Class information for:
Level 1: LIGHT POLLUTION//SKY GLOW//NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS

Basic class information

Class id #P Avg. number of
references
Database coverage
of references
20440 460 31.1 47%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes

The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.



Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
155 3       URBAN STUDIES//GEOGRAPHY//ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 62328
2668 2             LIGHT POLLUTION//DMSP OLS//NIGHTTIME LIGHTS 3427
20440 1                   LIGHT POLLUTION//SKY GLOW//NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS 460

Terms with highest relevance score



rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 LIGHT POLLUTION authKW 4163269 24% 56% 112
2 SKY GLOW authKW 617843 2% 85% 11
3 NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS authKW 597422 2% 100% 9
4 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT authKW 358446 2% 60% 9
5 ECOLOGICAL LIGHT POLLUTION authKW 276583 1% 83% 5
6 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT POLLUTION authKW 265521 1% 100% 4
7 LIGHT LOGGERS authKW 265521 1% 100% 4
8 SITE TESTING authKW 202215 6% 11% 29
9 PROFESS COLOR SCI ENGN address 199141 1% 100% 3
10 SKY QUALITY METER authKW 199141 1% 100% 3

Web of Science journal categories



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 Astronomy & Astrophysics 5567 46% 0% 210
2 Ecology 500 13% 0% 58
3 Optics 360 13% 0% 59
4 Biodiversity Conservation 206 3% 0% 16
5 Spectroscopy 155 6% 0% 26
6 Construction & Building Technology 146 3% 0% 15
7 Ornithology 143 2% 0% 9
8 Biology 131 5% 0% 25
9 Evolutionary Biology 87 3% 0% 15
10 Environmental Sciences 71 8% 0% 36

Address terms



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 PROFESS COLOR SCI ENGN 199141 1% 100% 3
2 INVEST DR JOSE MARIA LUIS MORA 132760 0% 100% 2
3 PROGRAMA INTERDISCIPLINARIO ESTUDIOS METROPOLITAN 132760 0% 100% 2
4 ANTWERP EDUC 74674 1% 38% 3
5 ACOUST FUNCT ECOL 66380 0% 100% 1
6 AM OBUKHOVS ATMOSPHER PHYS 66380 0% 100% 1
7 CIELOBUIO 66380 0% 100% 1
8 COORDINAMENTO PROTEZ CIELO NOTTURNO 66380 0% 100% 1
9 GEN ELECT ENGN 420 66380 0% 100% 1
10 H BILDANAL 66380 0% 100% 1

Journals



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
1 OBSERVATORY 61673 6% 4% 26
2 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC 35500 12% 1% 53
3 LIGHTING RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 27007 3% 3% 13
4 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 21171 2% 3% 11
5 SKY AND TELESCOPE 8865 1% 3% 5
6 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 5411 1% 2% 4
7 JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER 4243 5% 0% 21
8 JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 4224 1% 2% 4
9 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS 2839 1% 1% 3
10 LIGHT & ENGINEERING 2685 1% 1% 3

Author Key Words



Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term
Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences
#P with
term in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 LIGHT POLLUTION 4163269 24% 56% 112 Search LIGHT+POLLUTION Search LIGHT+POLLUTION
2 SKY GLOW 617843 2% 85% 11 Search SKY+GLOW Search SKY+GLOW
3 NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS 597422 2% 100% 9 Search NIGHT+SKY+BRIGHTNESS Search NIGHT+SKY+BRIGHTNESS
4 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT AT NIGHT 358446 2% 60% 9 Search ARTIFICIAL+LIGHT+AT+NIGHT Search ARTIFICIAL+LIGHT+AT+NIGHT
5 ECOLOGICAL LIGHT POLLUTION 276583 1% 83% 5 Search ECOLOGICAL+LIGHT+POLLUTION Search ECOLOGICAL+LIGHT+POLLUTION
6 ARTIFICIAL LIGHT POLLUTION 265521 1% 100% 4 Search ARTIFICIAL+LIGHT+POLLUTION Search ARTIFICIAL+LIGHT+POLLUTION
7 LIGHT LOGGERS 265521 1% 100% 4 Search LIGHT+LOGGERS Search LIGHT+LOGGERS
8 SITE TESTING 202215 6% 11% 29 Search SITE+TESTING Search SITE+TESTING
9 SKY QUALITY METER 199141 1% 100% 3 Search SKY+QUALITY+METER Search SKY+QUALITY+METER
10 ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS 160765 9% 6% 42 Search ATMOSPHERIC+EFFECTS Search ATMOSPHERIC+EFFECTS

Core articles

The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.



Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.
Shr. of ref. in
cl.
Citations
1 KYBA, CCM , TONG, KP , BENNIE, J , BIRRIEL, I , BIRRIEL, JJ , COOL, A , DANIELSEN, A , DAVIES, TW , DEN OUTER, PN , EDWARDS, W , ET AL (2015) WORLDWIDE VARIATIONS IN ARTIFICIAL SKYGLOW.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. VOL. 5. ISSUE . P. - 31 78% 9
2 BARA, S , (2016) ANTHROPOGENIC DISRUPTION OF THE NIGHT SKY DARKNESS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS.ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE. VOL. 3. ISSUE 10. P. - 24 96% 0
3 ZAMORANO, J , MIGUEL, AS , OCANA, F , PILA-DIEZ, B , CASTANO, JG , PASCUAL, S , TAPIA, C , GALLEGO, J , FERNANDEZ, A , NIEVAS, M , (2016) TESTING SKY BRIGHTNESS MODELS AGAINST RADIAL DEPENDENCY: A DENSE TWO DIMENSIONAL SURVEY AROUND THE CITY OF MADRID, SPAIN.JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER. VOL. 181. ISSUE . P. 52 -66 26 79% 0
4 JECHOW, A , HOLKER, F , KOLLATH, Z , GESSNER, MO , KYBA, CCM , (2016) EVALUATING THE SUMMER NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS AT A RESEARCH FIELD SITE ON LAKE STECHLIN IN NORTHEASTERN GERMANY.JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER. VOL. 181. ISSUE . P. 24 -32 19 95% 1
5 DURISCOE, DM , (2016) PHOTOMETRIC INDICATORS OF VISUAL NIGHT SKY QUALITY DERIVED FROM ALL-SKY BRIGHTNESS MAPS.JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER. VOL. 181. ISSUE . P. 33 -45 21 84% 1
6 KOCIFAJ, M , POSCH, T , LAMPHAR, HAS , (2015) ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ZENITH SKY BRIGHTNESS AND HORIZONTAL ILLUMINANCE.MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. VOL. 446. ISSUE 3. P. 2895 -2901 19 95% 2
7 CINZANO, P , FALCHI, F , (2014) QUANTIFYING LIGHT POLLUTION.JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER. VOL. 139. ISSUE . P. 13 -20 20 87% 5
8 KOCIFAJ, M , LAMPHAR, HAS , (2016) ANGULAR EMISSION FUNCTION OF A CITY AND SKYGLOW MODELING: A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE.PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. VOL. 128. ISSUE 970. P. - 19 86% 0
9 KATZ, Y , LEVIN, N , (2016) QUANTIFYING URBAN LIGHT POLLUTION - A COMPARISON BETWEEN FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND EROS-B IMAGERY.REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. VOL. 177. ISSUE . P. 65 -77 24 55% 3
10 PUN, CSJ , SO, CW , LEUNG, WY , WONG, CF , (2014) CONTRIBUTIONS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING SOURCES ON LIGHT POLLUTION IN HONG KONG MEASURED THROUGH A NIGHT SKY BRIGHTNESS MONITORING NETWORK.JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER. VOL. 139. ISSUE . P. 90 -108 17 89% 9

Classes with closest relation at Level 1



Rank Class id link
1 16696 DMSP OLS//NIGHTTIME LIGHTS//NIGHT LIGHTS
2 12108 SITE TESTING//ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS//SEEING
3 19846 LIGHTING RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY//LIGHTING//ROAD LIGHTING
4 23716 ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM//RECONSTRUCTION DESIGN//ARCHIVE FOR HISTORY OF EXACT SCIENCES
5 31619 RED NECKED NIGHTJAR//CAPRIMULGIDS//CAPRIMULGUS RUFICOLLIS
6 8414 MELANOPSIN//IPRGC//INTRINSICALLY PHOTOSENSITIVE RETINAL GANGLION CELLS
7 10306 MELATONIN//LIGHT AT NIGHT//JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH
8 30882 AFRICAN HERMENEUTICS//ANNUNCIATION LUKE 126 38//ARCHAEOL NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
9 27486 CELESTIAL MECHNICS STELLAR DYNAMICS//CONJUGATE EXPONENTIAL FAMILY//INFORMAT ENGN ENGN
10 12647 INTERPLANETARY DUST//ZODIACAL LIGHT//ACOUSTIC RADIATION DETECTOR

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