Royal Observatory of Belgium

2.0k papers and 49.7k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Royal Observatory of Belgium have published 2.0k papers, which have received a total of 49.7k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 1.5k papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 321 papers in Oceanography and 276 papers in Geophysics on the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (741 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (573 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (564 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics (37.9k citations), Geophysics (7.7k citations) and Instrumentation (6.1k citations). Authors at Royal Observatory of Belgium collaborate with scholars in Belgium, France and United States and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of Royal Observatory of Belgium's most productive authors include A. J. Sauval, N. Grevesse, M. Asplund, Pat Scott, V. Dehant, Tim Van Hoolst, F. Clette, M. A. T. Groenewegen, Pascale Defraigne and Michel Van Camp.

In The Last Decade

Royal Observatory of Belgium

1.9k papers receiving 49.4k citations

Fields of papers published by authors at Royal Observatory of Belgium

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at Royal Observatory of Belgium

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