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Science Overview, Publication Rate, DiscussionAl Wootten, C. Brogan

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ALMA Results PublishedAll Executives, All Cycles, (Sep 13 nos in parentheses)• All ALMA papers tracked by NRAO (and ESO)

libraries– 118 (68) refereed papers with 1091 (143)

citations– h-index: 19 (7)

• Components of interest: SV, Cycle 0, Cycle 1– SV results: 37 (28) published papers

• 14(9) from NA, 18(15) from Eu, 2(2) from EA,1(0) Chile, 2(2) from Other (Mx)

– Cycle 0 results: 118(41) published papers• NA: 26 (10) from 36 highest ranked projects and five

fillers– Cycle 1 results: 1 (0) published papers – Some papers contain multiple ALMA data

components

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Cycle 0 continuedNA authors and coauthors• 25 published NA papers from 41 Cycle 0 deliveries

– 529 paper authors– 15 projects provided the data for these papers (14

high ranked)• One project produced three papers, one two• One, in combination with a European project, produced

four• One NA paper published based on Chilean archival Cycle

0 data• Two papers come from the only NA filler project to

produce a paper so far.– No refereed papers from 26 Cycle 0 projects so far.

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Funding Sources for NA ALMA papersFrom published cycle 0 acknowledgements• Governmental funding sources

– 25 individual NSF grants were cited (some multiply) for funding support of 17 of the papers

– 14 NASA funding sources (including facilities used) were cited

– 4 papers cited the Canadian Space Agency for support– 3 papers cite NSERC support– 3 papers cite DFG grants– 17 other sources of support of various flavors were

listed.• NRAO support

– 7 papers received $10,666.20 in page charge support– 3 papers cited three SOS grants totaling $75,885– NAASC personnel appeared as authors or co-authors

on 9papers, two specific NAASC individuals acknowledged.

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Proposers to ALMA, Other NRAO telescopesCommunity Increase Attributable to ALMA• Gareth Hunt compared the ALMA and NRAO

userbases to determine the increase I to the NRAO userbase provided by access to ALMA.

• Conclusion is that ALMA has attracted many ‘new’ proposers to the NRAO community– ALMA increases the community of observers by

~6x– Similar numbers past 3 cycles

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ALMA/NA PapersSummary• ALMA publications continue to multiply rapidly

– Number has about doubled since Sept 2013– Citations increased by 8x in that period– NRAO telescope user community has increased ~6x

• Cycle 0 papers are being produced by NA authors at a similar rate as in other Executives

• Funding for research comes from a variety of sources, primarily governmental with NSF, NASA and Canadian agencies cited most frequently

• NAASC and JAO authors are well-represented among authors on papers

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