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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Published by: Oxford University Press

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 2 1598 8449 111

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 2018
Documents by Best Scientists*: 8842
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 73
SCIMAGO H-index: 391
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.702
Impact Factor: 4.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society?

Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Redshift are among the topics commonly tackled in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society focuses on Astrophysics research which is adjacent to topics in Spectral line. More specifically, the research on Spectral line in the journal is related to Emission spectrum.

The journal focuses on different Astronomy studies like Elliptical galaxy, Luminous infrared galaxy, Quasar, Galaxy cluster and Light curve. Lenticular galaxy and Galaxy group are among the concentrations of Elliptical galaxy that garnered much attention in the journal. The Luminous infrared galaxy study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Radio galaxy.

The Galaxy cluster research presented falls under the domain of Cluster (physics). The journal encompasses presentations on Galaxy, specifically Galaxy formation and evolution, Stellar mass, Halo, Metallicity and Milky Way. Discussions in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society are anchored in the subject of Dark matter and the similar topic of Dark matter halo.

  • Astrophysics (68.98%)
  • Astronomy (45.79%)
  • Galaxy (23.13%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Stellar population synthesis at the resolution of 2003 (9125 citations)
  • On the variation of the initial mass function (5688 citations)
  • The Cosmological simulation code GADGET-2 (5569 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society:

The journal articles are organized to address concerns in the fields of Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Redshift. The presentations in the most cited publications discussing Astrophysics offer insights in topics such as Star formation, Galaxy formation and evolution, Elliptical galaxy, Dark matter and Active galactic nucleus. The published papers hold forums on Star formation that merge themes from other disciplines such as Supernova and Molecular cloud.

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 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • A. C. Fabian (415 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Carlos S. Frenk (408 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Andrew C. Fabian (335 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Volker Springel (311 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Joss Bland-Hawthorn (293 papers) published 18 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (6277 papers) published 394 papers at the last edition, 87 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (5263 papers) published 208 papers at the last edition, 47 less than at the previous edition,
  • INAF (4404 papers) published 360 papers at the last edition, 97 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (3242 papers) published 274 papers at the last edition, 54 less than at the previous edition,
  • Durham University (2613 papers) published 110 papers at the last edition, 45 less 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, 1.79% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 40.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 11.66% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.76% of all publications and 34.34% 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

  • H0LiCOW – XIII. A 2.4 per cent measurement of H0 from lensed quasars: 5.3σ tension between early- and late-Universe probes

    Kenneth C. Wong;Sherry H. Suyu;Sherry H. Suyu;Sherry H. Suyu;Geoff C. F. Chen;Cristian E. Rusu;Cristian E. Rusu

    (2020)
    1062 Citations
  • The GALAH+ survey: Third data release

    Sven Buder;Sven Buder;Sanjib Sharma;Janez Kos;Anish M. Amarsi

    (2021)
    429 Citations
  • The evolution of the galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts z ≃ 8 – 15 from deep JWST and ground-based near-infrared imaging

    (2022)
    375 Citations
  • Bayesian inference for compact binary coalescences with bilby: validation and application to the first LIGO–Virgo gravitational-wave transient catalogue

    I. M. Romero-Shaw;C. Talbot;C. Talbot;S. Biscoveanu;V. D'Emilio

    (2020)
    339 Citations
  • Unresolved stellar companions with Gaia DR2 astrometry

    Vasily Belokurov;Zephyr Penoyre;Semyeong Oh;Giuliano Iorio;Giuliano Iorio

    (2020)
    315 Citations
  • The completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: measurement of the BAO and growth rate of structure of the luminous red galaxy sample from the anisotropic correlation function between redshifts 0.6 and 1

    (2020)
    315 Citations
  • The mass–metallicity and the fundamental metallicity relation revisited on a fully Te-based abundance scale for galaxies

    Mirko Curti;Filippo Mannucci;Giovanni Cresci;Roberto Maiolino

    (2020)
    297 Citations
  • The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic Gravitational Wave Background

    (2022)
    296 Citations
  • A million binaries from Gaia eDR3: sample selection and validation of Gaia parallax uncertainties

    Kareem El-Badry;Kareem El-Badry;Hans-Walter Rix;Tyler M Heintz

    (2021)
    290 Citations
  • The Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey : measurement of the BAO and growth rate of structure of the luminous red galaxy sample from the anisotropic power spectrum between redshifts 0.6 and 1.0

    Arnaud De Mattia;Vanina Ruhlmann-Kleider;Anand Raichoor;Ashley J. Ross

    (2020)
    274 Citations

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