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High-Impact Astronomical Observatories

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2020-10-14 v1

Abstract

We derive the ranking of the astronomical observatories with the highest impact in astronomy based on the citation analysis of papers published in 2006. We also present a description of the methodology we use to derive this ranking. The current ranking is lead by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, followed by Swift and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0901.4552,
  title  = {High-Impact Astronomical Observatories},
  author = {Juan P. Madrid and Duccio Macchetto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4552},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

accepted for publication in the Bulletin of the AAS

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