Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Short name
SAO
Country, city
USA, Cambridge
Publications
2 703
Citations
104 599
h-index
131
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Since 1904

Total publications
2703
Total citations
104606
Citations per publication
38.7
Average publications per year
22.34
Average authors per publication
6.82
h-index
131
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, 1636, 60.53%
Space and Planetary Science
1636 publications, 60.53%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1591, 58.86%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1591 publications, 58.86%
Multidisciplinary, 182, 6.73%
Multidisciplinary
182 publications, 6.73%
General Physics and Astronomy, 134, 4.96%
General Physics and Astronomy
134 publications, 4.96%
Geophysics, 130, 4.81%
Geophysics
130 publications, 4.81%
Atmospheric Science, 91, 3.37%
Atmospheric Science
91 publications, 3.37%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 80, 2.96%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
80 publications, 2.96%
Geochemistry and Petrology, 69, 2.55%
Geochemistry and Petrology
69 publications, 2.55%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 66, 2.44%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
66 publications, 2.44%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 65, 2.4%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
65 publications, 2.4%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 63, 2.33%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
63 publications, 2.33%
Instrumentation, 45, 1.66%
Instrumentation
45 publications, 1.66%
Earth-Surface Processes, 42, 1.55%
Earth-Surface Processes
42 publications, 1.55%
Ecology, 42, 1.55%
Ecology
42 publications, 1.55%
Water Science and Technology, 41, 1.52%
Water Science and Technology
41 publications, 1.52%
Soil Science, 40, 1.48%
Soil Science
40 publications, 1.48%
Aquatic Science, 39, 1.44%
Aquatic Science
39 publications, 1.44%
Oceanography, 39, 1.44%
Oceanography
39 publications, 1.44%
Paleontology, 39, 1.44%
Paleontology
39 publications, 1.44%
Forestry, 39, 1.44%
Forestry
39 publications, 1.44%
Aerospace Engineering, 36, 1.33%
Aerospace Engineering
36 publications, 1.33%
General Medicine, 32, 1.18%
General Medicine
32 publications, 1.18%
Condensed Matter Physics, 32, 1.18%
Condensed Matter Physics
32 publications, 1.18%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 32, 1.18%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
32 publications, 1.18%
General Engineering, 31, 1.15%
General Engineering
31 publications, 1.15%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous), 26, 0.96%
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
26 publications, 0.96%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 26, 0.96%
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
26 publications, 0.96%
Spectroscopy, 22, 0.81%
Spectroscopy
22 publications, 0.81%
Mathematical Physics, 22, 0.81%
Mathematical Physics
22 publications, 0.81%
Radiation, 16, 0.59%
Radiation
16 publications, 0.59%
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Journals

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Astrophysical Journal
724 publications, 26.79%
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
310 publications, 11.47%
Astronomical Journal
135 publications, 4.99%
Nature
100 publications, 3.7%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
98 publications, 3.63%
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
81 publications, 3%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
74 publications, 2.74%
Icarus
73 publications, 2.7%
Solar Physics
71 publications, 2.63%
Science
69 publications, 2.55%
Astrophysical Journal Letters
56 publications, 2.07%
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
49 publications, 1.81%
Journal of Geophysical Research
39 publications, 1.44%
Astrophysics and Space Science
37 publications, 1.37%
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
37 publications, 1.37%
Journal of Chemical Physics
34 publications, 1.26%
Advances in Space Research
30 publications, 1.11%
Applied Optics
28 publications, 1.04%
Chemical Physics Letters
26 publications, 0.96%
Review of Scientific Instruments
23 publications, 0.85%
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
20 publications, 0.74%
Physical Review A
20 publications, 0.74%
Physical Review Letters
18 publications, 0.67%
Planetary and Space Science
17 publications, 0.63%
Space Science Reviews
15 publications, 0.55%
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
14 publications, 0.52%
Geophysical Research Letters
14 publications, 0.52%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
13 publications, 0.48%
Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan
13 publications, 0.48%
Journal for the History of Astronomy
13 publications, 0.48%
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Publishers

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American Astronomical Society
867 publications, 32.08%
Springer Nature
324 publications, 11.99%
SPIE
320 publications, 11.84%
Elsevier
269 publications, 9.95%
IOP Publishing
182 publications, 6.73%
Oxford University Press
125 publications, 4.62%
Wiley
97 publications, 3.59%
EDP Sciences
84 publications, 3.11%
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
79 publications, 2.92%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
70 publications, 2.59%
Cambridge University Press
50 publications, 1.85%
American Physical Society (APS)
50 publications, 1.85%
Optical Society of America
40 publications, 1.48%
American Geophysical Union
20 publications, 0.74%
IEEE
20 publications, 0.74%
SAGE
14 publications, 0.52%
Taylor & Francis
11 publications, 0.41%
Copernicus
11 publications, 0.41%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
9 publications, 0.33%
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
9 publications, 0.33%
World Scientific
7 publications, 0.26%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
6 publications, 0.22%
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
5 publications, 0.18%
Frontiers Media S.A.
3 publications, 0.11%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
3 publications, 0.11%
Walter de Gruyter
2 publications, 0.07%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2 publications, 0.07%
American Meteorological Society
2 publications, 0.07%
Geological Society of America
2 publications, 0.07%
Materials Research Society
2 publications, 0.07%
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With other organizations

