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Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
H-index 6

Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy

0250-6335

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/12036

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 242 11 17 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 14
Documents by Best Scientists*: 21
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 38
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.566
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Spectral line. Studies on Astrophysics discussed in it link to the field of Magnetic field. The in-depth study on Astronomy also explores topics in the intersecting field of Blazar.

The journal aims to address concerns in Galaxy, specifically in the areas of Star formation, Active galactic nucleus and Galaxy cluster. It addresses concerns in Spectral line which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Line (formation) and Atomic physics. The main emphasis of the journal is the research on Radio galaxy, emphasizing the topic of X-shaped radio galaxy.

The Pulsar study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Neutron star.

  • Astrophysics (90.46%)
  • Astronomy (36.26%)
  • Galaxy (11.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Solar magnetic fields (190 citations)
  • Exact Relativistic Model for a Superdense Star (152 citations)
  • The question of cosmic censorship (147 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy:

The published articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Astrophysics, Astronomy, Pulsar, Galaxy and Neutron star. Aside from discussions in Astrophysics, the most cited articles also deal with the subject of Magnetic field which intersects with Plasma disciplines. The journal publications hold forums on Galaxy that merge themes from other disciplines such as Universe and Electron density.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Astronomy
  • Electron

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses largely on the fields of Astrophysics, Galaxy, Stars, Telescope and Detector. Topics in Astrophysics were tackled in line with various other fields like Spectral line and Calibration. The study of Flux and how it intertwines with concepts under Continuum (design consultancy) and Reflection (physics) were explored in the presented Galaxy research.

The journal explores issues in Telescope which can be linked to other research areas like Magnitude (astronomy), Satellite and Soft x ray. The research on Detector tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Gamma-ray burst and Pulsar. Open cluster research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Luminosity and Photometry (optics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An alternative scheme to estimate AstroSat/LAXPC background for faint sources (4 citations)
  • Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC) in orbit performance: Calibration, background, analysis software (4 citations)
  • LAXPC instrument onboard AstroSat: Five exciting years of new scientific results specially on X-ray binaries (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 Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • R. F. Griffin (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dipankar Bhattacharya (27 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition,
  • K. S. Dwarakanath (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Jun-Hui Fan (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • N. Kameswara Rao (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 Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Indian Institute of Astrophysics (199 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (171 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 19 more than at the previous edition,
  • Raman Research Institute (107 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (73 papers) published 31 papers at the last edition,
  • Physical Research Laboratory (72 papers) published 15 papers 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, 14.85% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 63.95% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.65% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.14% of all publications and 23.26% 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

  • Photometric studies on the host galaxies of gamma-ray bursts using 3.6m Devasthal optical telescope

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Nanohertz gravitational wave astronomy during SKA era: An InPTA perspective

    (2022)
    12 Citations
  • Short-timescale variability of the blazar Mrk 421 from AstroSat and simultaneous multi-wavelength observations

    Ritaban Chatterjee;Susmita Das;Archishman Khasnovis;Ritesh Ghosh

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • New results from the UVIT survey of the Andromeda galaxy

    D. A. Leahy;J. Postma;M. Buick;C. Morgan

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • In-orbit performance of UVIT over the past 5 years

    S. K. Ghosh;P. Joseph;A. Kumar;J. Postma

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • A test of Alzain’s modified inertia model for MOND using galaxy cluster observations

    Sowmya Seeram;Shantanu Desai

    (2021)
    6 Citations
  • UVIT study of UV bright stars in the globular cluster NGC 4147

    Ranjan Kumar;Ananta C. Pradhan;Mudumba Parthasarathy;Devendra K. Ojha

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • A comparison of the UV and HI properties of the extended UV (XUV) disk galaxies NGC 2541, NGC 5832 and ESO406-042

    M. Das;J. Yadav;N. Patra;K. S. Dwarakanath

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • The Chemical Composition of the Solar Surface

    Carlos Allende Prieto

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Pulsar timing irregularities and neutron star interior in the era of SKA: an Indian outlook

    (2022)
    4 Citations

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