European Southern Observatory
Impact in
- Instrumentation top 0.1%
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.2%
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
- Astro and Planetary Science
Papers in
- Instrumentation 2.8k
- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research 2.7k
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- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 4.0k
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 2.9k
- Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena 2.7k
- Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations 1.0k
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae 990
- Astro and Planetary Science 949
- Top scholars
- Fionn MurtaghB. LeibundgutL. TestiM. HilkerJ. TonryAndré HeckR. KirshnerA. V. Filippenko
- Journals
- Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.7k papers)Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (1.5k papers)The Astrophysical Journal (726 papers)The Astronomical Journal (173 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (98 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesItaly
In The Last Decade
European Southern Observatory
7.2k papers receiving 233.8k citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 228
- Instrumentation 70.5k
- Astronomy and Astrophysics 217.9k
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics 38.7k
- Spectroscopy 12.1k
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 17.3k
Countries citing scholars working at European Southern Observatory
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Fields of papers published by authors at European Southern Observatory
This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with European Southern Observatory at the time of their publication. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers affiliated with European Southern Observatory at the time of their publication.
About European Southern Observatory
In recent decades, authors affiliated with European Southern Observatory have published 7.6k papers, which have received a total of 238.0k indexed citations . Scholars at this organization have produced 2.8k papers in Instrumentation, 6.3k papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 688 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 1.3k papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 472 papers in Spectroscopy on the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (4.0k papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (2.9k papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (2.7k papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (2.7k papers), Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (1.2k papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (1.0k papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (990 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (949 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Instrumentation (70.5k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (217.9k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (38.7k citations), Spectroscopy (12.1k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (17.3k citations). Authors at European Southern Observatory collaborate with scholars in Germany, United States and Italy and have published in prestigious journals including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astrophysical Journal, The Astronomical Journal and The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Some of European Southern Observatory's most productive authors include Fionn Murtagh, B. Leibundgut, L. Testi, M. Hilker, J. Tonry, André Heck, R. Kirshner, A. V. Filippenko, Saurabh W. Jha and J. Alves.
Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.