University reference
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, established in 1973, is an active ROR organization in Cambridge, US. ROR classifies the organization under education. This profile preserves public aliases, acronyms, external identifiers, location details and organization relationships supplied by the Research Organization Registry, then links the record to other organizations in the same city and country and to recorded airports in the same city. It is a directory profile, not a university ranking, quality assessment, admissions guide or statement of endorsement by ROR or DataOfWorld.
Key facts
- ROR identifier
- https://ror.org/03c3r2d17
- Country
- US
- City
- Cambridge
- Administrative area
- Massachusetts
- Website
- https://pweb.cfa.harvard.edu/
- Established
- 1973
- Organization types
- education
- Aliases
- Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Acronyms
- CfA
- External identifiers
grid grid.455754.2 wikidata Q1133697 - Organization relationships
child 01mcvy510, 04mh52z70 parent 03vek6s52, 01pp8nd67 - Latitude
- 42.3751
- Longitude
- -71.10561
- ROR last modified
- 2024-12-11
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Aliases | Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | CfA |
| GRID identifiers | grid.455754.2 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q1133697 |
| ROR child relationships | 01mcvy510, 04mh52z70 |
| ROR parent relationships | 03vek6s52, 01pp8nd67 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
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| QID | Q1133697 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2479291613 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-04-07T23:03:15Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | ||||||||||||
| Website | http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q30 | ||||||||||||
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OpenAlex institution metadata
Works and research-topic context
Institution-level directory statistics only; they are not rankings, quality judgments or endorsements.
Published topics: Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Astro and Planetary Science, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
6,252.00 works2024
Institution-level yearly works counts in OpenAlex; not a ranking or quality measure. Values retain the source period and unit.
View source data
| Period | works | Source flag | Confidentiality |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6,252.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 5,652.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,662.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,661.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,157.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 9,898.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,668.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,294.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,433.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,266.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,272.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,291.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,304.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,506.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,226.00 works | — | — |
Field-level provenance
Sources for this profile
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Research Organization Registry
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- dbdfb9b8dad3
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Research Organization Registry (ROR)
DataOfWorld deterministic university profile template
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-20
- Dataset version
- university-profile-v1
- License
- Original DataOfWorld text
- Attribution
- DataOfWorld
Wikidata structured data
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- b9b5b105eb71
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- Wikidata structured data; DataOfWorld preserves QID and revision metadata.
OpenAlex metadata
- Applicable date
- 2026-07-31
- Dataset version
- e60aa1b200de
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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