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Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae is a research topic within Astronomy and Astrophysics. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the connections between gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, neutron stars, kilonova, and nucleosynthesis. It covers topics such as the physics of gamma-ray bursts, progenitors of core-collapse supernovae, electromagnetic counterparts of compact object mergers, and the association of gamma-ray bursts with supernovae. The cluster also delves into the impact of high-mass stars, gravitational waves, and type Ia supernovae on cosmic explosions.

  • Gamma-Ray Bursts
  • Supernovae
  • Neutron Stars
  • Kilonova
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Astrophysical Flashes
  • High-Mass Stars
  • Gravitational Waves
  • Type Ia Supernovae
  • Cosmic Explosions
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae

Which countries lead Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2k and 823 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2k works
  2. 2 China 823 works
  3. 3 Italy 383 works
  4. 4 Germany 356 works
  5. 5 France 324 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 315 works
  7. 7 Japan 272 works
  8. 8 India 271 works
  9. 9 Russia 222 works
  10. 10 Australia 177 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 38.5%China: 16.1%Italy: 7.5%Germany: 7.0%6 others listed: 30.9%38%largest
United States1,966 · 38.5%China823 · 16.1%Italy383 · 7.5%Germany356 · 7.0%6 others listed1,580 · 30.9%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 573 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 239 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 162 works
  4. 4 National Institute for AstrophysicsItaly 142 works
  5. 5 Max Planck SocietyGermany 130 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 125 works
  7. 7 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 77 works
  8. 8 The University of TokyoJapan 50 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 45 works
  10. 10 National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUnited States 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae include M. Weber, Xiaogang Wang and P. Jackson.

  1. 1 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  4. 4 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  5. 5 A. Meyer France 224k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 G. Mitselmakher France 223k citations
  8. 8 E. Rossi France 221k citations
  9. 9 L. Li France 211k citations
  10. 10 M. Costa France 207k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae?

The most cited paper in Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 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 "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary" (10,547).

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 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary Donald G. York et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access144 authors Sep 2000 10,547
4 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
5 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae research done?

The largest centres of Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae research in 2022-now are Cambridge (United States), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mitaka-shi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 CambridgeUnited States 597 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 296 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 156 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 130 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 96 works
  6. 6 RomeItaly 95 works
  7. 7 PasadenaUnited States 89 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 75 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 62 works
  10. 10 GarchingGermany 60 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mitaka-shiJP · 27.0 works201×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté and Swinburne University of Technology score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.35%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Swinburne University…Université Bourgogne…California Institute…Harvard University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 58.61.3%32.3×573 +396.6%
2Université Bourgogne Franche-ComtéFrance 58.520.6%23.9×13 -0.3%
3Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia 54.528.9%7.8×12 -4.5%
4California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 54.317.3%38.3×77 -10.3%
5Princeton UniversityUnited States 53.820.6%10.5×26 -26.8%
6University of TrentoItaly 51.921.6%5.7×8 +18.9%
7Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 51.219.4%2.9×25 +20.3%
8Stockholm UniversitySweden 50.116.6%11.2×21 +4.4%
9University of Nevada, Las VegasUnited States 49.829.5%13.4×14 -26.8%
10University of ArizonaUnited States 48.817.7%7.7×28 +0.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, country by country

Is Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae0.024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 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.

still counting5%10%15%Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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