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Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
535 publications, 19.79%
Harvard University
443 publications, 16.39%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
136 publications, 5.03%
California Institute of Technology
126 publications, 4.66%
University of California, Berkeley
121 publications, 4.48%
University of Michigan
113 publications, 4.18%
National Institute for Astrophysics
111 publications, 4.11%
University of Arizona
107 publications, 3.96%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
90 publications, 3.33%
Johns Hopkins University
71 publications, 2.63%
University College London
53 publications, 1.96%
University of Texas at Austin
53 publications, 1.96%
Columbia University
52 publications, 1.92%
University of Minnesota
51 publications, 1.89%
Yale University
47 publications, 1.74%
Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
46 publications, 1.7%
Pennsylvania State University
44 publications, 1.63%
University of Turin
43 publications, 1.59%
Boston University
43 publications, 1.59%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
40 publications, 1.48%
Sorbonne University
39 publications, 1.44%
Cornell University
38 publications, 1.41%
University of California, Los Angeles
38 publications, 1.41%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
37 publications, 1.37%
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
37 publications, 1.37%
University of Southampton
35 publications, 1.29%
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
35 publications, 1.29%
University of Cambridge
34 publications, 1.26%
Stanford University
34 publications, 1.26%
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
33 publications, 1.22%
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With foreign organizations

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National Institute for Astrophysics
111 publications, 4.11%
University College London
53 publications, 1.96%
Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo
46 publications, 1.7%
University of Turin
43 publications, 1.59%
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
40 publications, 1.48%
Sorbonne University
39 publications, 1.44%
Lomonosov Moscow State University
37 publications, 1.37%
University of Southampton
35 publications, 1.29%
University of Cambridge
34 publications, 1.26%
Imperial College London
32 publications, 1.18%
European Southern Observatory
31 publications, 1.15%
Institute for Radio Astronomy of Bologna
30 publications, 1.11%
University of Warwick
27 publications, 1%
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
26 publications, 0.96%
University of Liège
23 publications, 0.85%
Dalhousie University
22 publications, 0.81%
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
22 publications, 0.81%
University of Padua
21 publications, 0.78%
ETH Zurich
20 publications, 0.74%
University of Sydney
20 publications, 0.74%
Korea Institute for Advanced Study
20 publications, 0.74%
Stockholm University
19 publications, 0.7%
University of Bologna
19 publications, 0.7%
Durham University
19 publications, 0.7%
University of Oxford
19 publications, 0.7%
University of Palermo
19 publications, 0.7%
Leiden University
19 publications, 0.7%
University of Geneva
18 publications, 0.67%
Australian National University
18 publications, 0.67%
Queen Mary University of London
16 publications, 0.59%
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With other countries

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United Kingdom, 297, 10.99%
United Kingdom
297 publications, 10.99%
Italy, 258, 9.54%
Italy
258 publications, 9.54%
Germany, 217, 8.03%
Germany
217 publications, 8.03%
France, 183, 6.77%
France
183 publications, 6.77%
Canada, 132, 4.88%
Canada
132 publications, 4.88%
Spain, 100, 3.7%
Spain
100 publications, 3.7%
Australia, 90, 3.33%
Australia
90 publications, 3.33%
Netherlands, 84, 3.11%
Netherlands
84 publications, 3.11%
Japan, 77, 2.85%
Japan
77 publications, 2.85%
Russia, 73, 2.7%
Russia
73 publications, 2.7%
China, 67, 2.48%
China
67 publications, 2.48%
Chile, 59, 2.18%
Chile
59 publications, 2.18%
Switzerland, 50, 1.85%
Switzerland
50 publications, 1.85%
Republic of Korea, 49, 1.81%
Republic of Korea
49 publications, 1.81%
Denmark, 37, 1.37%
Denmark
37 publications, 1.37%
Sweden, 36, 1.33%
Sweden
36 publications, 1.33%
Belgium, 35, 1.29%
Belgium
35 publications, 1.29%
Poland, 34, 1.26%
Poland
34 publications, 1.26%
Mexico, 30, 1.11%
Mexico
30 publications, 1.11%
Ireland, 28, 1.04%
Ireland
28 publications, 1.04%
Israel, 27, 1%
Israel
27 publications, 1%
Hungary, 23, 0.85%
Hungary
23 publications, 0.85%
Austria, 22, 0.81%
Austria
22 publications, 0.81%
Finland, 22, 0.81%
Finland
22 publications, 0.81%
Greece, 19, 0.7%
Greece
19 publications, 0.7%
Czech Republic, 18, 0.67%
Czech Republic
18 publications, 0.67%
Argentina, 17, 0.63%
Argentina
17 publications, 0.63%
Norway, 15, 0.55%
Norway
15 publications, 0.55%
South Africa, 14, 0.52%
South Africa
14 publications, 0.52%
India, 13, 0.48%
India
13 publications, 0.48%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1904 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.