Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

2.8k papers and 73.1k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have published 2.8k papers, which have received a total of 73.1k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 2.0k papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 422 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 348 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics on the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (747 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (678 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (425 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics (54.6k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (9.8k citations) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (8.9k citations). Authors at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory collaborate with scholars in United States, United Kingdom and Germany and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Some of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's most productive authors include Yoshihide Kozai, John A. Wood, A. Dalgarno, H. Levy, Scott J. Kenyon, A. G. W. Cameron, Margaret J. Geller, Fred L. Whipple, L. G. Jacchia and Warren R. Brown.

In The Last Decade

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

2.7k papers receiving 72.3k citations

Fields of papers published by authors at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers affiliated with Smithsonian Astrophysical 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 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at the time of their publication.

Countries citing scholars working at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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This map shows the geographic impact of research produced by authors working at Smithsonian Astrophysical 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 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Smithsonian Astrophysical 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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