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Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan

0004-6264

Published by: Oxford University Press

https://academic.oup.com/pasj

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 94 126 212 20

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 152
Documents by Best Scientists*: 249
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 112
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.985
Impact Factor: 2.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Spectral line. The study on Astrophysics presented in the journal intersects with the topics under Emission spectrum. The work tackled in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan goes beyond the discipline of Astronomy as it also encompasses X-ray.

Redshift, Star formation and Active galactic nucleus are all aspects of Galaxy research featured in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. It focuses on Accretion disc research which is adjacent to topics in Dwarf nova. Most of the Luminous infrared galaxy studies addressed also intersect with Radio galaxy.

  • Astrophysics (70.27%)
  • Astronomy (42.82%)
  • Galaxy (15.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on Board Suzaku (823 citations)
  • The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku (793 citations)
  • The infrared astronomical mission AKARI (733 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan:

The most cited articles generally zeroe in on subjects such as Astrophysics, Astronomy, Galaxy, Stars and Spectral line. Line (formation), Luminosity, Molecular cloud, Redshift and Elliptical galaxy are among the areas of Astrophysics tackled in the journal articles. Issues in Spectral line were discussed in the published papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Flux and Photon.

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

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Optics
  • Astronomy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Astrophysics, Star formation, Galaxy, Stars and Molecular cloud. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan explores research in Astrophysics and the adjacent study of Collision. Gravitation and Cloud computing are some topics wherein Star formation research discussed in the journal have an impact.

While the journal focused on Cloud computing, it was also able to explore topics like High mass and Astronomy. Astronomy research is concerned with Telescope in particular. Molecular cloud research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Emission spectrum and Nebula.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Massive star formation in W51 A triggered by cloud-cloud collisions (24 citations)
  • Cloud–cloud collisions in the common foot point of molecular loops 1 and 2 in the Galactic Center (21 citations)
  • High-mass star formation in Orion possibly triggered by cloud–cloud collision. III. NGC 2068 and NGC 2071 (19 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 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Katsuji Koyama (203 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Taichi Kato (171 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Yoshiaki Sofue (150 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Kazuo Makishima (145 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jun Fukue (133 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 Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Tokyo (1078 papers) published 41 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Kyoto University (826 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (460 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 12 more than at the previous edition,
  • Nagoya University (455 papers) published 30 papers at the last edition, 17 more than at the previous edition,
  • Graduate University for Advanced Studies (418 papers) published 19 papers at the last edition, 10 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, 2.31% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 78.74% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.09% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 4.72% of all publications and 9.45% 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

  • Third Data Release of the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program

    (2021)
    411 Citations
  • Cosmological constraints from cosmic shear two-point correlation functions with HSC survey first-year data

    Takashi Hamana;Takashi Hamana;Masato Shirasaki;Satoshi Miyazaki;Satoshi Miyazaki;Chiaki Hikage

    (2020)
    241 Citations
  • Cloud–cloud collisions and triggered star formation

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • Time-resolved spectroscopy and photometry of M dwarf flare star YZ Canis Minoris with OISTER and TESS: Blue asymmetry in the Hα line during the non-white light flare

    Hiroyuki Maehara;Yuta Notsu;Kousuke Namekata;Satoshi Honda

    (2021)
    65 Citations
  • The three-year shear catalog of the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam SSP Survey

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • The Seimei telescope project and technical developments

    Mikio Kurita;Masaru Kino;Fumihide Iwamuro;Kouji Ohta

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Optical and X-ray observations of stellar flares on an active M dwarf AD Leonis with the Seimei Telescope, SCAT, NICER, and OISTER

    Kosuke Namekata;Hiroyuki Maehara;Ryo Sasaki;Hiroki Kawai

    (2020)
    50 Citations
  • Gamma-ray bursts, supernovae Ia, and baryon acoustic oscillations: A binned cosmological analysis

    (2022)
    46 Citations
  • The splashback radius of optically selected clusters with Subaru HSC Second Public Data Release

    Ryoma Murata;Ryoma Murata;Tomomi Sunayama;Masamune Oguri;Masamune Oguri;Surhud More;Surhud More

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Massive star formation in W51 A triggered by cloud-cloud collisions

    Shinji Fujita;Shinji Fujita;Kazufumi Torii;Nario Kuno;Atsushi Nishimura

    (2021)
    37 Citations

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