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Astronomische Nachrichten
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Astronomische Nachrichten

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 188 80 85 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 87
Documents by Best Scientists*: 89
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 64
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.33
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Astronomische Nachrichten?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Astrophysics, Astronomy, Stars, Astrobiology and Galaxy.

  • Astrophysics (11.62%)
  • Astronomy (10.55%)
  • Stars (3.50%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • SDSS data management and photometric quality assessment (450 citations)
  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey monitor telescope pipeline (335 citations)
  • Revised equipartition and minimum energy formula for magnetic field strength estimates from radio synchrotron observations (333 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Astronomische Nachrichten:

Astrophysics, Astronomy, Stars, Galaxy and Magnetic field are the main subjects of interest in the journal papers. The most cited papers focus on Astrophysics as well as the interrelated topics of Spectral line. The most cited articles with studies in Magnetic field featured incorporate elements of Field (physics), Mechanics and Classical mechanics.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Astronomy
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Astronomische Nachrichten mostly deals with topics like Astrophysics, Stars, Neutron star, Dark matter and Astronomy. Topics like Galaxy, Supernova, Active galactic nucleus, Accretion (astrophysics) and Metallicity are tackled as part of the discussions on Astrophysics. The featured Stars studies mainly concentrate on Spectral line but also cover areas of interest in Radial velocity and Observatory.

While the journal mainly focused on Neutron star studies, it also tackled the scientific discipline of interrelated fields such as

  • Pulsar which intersects with area such as Angular momentum,
  • General relativity, Optics, Gravitation and Computational physics most often made with reference to Gravitational wave,
  • Nuclear physics which intersects with area such as Magnetic field.. While Dark matter is the key highlight in Astronomische Nachrichten, it also covered some subjects on Cosmology and Theoretical physics and Universe. It is focused mainly on Astronomy, particularly Relativistic astrophysics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Energy conditions in non‐minimally coupled f(R, T) gravity (4 citations)
  • The Southern Wide‐Field Gamma‐ray Observatory (3 citations)
  • Digital color codes of stars (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Astronomische Nachrichten (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Edward C. Pickering (243 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (187 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Antonio Abetti (157 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carl Bruhns (142 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hermann Albert Kobold (131 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Astronomische Nachrichten (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (377 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (312 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • INAF (198 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (137 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • ASTRON (121 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.71% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.68% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 25.89% of all publications and 60.71% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • How do atomic code uncertainties affect abundance measurements in the intracluster medium

    François Mernier;François Mernier;Norbert Werner;Norbert Werner;Norbert Werner;Kiran Lakhchaura;Jelle de Plaa

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Photometry and astrometry with JWST ‐ II : NIRCam distortion correction

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Jet-triggered star formation in young radio galaxies

    Chetna Duggal;Christopher O'Dea;Stefi Baum;Alvaro Labiano;Alvaro Labiano

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Metal-poor stars observed with the automated planet finder telescope. III. CEMP-no stars are the descendant of population III stars

    Nour Aldein Almusleh;Ali Taani;Sergen Özdemir;Maria Rah;Maria Rah

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Coronal mass ejections and exoplanets: A numerical perspective

    Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez;Jeremy J. Drake;Ofer Cohen;Federico Fraschetti;Federico Fraschetti

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • TXS 0128+554: A young gamma-ray emitting active galactic nucleus with episodic jet activity

    Matthew L. Lister;Dan C. Homan;Yuri Y. Kovalev;Yuri Y. Kovalev;Yuri Y. Kovalev;Soham Mandal

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Shallow transit follow-up from NGTS: simultaneous observations of HD106315 with 11 identical telescopes

    Alexis M. S. Smith;Philipp Eigmüller;Ramanathan Gurumoorthy;Szilárd Csizmadia

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • The impact of young radio jets traced by cold molecular gas

    Raffaella Morganti;Raffaella Morganti;Tom Oosterloo;Tom Oosterloo;Suma Murthy;Suma Murthy;Clive Tadhunter

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Shallow transit follow‐up from Next‐Generation Transit Survey: Simultaneous observations of HD 106315 with 11 identical telescopes

    Alexis M. S. Smith;Philipp Eigmüller;Ramanathan Gurumoorthy;Ramanathan Gurumoorthy;Szilárd Csizmadia

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • The first stellar parallaxes revisited

    Mark J. Reid;Karl M. Menten

    (2020)
    7 Citations

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