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Vatican Observatory Foundation

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Research works
35
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
227
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Vatican Observatory 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.

Neuroscience: 2.82× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 10.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Vatican Observatory Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks and Astronomical Instrumentation.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Exoplanets6▲ 246×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics6▲ 246×1 topic
  3. Star Formation5▲ 141×2 topics
  4. Accretion Disks4▲ 127×2 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields4▲ 100×2 topics
  6. Molecular Clouds3▲ 193×1 topic
  7. Protoplanetary Disks3▲ 193×1 topic
  8. Astronomical Instrumentation2▲ 111×1 topic
  9. Black Holes2▲ 39×3 topics
  10. Solar System Abundances2▲ 67×1 topic
  11. Spectrograph2▲ 111×1 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Conceptual Change2▲ 171×2 topics
  14. Religion2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  15. Supernovae2▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Cosmology2▲ 49×3 topics
  17. Education2▲ 3.4×2 topics
  18. Acceptance1▲ 475×1 topic
  19. Dark Matter1▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Evolutionary Theory1▲ 475×1 topic
  21. Galaxies1▲ 84×1 topic
  22. General Relativity1▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Stellar Populations1▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Cosmological Parameters1▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Dark Energy1▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Quantum Gravity1▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Cryogenic Storage1▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)1▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Vatican Observatory Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Space Exploration and Technology, Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques and Spaceflight effects on biology.

Ethics and Social Impact…0Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 0 fractional worksOptical Imaging and Spec…0Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques: 0 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on b…0Spaceflight effects on biology: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…0Planetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation: 0 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchAerospace EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  2. 2 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  4. 4 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  9. 9 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 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 available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.6%domestic only46.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vatican Observatory Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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