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.
Highlights
Many studies focus on the cost of astronomical facilities while very little work is done trying to evaluate the returns of telescopes and satellites used in astronomySaleh et al 2007͒
We analyze the most cited papers published in 2006 and cited during the last two years to derive a ranking of the telescopes with the highest impact in astronomy during that year
We draw the ranking of the most influencial astronomical facilities based on their contribution of data to the most cited papers on a given year
Summary
Many studies focus on the cost of astronomical facilities while very little work is done trying to evaluate the returns of telescopes and satellites used in astronomySaleh et al 2007͒. We analyze the most cited papers published in 2006 and cited during the last two years to derive a ranking of the telescopes with the highest impact in astronomy during that year. This particular ranking has been widely used in the past to support the work of various committees and these results were incorporated in their reports, a fresh study on a newer dataset of high-impact papers is due.
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