sensitive Detector8▲ 201×1 topic
  33. High-Energy Astrophysics7▲ 79×1 topic
  34. Particle Acceleration7▲ 79×1 topic
  35. Radio Astronomy7▲ 93×2 topics
  36. Spectroscopy6▲ 11×6 topics
  37. High-Resolution Imaging5▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Equation of State4▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Ozone Depletion4▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 44×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Stellar, planetary, and …54Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 54 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 38 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 37 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 31 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 21 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…18Astro and Planetary Science: 18 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 14 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 13 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 8 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 7 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 54 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 38 works
  3. 3 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 31 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  7. 7 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  8. 8 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 13 works
  9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 8 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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