Harvard College Observatory

1.3k papers and 42.7k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Harvard College Observatory have published 1.3k papers, which have received a total of 42.7k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 535 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 252 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 120 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics on the topics of Astro and Planetary Science (188 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (153 papers) and Atomic and Molecular Physics (144 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics (14.1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (8.4k citations) and Molecular Biology (5.9k citations). Authors at Harvard College Observatory collaborate with scholars in United States, United Kingdom and Germany and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine. Some of Harvard College Observatory's most productive authors include A. Dalgarno, David Layzer, Bruce W. Shore, George B. Field, A. G. W. Cameron, C. D. Lin, William M. Irvine, Kristen M. Harris, Rachel E. Ventura and C. Böttcher.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at Harvard College Observatory

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Harvard College 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 Harvard College Observatory at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Harvard College Observatory

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Harvard College Observatory. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by papers produced at Harvard College Observatory with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Harvard College Observatory more than expected).

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.

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