University reference
Observatoire de Lyon
Observatoire de Lyon, established in 1878, is an active ROR organization in Lyon, FR. ROR classifies the organization under education, facility. 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/03j307b25
- Country
- FR
- City
- Lyon
- Administrative area
- Rhône-Alpes
- Website
- https://observatoire.univ-lyon1.fr
- Established
- 1878
- Organization types
- education, facility
- Aliases
- Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Lyon
- Acronyms
- OSU OSUL
- External identifiers
grid grid.482893.c isni 0000 0001 1507 9856 wikidata Q3348374 - Organization relationships
parent 04kdfz702, 029brtt94, 04zmssz18, 02feahw73 - Latitude
- 45.74906
- Longitude
- 4.84789
- ROR last modified
- 2026-07-20
ROR identity context
Names, identifiers and relationships
These identifiers describe the organization record and do not imply ranking or endorsement.
| Aliases | Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Lyon |
|---|---|
| Acronyms | OSU OSUL |
| GRID identifiers | grid.482893.c |
| ISNI identifiers | 0000 0001 1507 9856 |
| WIKIDATA identifiers | Q3348374 |
| ROR parent relationships | 04kdfz702, 029brtt94, 04zmssz18, 02feahw73 |
Wikidata structured context
Published identifiers and revision
Only allowlisted structured claims are used. Wikipedia prose and Wikimedia media are not copied.
| QID | Q3348374 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revision | 2522538083 | ||||||||||||
| Modified | 2026-07-25T15:27:51Z | ||||||||||||
| Structured label | Lyon Observatory | ||||||||||||
| Website | http://observatoire.univ-lyon1.fr/ | ||||||||||||
| Country QID | Q142 | ||||||||||||
| Inception |
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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, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astro and Planetary Science, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Annual indicator
Institution works indexed by OpenAlex
14.00 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 | 14.00 works | — | — |
| 2023 | 12.00 works | — | — |
| 2022 | 13.00 works | — | — |
| 2021 | 11.00 works | — | — |
| 2020 | 6.00 works | — | — |
| 2019 | 20.00 works | — | — |
| 2018 | 32.00 works | — | — |
| 2017 | 49.00 works | — | — |
| 2016 | 72.00 works | — | — |
| 2015 | 84.00 works | — | — |
| 2014 | 77.00 works | — | — |
| 2013 | 56.00 works | — | — |
| 2012 | 87.00 works | — | — |
| 2011 | 75.00 works | — | — |
| 2010 | 55.00 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
- 05c27c483ae2
- 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
- 94deb9e4c609
- License
- Creative Commons CC0 1.0
- Attribution
- OpenAlex; metadata only, no full text or abstracts are published.
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