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Astrophysics and Space Science
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Astrophysics and Space Science

0004-640X

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10509

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 178 39 32 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 57
Documents by Best Scientists*: 48
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 82
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.378
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Astrophysics and Space Science?

Astrophysics and Space Science explores disciplines such as Astrophysics, Cosmology, Astronomy, Classical mechanics and Stars. The study on Astrophysics presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Spectral line. The studies on Cosmology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Redshift, Mathematical physics, Theoretical physics, Gravitation and Universe.

Astronomy, which encompasses Elliptical galaxy, Stellar evolution, Luminosity, Emission spectrum and Astronomical spectroscopy, is the main subject of Astrophysics and Space Science. It facilitates discussions on Classical mechanics that incorporate concepts from other fields like Mechanics and Magnetic field. The journal focused on Magnetic field research but expanded to cover Plasma.

The study on Plasma presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Ion. The majority of Galaxy studies are focused on the issues of Spiral galaxy.

  • Astrophysics (50.05%)
  • Cosmology (38.71%)
  • Astronomy (32.93%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Least - squares frequency analysis of unequally spaced data (3936 citations)
  • Dark energy cosmology: the equivalent description via different theoretical models and cosmography tests (1529 citations)
  • The distribution of mass in the planetary system and solar nebula (898 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Astrophysics and Space Science:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Astrophysics, Cosmology, Classical mechanics, Astronomy and Mathematical physics. While Cosmology is the focus of the journal papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Gravitation, Universe, Theoretical physics and Type (model theory). Equilibrium point, Mechanics, Mathematical analysis and Anisotropy are some topics wherein Classical mechanics research discussed in the journal articles has an impact.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Optics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Astrophysics and Space Science focuses largely on the fields of Astrophysics, Cosmology, Mathematical physics, Solar wind and Magnetic field. It facilitated presentations on Astrophysics research, particularly Black hole, Cosmic ray, Gamma ray, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Solar flare. Topics in Cosmology explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Universe, Redshift and Classical mechanics.

The journal focuses on Mathematical physics but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Gravitation which is concerned with Relativistic star and Quark star. In the journal, Computational physics and Atmospheric sciences are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Solar wind research. While it focused on Plasma, it was also able to explore topics like Interstellar medium and Instability.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Secondary component of gravitational-wave signal GW190814 as an anisotropic neutron star (14 citations)
  • Charged strange star in f (R ,T ) gravity with linear equation of state (5 citations)
  • Large-scale peculiar velocity fields: Newtonian vs relativistic treatment (4 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 Astrophysics and Space Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • N. C. Wickramasinghe (115 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Muhammad Sharif (93 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Fred Hoyle (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • D. R. K. Reddy (74 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zdeněk Kopal (55 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 Astrophysics and Space Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (396 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (360 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (340 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (334 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Manchester (326 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, 10.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.77% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 2.27% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 70.45% 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

  • WALLABY – an SKA Pathfinder H i survey

    Bärbel S. Koribalski;Bärbel S. Koribalski;L. Staveley-Smith;T. Westmeier;P. Serra

    (2020)
    177 Citations
  • WALLABY -- An SKA Pathfinder HI Survey

    B. S. Koribalski;L. Staveley-Smith;T. Westmeier;P. Serra

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Optical spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray blazar candidates. X. Results from the 2018--2019 SOAR and OAN-SPM observations of blazar candidates of uncertain type

    Raniere de Menezes;Raul A. Amaya-Almazán;Ezequiel J. Marchesini;Harold A. Peña-Herazo

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Optical spectroscopic observations of gamma-ray blazar candidates. X. Results from the 2018–2019 SOAR and OAN-SPM observations of blazar candidates of uncertain type

    R. de Menezes;R. de Menezes;R. A. Amaya-Almazán;E. J. Marchesini;H. A. Peña-Herazo

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Photometric and spectroscopic monitoring, radial velocities and evolutionary status of the chromospherically active, close eclipsing binaries ST Centauri and V0775 Centauri

    D. J. W. Moriarty;A. Liakos;M. J. Drinkwater;A. Mohit

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • The interstellar medium in young supernova remnants: key to the production of cosmic X-rays and $\gamma $-rays

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • Ultraviolet spectropolarimetric diagnostics of hot star magnetospheres

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Ultraviolet spectropolarimetry with Polstar: using Polstar to test magnetospheric mass-loss quenching

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Understanding structure in line-driven stellar winds using ultraviolet spectropolarimetry in the time domain

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • UV spectropolarimetry with Polstar: massive star binary colliding winds

    (2022)
    10 Citations

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