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Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

1674-4527

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1674-4527

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Physics 117 71 90 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 163
Documents by Best Scientists*: 196
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 55
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.777
Impact Factor: 2.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Astrophysics, Astronomy, Stars, Galaxy and Telescope. Some problems in Astrophysics that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Spectral line and Magnetic field. It focuses on different Astronomy studies like Quasar and Supernova.

Topics like LAMOST and Metallicity are tackled as part of the discussions on Stars. The journal concentrated on Galaxy research, specifically Redshift and Star formation. Topics in Telescope were tackled in line with various other fields like Observatory and Sky.

Light curve and Orbital period are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

  • Astrophysics (94.39%)
  • Astronomy (20.73%)
  • Stars (13.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) (624 citations)
  • LAMOST spectral survey — An overview (486 citations)
  • Four new observational $H(z)$ data from luminous red galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data release seven (385 citations)

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

The journal articles are mainly concerned with subjects like Astrophysics, Astronomy, Stars, Galaxy and Telescope. The Astrophysics study tackled in the journal publications is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Magnetic field. Spectral line and Thick disk are some topics wherein Stars research discussed in the most cited articles has an impact.

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 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Gang Zhao (42 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yong-Hui Hou (40 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yong Zhang (39 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yong-Heng Zhao (35 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Licai Deng (35 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 Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (823 papers) published 20 papers at the last edition, 13 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nanjing University (127 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (93 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beijing Normal University (79 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Science and Technology of China (64 papers) published 5 papers 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, 78.42% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 60.98% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.07% of all publications and 14.63% 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

  • Searching for the Nano-Hertz Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with the Chinese Pulsar Timing Array Data Release I

    (2023)
    941 Citations
  • The FAST Galactic Plane Pulsar Snapshot survey: I. Project design and pulsar discoveries ⋆

    J. L. Han;Chen Wang;P. F. Wang;Tao Wang

    (2021)
    130 Citations
  • Power-law Distribution and Scale-invariant Structure from the First CHIME/FRB Fast Radio Burst Catalog

    (2022)
    112 Citations
  • How much has the Sun influenced Northern Hemisphere temperature trends? An ongoing debate

    Ronan Connolly;Willie Soon;Michael Connolly;Sallie Baliunas

    (2021)
    58 Citations
  • FAST Observations of an Extremely Active Episode of FRB 20201124A. II. Energy Distribution

    (2022)
    37 Citations
  • FAST Observations of an Extremely Active Episode of FRB 20201124A. III. Polarimetry

    (2022)
    32 Citations
  • FAST Observations of an Extremely Active Episode of FRB 20201124A. IV. Spin Period Search

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • A brief review on cosmological analysis of galaxy surveys with multiple tracers

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Data processing and data products from 2017 to 2019 campaign of astronomical site testing at Ali, Daocheng and Muztagh-ata

    Zi-Huang Cao;Jin-Xin Hao;Lu Feng;Hugh R. A. Jones

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • An Earth-mass planet in a time of COVID-19: KMT-2020-BLG-0414Lb

    W. C. Zang;C. Han;I. Kondo;J. C. Yee;J. C. Yee

    (2021)
    24 Citations

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