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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

1745-3925

Published by: Oxford University Press

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 43 341 291 33

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 367
Documents by Best Scientists*: 309
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 125
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.688
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

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

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters primarily focuses on research topics in Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Redshift. It features Astrophysics research that overlaps with concepts in Spectral line. Elliptical galaxy, Quasar, Planet, Luminous infrared galaxy and Black hole are all subfields of Astronomy research that were featured in the journal.

It connects the study in Elliptical galaxy with the closely related area of Galaxy cluster. More specifically, the research on Planet in the journal is related to Planetary system. The Galaxy study featured in the journal draws parallels with the field of Dark matter.

Research on Lenticular galaxy addressed in it frequently intersections with the field of Galaxy merger.

  • Astrophysics (97.82%)
  • Astronomy (52.62%)
  • Galaxy (26.82%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Too big to fail? The puzzling darkness of massive Milky Way subhaloes (1119 citations)
  • Dark matter halo concentrations in the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe year 5 cosmology (802 citations)
  • Efficient Generation of Jets from Magnetically Arrested Accretion on a Rapidly Spinning Black Hole (732 citations)

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

The most cited publications primarily tackle Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Redshift. Star formation, Accretion (astrophysics), Black hole, Active galactic nucleus and Dark matter are some of the study areas of Astrophysics discussed in the published papers. In the Astronomy research discussed in the journal articles, Elliptical galaxy, Planet, Supernova, Luminosity and Lenticular galaxy are all tackled.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Astronomy
  • Galaxy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal tackles a plethora of topics, such as Astrophysics, Galaxy, Stars, Redshift and Magnetic field. The journal explores research in Astrophysics alongside concepts in Field (physics) and other areas of study in Observable. Issues in Galaxy were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Line (formation), Dark matter and Emission spectrum.

The study of Redshift encompasses disciplines such as Cosmology, as well as fields such as Universe, all of which overlap with one another. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters facilitates discussions on Supernova that incorporate concepts from other fields like Spectral line and Type (model theory). While work presented in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters provided substantial information on Star formation, it also covered topics in Local Group and Milky Way.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Interacting dark energy in a closed universe (19 citations)
  • Massive black hole binary systems and the NANOGrav 12.5 yr results (18 citations)
  • A β Cephei pulsator and a changing orbital inclination in the high-mass eclipsing binary system VV Orionis (12 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 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gabriele Ghisellini (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew C. Fabian (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fabrizio Tavecchio (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenji Bekki (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Andrew J. King (21 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 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Max Planck Society (251 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • INAF (244 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Cambridge (195 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Spanish National Research Council (131 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (111 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 1.12% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 28.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.50% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.91% of all publications and 43.18% 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

  • The evidence for a spatially flat Universe

    George Efstathiou;Steven Gratton

    (2020)
    191 Citations
  • A first look at the SMACS0723 JWST ERO: spectroscopic redshifts, stellar masses and star-formation histories

    (2022)
    117 Citations
  • A radio parallax to the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070

    P. Atri;James Miller-Jones;A. Bahramian;Richard Plotkin;Richard Plotkin

    (2020)
    110 Citations
  • JWST unveils heavily obscured (active and passive) sources up to z~13

    (2022)
    101 Citations
  • Collimated outflows from long-lived binary neutron star merger remnants

    Riccardo Ciolfi

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Massive black hole binary systems and the NANOGrav 12.5 yr results

    H Middleton;A Sesana;S Chen;S Chen;A Vecchio

    (2021)
    79 Citations
  • GSN 069 – A tidal disruption near miss

    Andrew King;Andrew King;Andrew King

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Interacting dark energy in a closed universe

    Eleonora Di Valentino;Alessandro Melchiorri;Olga Mena;Supriya Pan

    (2021)
    77 Citations
  • Not so fast: LB-1 is unlikely to contain a 70 M? black hole

    Kareem El-Badry;Eliot Quataert

    (2020)
    75 Citations
  • The Pristine survey – X. A large population of low-metallicity stars permeates the Galactic disc

    Federico Sestito;Federico Sestito;Nicolas F. Martin;Nicolas F. Martin;Else Starkenburg;Anke Arentsen

    (2020)
    73 Citations

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