J. E. Purcell

1.5k citations

21 papers · 1.3k · 1 hit paper · h-index 11

Impact in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 10%
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Neutrino Physics Research
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Particle Detector Development and Performance
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 10%
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16
- Nuclear physics research studies 16
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5
- Atomic and Molecular Physics 4
- Quantum Mechanics and Applications 1

Co-authors: C.G. Sheu (6 shared papers)J. H. Kelley (5 shared papers)Henry R. Weller (3 shared papers)D. John Millener (1 shared paper)A. E. S. Green (3 shared papers)E. Kwan (2 shared papers)T. Sawada (1 shared paper)J. W. Holcomb (1 shared paper)
Journals: Physical Review C (6 papers)Nuclear Physics A (5 papers)Physical Review A (4 papers)Nuclear Data Sheets (2 papers)Physics Letters B (1 paper)
Partner nations: United States

In The Last Decade

J. E. Purcell

21 papers receiving 1.3k citations

J. E. Purcell's Hit Papers

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Energy levels of light nuclei 2004 · 627 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2004 Nuclear Physics A

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1	Energy levels of light nuclei Nuclear Physics A ·D. J. S. Birch A, J. H. Kelley, J.L. Godwin, D. John Millener, J. E. Purcell, C.G. Sheu, Henry R. Weller Hit paper breakdown →	2004	627
2	Energy levels of light nuclei Nuclear Physics A ·J. H. Kelley, E. Kwan, J. E. Purcell, C.G. Sheu, Henry R. Weller	2012	175
3	Energy levels of light nuclei A= 12 Nuclear Physics A ·J. H. Kelley, J. E. Purcell, C.G. Sheu	2017	131
4	Distorted-Wave Calculation of Electron Impact Excitation of the Rare Gases Physical Review A ·T. Sawada, J. E. Purcell, A. E. S. Green	1971	83
5	Potential-Scattering Model for Electrons on Helium and Other Atoms Physical Review A ·J. E. Purcell, A. E. S. Green +1 other	1970	52
6	Nuclear-Structure Calculations in the Continuum—Application to Neutron-Carbon Scattering Physical Review ·J. E. Purcell	1969	50
7	Addendum to "Potential-Scattering Model for Electrons on Helium and Other Atoms" Physical Review A ·J. E. Purcell, A. E. S. Green +1 other	1971	49
8	Energy levels of light nuclei Nuclear Physics A ·J. E. Purcell, J. H. Kelley, E. Kwan, C.G. Sheu, Henry R. Weller	2010	37
9	Shape coexistence and signature splitting in Br77 Physical Review C ·G. N. Sylvan, J. E. Purcell, J. W. Holcomb, G. D. Johns, Timothy D. Johnson, M. A. Riley, P. C. Womble, V. A. Wood	1993	18
10	Approximate Solution of a Sturm-Liouville System Using Nonorthogonal Expansions: Application to α-α Nuclear Scattering Journal of Mathematical Physics ·R. A. Chatwin, J. E. Purcell	1971	13
11	Nuclear Data Sheets for A = 3 Nuclear Data Sheets ·J. E. Purcell, C.G. Sheu	2015	12
12	Unified weak-coupling model of mass 13 nuclei, including exchange effects Physical Review C ·M. R. Meder, J. E. Purcell	1975	8
13	Multiplet structure of highly excited states in N15 and O15 Physical Review C ·J. E. Purcell, M. R. Meder	1974	4
14	Structure of low-lying negative parity states of B11 and C11 Physical Review C ·M. R. Meder, J. E. Purcell	1974	4
15	Further comments on atomic central-potential models Physical Review A ·Steven Trent Manson, J. E. Purcell	1977	4
16	Application of the ivv-w formalism to the continuum shell model Nuclear Physics A ·R. J. Philpott, J. E. Purcell +1 other	1978	4
17	Application of the unified weak-coupling model to neutron scattering by C12 Physical Review C ·J. E. Purcell, M. R. Meder	1977	3
18	Shell model calculations using modified Sussex matrix elements for A≤4 Physical Review C ·M. R. Meder, J. E. Purcell	1983	3
19	Particle Diffraction by a Single Slit as Error Propagation American Journal of Physics ·J. E. Purcell	1974	2
20	Energy Levels of Light Nuclei A=13 Nuclear Data Sheets ·J. H. Kelley, C.G. Sheu, J. E. Purcell	2024	2

About J. E. Purcell

J. E. Purcell is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mathematical Physics, Nuclear Energy and Engineering and Waste Management and Disposal, having authored 21 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Nuclear physics research studies (16 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (4 papers), Quantum Mechanics and Applications (1 paper) and Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (203 citations), Radiation (36 citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (5 citations) and Mathematical Physics (9 citations). J. E. Purcell has collaborated with scholars based in United States. Frequent co-authors include C.G. Sheu, J. H. Kelley, Henry R. Weller, D. John Millener, A. E. S. Green, E. Kwan, T. Sawada, J. W. Holcomb, P. C. Womble and Steven Trent Manson. Their work appears in journals such as Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics A, Physical Review A, Nuclear Data Sheets and Physics Letters B.

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