Purple Mountain Observatory

3.7k papers and 47.9k indexed citations

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In recent decades, authors affiliated with Purple Mountain Observatory have published 3.7k papers, which have received a total of 47.9k indexed citations. Scholars at this organization have produced 3.2k papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 762 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 290 papers in Instrumentation on the topics of Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (946 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (925 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (804 papers). Their work is cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics (42.6k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (10.8k citations) and Instrumentation (4.5k citations). Authors at Purple Mountain Observatory collaborate with scholars in China, United States and Germany and have published in prestigious journals including Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters. Some of Purple Mountain Observatory's most productive authors include Yi-Zhong Fan, Yu Gao, Xue-Feng Wu, Xue-Mei Deng, D. J. Wu, P. M. Solomon, Haisheng Ji, Zongjun Ning, Qiang Yuan and Guangli Huang.

In The Last Decade

Purple Mountain Observatory

3.3k papers receiving 47.5k citations

Fields of papers published by authors at Purple Mountain Observatory

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing scholars working at Purple Mountain Observatory

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