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Experimental Astronomy
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Experimental Astronomy

0922-6435

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10686

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 84 297 140 22

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 432
Documents by Best Scientists*: 174
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 8
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.951
Impact Factor: 2.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at Experimental Astronomy?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Optics, Astronomy, Telescope, Astrophysics and Detector. Some problems in Optics that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Optoelectronics and Calibration. Observatory, Exoplanet, Planet, Stars and Galaxy are some of the facets of Astronomy tackled in Experimental Astronomy.

The study on Planet presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Astrobiology. Telescope research presented in Experimental Astronomy encompasses a variety of subjects, including Gamma-ray astronomy, Cherenkov radiation, Radio telescope, Field of view and Remote sensing. Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Remote sensing and the similar topic of Sky.

Astrophysics research is the primary subject tackled in Experimental Astronomy with a focus on Cosmic ray. It dives deep in exploring the relationship between the study of Detector and Pixel. Experimental Astronomy explores the study of Infrared astronomy to improve our understanding of the broader topic of Infrared.

  • Optics (39.10%)
  • Astronomy (30.00%)
  • Telescope (23.44%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The PLATO 2.0 mission (886 citations)
  • Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: An advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy (829 citations)
  • Science with ASKAP: The Australian square-kilometre-array pathfinder (375 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Experimental Astronomy:

The journal articles tackle a plethora of topics, such as Astronomy, Optics, Astrophysics, Telescope and Planet. The Optics research presented in the journal papers focuses mostly on Calibration and, on occasion, topics in Spectral line. The study of Telescope in the journal publications encompasses disciplines such as Spectral resolution, as well as fields such as Spectrograph, all of which overlap with one another.

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

  • Optics
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Astronomy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Astronomy, Planet, Exoplanet, Galaxy and Stars are the subjects of interest in the journal. It aims to address concerns in Astronomy, specifically in the areas of Universe, Dark matter, Observatory, Cosmology and Gravitational wave. Polarimetry, Gamma-ray astronomy, Telescope, Angular resolution and High-energy astronomy are some topics wherein Observatory research discussed in it have an impact.

Experimental Astronomy deals with Telescope in conjunction with Spectrograph and similar fields in First light. In addition to Planet research, Experimental Astronomy aims to explore topics under Astrobiology, Mars Exploration Program, Atmosphere and White paper. Galaxy studies covered in it falls within the purview of Astrophysics.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Probing the Nature of Black Holes: Deep in the mHz Gravitational-Wave Sky (9 citations)
  • ExoSim: the Exoplanet Observation Simulator (8 citations)
  • New Horizons in Cosmology with Spectral Distortions of the Cosmic Microwave Background (7 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 Experimental Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andrea Santangelo (33 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • P. von Ballmoos (26 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Giovanna Tinetti (24 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition,
  • Jörn Wilms (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lech Wiktor Piotrowski (19 papers) published 2 papers 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 Experimental Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • INAF (174 papers) published 41 papers at the last edition, 34 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (153 papers) published 32 papers at the last edition, 30 more than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (96 papers) published 15 papers at the last edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (89 papers) published 27 papers at the last edition, 26 more than at the previous edition,
  • University College London (72 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 20 more than at the previous 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, 8.62% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 64.15% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.60% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 9.43% of all publications and 19.81% 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

  • Unveiling the gravitational universe at μ-Hz frequencies

    Alberto Sesana;Natalia Korsakova;Manuel Arca Sedda;Vishal Baibhav

    (2021)
    170 Citations
  • New Horizons in Cosmology with Spectral Distortions of the Cosmic Microwave Background

    J. Chluba;M. H. Abitbol;N. Aghanim;Y. Ali-Haïmoud

    (2021)
    141 Citations
  • The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit: a consolidated design for the system requirement review of the preliminary definition phase

    Unknown

    (2022)
    141 Citations
  • Probing the Nature of Black Holes: Deep in the mHz Gravitational-Wave Sky

    Vishal Baibhav;Leor Barack;Emanuele Berti;Béatrice Bonga

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • The THESEUS space mission: science goals, requirements and mission concept

    L. Amati;P.T. O’Brien;D. Götz;E. Bozzo

    (2021)
    57 Citations
  • ArielRad: the Ariel radiometric model

    Lorenzo V. Mugnai;Enzo Pascale;Billy Edwards;Andreas Papageorgiou

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • The CHEOPS mission

    Willy Benz;Christopher Broeg;Andrea Fortier;Nicola Rando

    (2020)
    53 Citations
  • Microwave spectro-polarimetry of matter and radiation across space and time

    Jacques Delabrouille;Jacques Delabrouille;Maximilian H. Abitbol;Nabila Aghanim;Yacine Ali-Haïmoud

    (2021)
    44 Citations
  • Athena synergies in the multi-messenger and transient universe

    (2021)
    42 Citations
  • Atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets in the mid-infrared: biosignatures, habitability, and diversity

    Sascha P. Quanz;Olivier Absil;Daniel Angerhausen;Willy Benz

    (2021)
    39 Citations

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