Nature Astronomy

Top Research Topics at Nature Astronomy?

Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrobiology, Galaxy and Stars are the subjects of interest in Nature Astronomy. It encompasses presentations on Astrophysics, specifically Accretion (astrophysics), Supernova, Supermassive black hole, Active galactic nucleus and Black hole. The featured Astrobiology works encompass concepts such as Solar System, Asteroid and Mars Exploration Program and examines them in conjunction with Environmental science.

Redshift, Star formation and Milky Way are some of the facets of Galaxy tackled in it. The work on Planet presented in the journal focuses on Exoplanet in particular.

• Astrophysics (33.63%)
• Astronomy (27.49%)
• Astrobiology (14.16%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Relativistic Shapiro delay measurements of an extremely massive millisecond pulsar (666 citations)
• Tensions between the early and late Universe (464 citations)
• Dynamical dark energy in light of the latest observations (315 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nature Astronomy:

The most cited papers aim to foster the development of research in Astrophysics, Astronomy, Stars, Galaxy and Planet. The journal publications feature Astronomy research that overlaps with concepts in Magnetic field. While Planet is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Astrobiology, Solar System and Radius.

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

• Quantum mechanics
• Astronomy
• Astrophysics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Nature Astronomy deals with Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astrobiology, Galaxy and Stars. The journal tackles issues in Astrophysics, particularly in the topics of Redshift, Active galactic nucleus, Supernova, Neutron star and Black hole. Milky Way is a major topic of Astronomy research.

The journal explores issues in Astrobiology which can be linked to other research areas like Terrestrial planet and Planet. Stellar evolution is a key component of Stars research discussed in the journal. Parent body and Meteorite are some topics wherein Asteroid research discussed in Nature Astronomy have an impact.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Phosphine gas in the cloud decks of Venus (66 citations)
• A peculiar hard X-ray counterpart of a Galactic fast radio burst (43 citations)
• Multiple subglacial water bodies below the south pole of Mars unveiled by new MARSIS data (35 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.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Nature Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

• Paul Woods (80 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Marios Karouzos (76 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Luca Maltagliati (62 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• Sara Seager (10 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Avishay Gal-Yam (10 papers) published 3 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Nature Astronomy (based on the number of publications) are:

• California Institute of Technology (109 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
• Max Planck Society (102 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• INAF (89 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Spanish National Research Council (84 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Goddard Space Flight Center (79 papers) published 22 papers at the last edition, 4 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, 20.16% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 52.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.07% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.14% of all publications and 26.26% 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.