The Messenger 119
March 2005

COMPARISON OF SCIENCE METRICS
AMONG OBSERVATORIES

UTA GROTHKOPF[1], BRUNO LEIBUNDGUT[1],
DUCCIO MACCHETTO[2], JUAN P. MADRID[2], CLAUS LEITHERER[2]

[1]EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GARCHING, GERMANY
[2]SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE, MD, USA

Abstract: A comparison of various scientific metrics is presented. In particular, we examine the impact of the HST and VLT observatories through publication rates, citation rates and the number of highly cited publications. Both observatories are major contributors to today's astrophysics research endeavour and currently rank among the most successful astronomical facilities as measured by the above categories.
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The Messenger 119 March 2005

COMPARISON OF SCIENCE METRICS AMONG OBSERVATORIES

UTA GROTHKOPF[1], BRUNO LEIBUNDGUT[1], DUCCIO MACCHETTO[2], JUAN P. MADRID[2], CLAUS LEITHERER[2]

[1]EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GARCHING, GERMANY [2]SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE, MD, USA

The Messenger 119
March 2005

COMPARISON OF SCIENCE METRICS
AMONG OBSERVATORIES

UTA GROTHKOPF[1], BRUNO LEIBUNDGUT[1],
DUCCIO MACCHETTO[2], JUAN P. MADRID[2], CLAUS LEITHERER[2]

[1]EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GARCHING, GERMANY
[2]SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE, BALTIMORE, MD, USA