National Astronomical Observatories

9.5k papers and 159.4k indexed citations i.

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with National Astronomical Observatories have published 9.5k papers, which have received a total of 159.4k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 8.3k papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1.7k papers in Instrumentation and 1.6k papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics on the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (3.5k papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (2.0k papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (1.8k papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics (144.4k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (31.3k citations) and Instrumentation (27.9k citations). Authors at National Astronomical Observatories collaborate with scholars in China, United States and Germany and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of National Astronomical Observatories's most productive authors include Zhanwen Han, J. L. Han, Gang Zhao, Licai Deng, Xuelei Chen, Yongheng Zhao, Philipp Podsiadlowski, S.‐B. Qian, Bing Zhang and Jingxiu Wang.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published by authors at National Astronomical Observatories

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at National Astronomical Observatories

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