Universities Space Research Association

Universities Space Research Association
Short name
USRA
Country, city
USA, Washington D.C.
Publications
5 449
Citations
257 636
h-index
205
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 foreign organizations
University of Amsterdam
University of Amsterdam (188 publications)
University of Leicester
University of Leicester (158 publications)
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Since 1918

Total publications
5449
Total citations
257636
Citations per publication
47.28
Average publications per year
50.93
Average authors per publication
11.02
h-index
205
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Space and Planetary Science, 2350, 19.82%
Space and Planetary Science
2350 publications, 19.82%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1923, 16.22%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1923 publications, 16.22%
Atmospheric Science, 1019, 8.59%
Atmospheric Science
1019 publications, 8.59%
Geophysics, 679, 5.73%
Geophysics
679 publications, 5.73%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 400, 3.37%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
400 publications, 3.37%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 398, 3.36%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
398 publications, 3.36%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 222, 1.87%
Geochemistry and Petrology
222 publications, 1.87%
Multidisciplinary, 187, 1.58%
Multidisciplinary
187 publications, 1.58%
General Environmental Science, 143, 1.21%
General Environmental Science
143 publications, 1.21%
Soil Science, 138, 1.16%
Soil Science
138 publications, 1.16%
Condensed Matter Physics, 133, 1.12%
Condensed Matter Physics
133 publications, 1.12%
Water Science and Technology, 133, 1.12%
Water Science and Technology
133 publications, 1.12%
Ecology, 119, 1%
Ecology
119 publications, 1%
Earth-Surface Processes, 118, 1%
Earth-Surface Processes
118 publications, 1%
Oceanography, 115, 0.97%
Oceanography
115 publications, 0.97%
Geology, 114, 0.96%
Geology
114 publications, 0.96%
General Medicine, 107, 0.9%
General Medicine
107 publications, 0.9%
Aerospace Engineering, 107, 0.9%
Aerospace Engineering
107 publications, 0.9%
General Physics and Astronomy, 106, 0.89%
General Physics and Astronomy
106 publications, 0.89%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 104, 0.88%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
104 publications, 0.88%
Aquatic Science, 101, 0.85%
Aquatic Science
101 publications, 0.85%
Instrumentation, 95, 0.8%
Instrumentation
95 publications, 0.8%
Paleontology, 93, 0.78%
Paleontology
93 publications, 0.78%
Forestry, 87, 0.73%
Forestry
87 publications, 0.73%
Computers in Earth Sciences, 86, 0.73%
Computers in Earth Sciences
86 publications, 0.73%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 75, 0.63%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
75 publications, 0.63%
Materials Chemistry, 70, 0.59%
Materials Chemistry
70 publications, 0.59%
Inorganic Chemistry, 69, 0.58%
Inorganic Chemistry
69 publications, 0.58%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 65, 0.55%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
65 publications, 0.55%
Biochemistry, 63, 0.53%
Biochemistry
63 publications, 0.53%
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Journals

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Astrophysical Journal
957 publications, 17.56%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
211 publications, 3.87%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
201 publications, 3.69%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
190 publications, 3.49%
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
179 publications, 3.29%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
145 publications, 2.66%
Geophysical Research Letters
138 publications, 2.53%
Astronomical Journal
108 publications, 1.98%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
91 publications, 1.67%
Journal of Geophysical Research
80 publications, 1.47%
Icarus
76 publications, 1.39%
Astrophysical Journal Letters
69 publications, 1.27%
Nature
65 publications, 1.19%
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
62 publications, 1.14%
Remote Sensing
61 publications, 1.12%
Advances in Space Research
59 publications, 1.08%
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
57 publications, 1.05%
Journal of Crystal Growth
53 publications, 0.97%
Remote Sensing of Environment
51 publications, 0.94%
Atmospheric Environment
48 publications, 0.88%
AIP Conference Proceedings
42 publications, 0.77%
Monthly Weather Review
40 publications, 0.73%
Meteoritics and Planetary Science
40 publications, 0.73%
Science
39 publications, 0.72%
Journal of Climate
37 publications, 0.68%
FASEB Journal
36 publications, 0.66%
Applied Optics
35 publications, 0.64%
Journal of Hydrometeorology
35 publications, 0.64%
Environmental Research Letters
34 publications, 0.62%
Acta Astronautica
30 publications, 0.55%
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Publishers

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American Astronomical Society
1124 publications, 20.63%
Elsevier
711 publications, 13.05%
Springer Nature
453 publications, 8.31%
Wiley
449 publications, 8.24%
Copernicus
356 publications, 6.53%
American Geophysical Union
285 publications, 5.23%
Oxford University Press
271 publications, 4.97%
American Meteorological Society
225 publications, 4.13%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
218 publications, 4%
IOP Publishing
170 publications, 3.12%
EDP Sciences
166 publications, 3.05%
MDPI
140 publications, 2.57%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
85 publications, 1.56%
AIP Publishing
70 publications, 1.28%
American Physical Society (APS)
69 publications, 1.27%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
59 publications, 1.08%
Taylor & Francis
45 publications, 0.83%
Optica Publishing Group
45 publications, 0.83%
Cambridge University Press
42 publications, 0.77%
Frontiers Media S.A.
42 publications, 0.77%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
40 publications, 0.73%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
36 publications, 0.66%
Mary Ann Liebert
35 publications, 0.64%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
20 publications, 0.37%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
18 publications, 0.33%
Walter de Gruyter
17 publications, 0.31%
American Physiological Society
17 publications, 0.31%
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
13 publications, 0.24%
World Scientific
12 publications, 0.22%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
12 publications, 0.22%
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With other organizations

