2000/10/20 by S. F. Sánchez, S. F. Sanchez, Sanchez, S. F. +3
Health Professions · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Health and Medical Education #Psychology Research and Bibliometrics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0010421
4 pages, 2 figures, proceedings of the IV scientific meeting of the Sociedad Española de Astronoia (SEA)
arxiv created 2000/10/20 · openalex publication_date 2000/10/20 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Spanish astronomy has grown rapidly during the 1990s. The number of papers published per year has doubled, to about 4% of the world total. The number of high-impact papers, however, remains constant at about 1% of the world total. Papers from France, Germany and Italy also have lower impact than their numbers suggest, while for the US, UK, Japan, Netherlands and Australia, the fraction of high-impact papers is approximately the same as the fraction of all papers. We suggest a few possible explanations for this difference.