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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
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Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

0923-2958

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10569

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 353 8 27 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 26
Documents by Best Scientists*: 50
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 69
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.448
Impact Factor: 1.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy?

The journal focuses on Classical mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Celestial mechanics, Three-body problem and Equations of motion. The journal addresses concerns in Classical mechanics which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Motion (geometry), Orbit (dynamics), Perturbation (astronomy) and Orbital elements. The concepts on Mathematical analysis presented in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy can also apply to other research fields, including Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics) and Geometry.

The studies in Three-body problem featured incorporate elements of Planar, Lagrangian point and Stability (probability).

  • Classical mechanics (39.72%)
  • Mathematical analysis (28.45%)
  • Celestial mechanics (18.06%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Canonical transformations depending on a small parameter (782 citations)
  • Exterior gravitation of a polyhedron derived and compared with harmonic and mascon gravitation representations of asteroid 4769 Castalia (478 citations)
  • Report of the IAU/IAG/COSPAR working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements of the planets and satellites: 1991 (422 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy:

The journal articles mainly deal with areas of study such as Classical mechanics, Mathematical analysis, Celestial mechanics, Three-body problem and Equations of motion. While Classical mechanics is the key highlight in the journal papers, thet also covered some subjects on Orbital elements and Planet. Issues in Mathematical analysis were discussed in the most cited papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Hamiltonian (quantum mechanics), Computation and Lyapunov function.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Geometry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy primarily focuses on research topics in Mathematical analysis, Classical mechanics, Orbit (dynamics), Three-body problem and Motion (geometry). Mathematical analysis research featured in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Two-body problem, Earth's rotation, Bifurcation, Orbit determination and Ellipsoid. Dynamics (mechanics) is a focus of the Classical mechanics works in Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.

The study of Orbit (dynamics) encompasses disciplines such as Phase space, as well as fields such as Chaotic, Space (mathematics), Galaxy, Spiral galaxy and Bulge, all of which overlap with one another. While Three-body problem is the focus of it, it also provided insights into the studies of Dynamical systems theory, Statistical physics, Plane (geometry), Topology and Toy model. While the primary focus in it is Motion (geometry), it also dissects topics surrounding Stability (probability) and Lagrangian point as a whole.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Flux-based statistical prediction of three-body outcomes (5 citations)
  • Families of Halo-like invariant tori around $$L_2$$ L 2 in the Earth-Moon Bicircular Problem (2 citations)
  • Shannon entropy diffusion estimates: sensitivity on the parameters of the method (2 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 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jacques Henrard (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Daniel J. Scheeres (41 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Victor Szebehely (36 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rudolf Dvorak (33 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 Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Texas at Austin (146 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (94 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of São Paulo (64 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Pisa (61 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Zaragoza (59 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, 6.82% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 17.07% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 17.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 24.39% of all publications and 41.46% 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

  • Physics-informed neural networks for gravity field modeling of the Earth and Moon

    (2022)
    16 Citations
  • Extended analytical formulae for the perturbed Keplerian motion under low-thrust acceleration and orbital perturbations

    Marilena Di Carlo;Simão da Graça Marto;Massimiliano Vasile

    (2021)
    12 Citations
  • Physics-informed neural networks for gravity field modeling of small bodies

    (2022)
    11 Citations
  • Long-term evolution of orbital inclination due to third-body inclination

    Tao Nie;Pini Gurfil

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • On a set of J $$_2$$ 2 equinoctial orbital elements and their use for uncertainty propagation

    Jeffrey M. Aristoff;Joshua T. Horwood;Kyle T. Alfriend

    (2021)
    10 Citations
  • Analytical solutions for low-thrust orbit transfers

    Marilena Di Carlo;Massimiliano Vasile

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Nonsingular vectorial reformulation of the short-period corrections in Kozai’s oblateness solution

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Approximating orbits in a rotating gravity field with oblateness and ellipticity perturbations

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Uncertainty maps for motion around binary asteroids

    (2022)
    4 Citations
  • Polynomial stochastic dynamical indicators

    (2023)
    4 Citations

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