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University of Maryland, College Park
569 publications, 3.14%
California Institute of Technology
493 publications, 2.72%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
360 publications, 1.98%
University of Alabama in Huntsville
360 publications, 1.98%
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
328 publications, 1.81%
Pennsylvania State University
280 publications, 1.54%
University of Colorado Boulder
267 publications, 1.47%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
248 publications, 1.37%
University of California, Berkeley
242 publications, 1.33%
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
241 publications, 1.33%
National Institute for Astrophysics
198 publications, 1.09%
University of Amsterdam
188 publications, 1.04%
University of Arizona
177 publications, 0.98%
Columbia University
168 publications, 0.93%
University of Michigan
162 publications, 0.89%
University of Leicester
158 publications, 0.87%
Los Alamos National Laboratory
146 publications, 0.8%
Johns Hopkins University
142 publications, 0.78%
University College London
138 publications, 0.76%
Stanford University
137 publications, 0.75%
National Center for Atmospheric Research
132 publications, 0.73%
University of California, Los Angeles
125 publications, 0.69%
University of Wisconsin–Madison
125 publications, 0.69%
Brera Astronomical Observatory
118 publications, 0.65%
University of Washington
115 publications, 0.63%
Cornell University
102 publications, 0.56%
Boston University
95 publications, 0.52%
Nagoya University
95 publications, 0.52%
Harvard University
93 publications, 0.51%
Sorbonne University
90 publications, 0.5%
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With foreign organizations

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National Institute for Astrophysics
198 publications, 2.13%
University of Amsterdam
188 publications, 2.03%
University of Leicester
158 publications, 1.7%
University College London
138 publications, 1.49%
Brera Astronomical Observatory
118 publications, 1.27%
Nagoya University
95 publications, 1.02%
Sorbonne University
90 publications, 0.97%
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
87 publications, 0.94%
University of Southampton
83 publications, 0.89%
University of Tokyo
83 publications, 0.89%
German Aerospace Center
82 publications, 0.88%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
81 publications, 0.87%
University of Oxford
76 publications, 0.82%
University of Copenhagen
70 publications, 0.75%
Osaka University
70 publications, 0.75%
Grenoble Alpes University
69 publications, 0.74%
Hiroshima University
68 publications, 0.73%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
67 publications, 0.72%
University of British Columbia
67 publications, 0.72%
Stockholm University
66 publications, 0.71%
Astronomical Observatory of Rome
65 publications, 0.7%
Imperial College London
62 publications, 0.67%
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
61 publications, 0.66%
Paris Cité University
61 publications, 0.66%
University of Leeds
61 publications, 0.66%
University of Manchester
60 publications, 0.65%
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
59 publications, 0.64%
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
58 publications, 0.63%
National Institute for Aerospace Technology
57 publications, 0.61%
University of Rome Tor Vergata
56 publications, 0.6%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 857, 6.73%
United Kingdom
857 publications, 6.73%
Germany, 676, 5.31%
Germany
676 publications, 5.31%
France, 563, 4.42%
France
563 publications, 4.42%
Italy, 468, 3.67%
Italy
468 publications, 3.67%
Japan, 461, 3.62%
Japan
461 publications, 3.62%
Canada, 429, 3.37%
Canada
429 publications, 3.37%
Netherlands, 415, 3.26%
Netherlands
415 publications, 3.26%
Spain, 348, 2.73%
Spain
348 publications, 2.73%
China, 267, 2.1%
China
267 publications, 2.1%
Australia, 263, 2.06%
Australia
263 publications, 2.06%
Republic of Korea, 175, 1.37%
Republic of Korea
175 publications, 1.37%
Sweden, 151, 1.19%
Sweden
151 publications, 1.19%
Finland, 146, 1.15%
Finland
146 publications, 1.15%
Russia, 143, 1.12%
Russia
143 publications, 1.12%
India, 141, 1.11%
India
141 publications, 1.11%
Belgium, 137, 1.08%
Belgium
137 publications, 1.08%
Switzerland, 135, 1.06%
Switzerland
135 publications, 1.06%
Chile, 124, 0.97%
Chile
124 publications, 0.97%
Denmark, 115, 0.9%
Denmark
115 publications, 0.9%
Poland, 91, 0.71%
Poland
91 publications, 0.71%
Ireland, 87, 0.68%
Ireland
87 publications, 0.68%
Austria, 82, 0.64%
Austria
82 publications, 0.64%
Norway, 81, 0.64%
Norway
81 publications, 0.64%
Brazil, 80, 0.63%
Brazil
80 publications, 0.63%
Israel, 79, 0.62%
Israel
79 publications, 0.62%
Czech Republic, 78, 0.61%
Czech Republic
78 publications, 0.61%
South Africa, 77, 0.6%
South Africa
77 publications, 0.6%
Mexico, 72, 0.57%
Mexico
72 publications, 0.57%
Turkey, 71, 0.56%
Turkey
71 publications, 0.56%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1918 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.