Christopher Purcell

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Christopher Purcell is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Purcell has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Christopher Purcell's work include Advanced Graph Theory Research (7 papers), Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems (4 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Christopher Purcell is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Graph Theory Research (7 papers), Graph Labeling and Dimension Problems (4 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Christopher Purcell collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Christopher Purcell's co-authors include G. Stroink, Tara McKay, Gilbert Gonzales, Kyle A. Gavulic, Roman Maniewski, David Cohen, John R. Ives, Donald L. Schomer, Kazutomo Yunokuchi and G. Rees Cosgrove and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Neurology, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Purcell

27 papers receiving 961 citations

Hit Papers

Mental Health Needs Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Tra... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Mental Health Needs Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    2020 202 citations Gilbert Gonzales, Kyle A. Gavulic et al. Journal of Adolescent Health profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Purcell Canada 12 321 223 157 138 130 29 1.0k
Jürgen Dammers Germany 22 1.2k 3.7× 327 1.5× 47 0.3× 137 1.0× 119 0.9× 59 1.7k
William D. Barber United States 17 92 0.3× 300 1.3× 73 0.5× 130 0.9× 51 0.4× 41 1.1k
Gadi Goelman Israel 25 504 1.6× 606 2.7× 19 0.1× 170 1.2× 62 0.5× 74 1.6k
Xiaojun Cheng China 22 683 2.1× 312 1.4× 169 1.1× 488 3.5× 431 3.3× 88 2.1k
Michael Hanke Germany 26 2.0k 6.3× 427 1.9× 265 1.7× 188 1.4× 232 1.8× 87 3.3k
Trong‐Kha Truong United States 18 371 1.2× 632 2.8× 74 0.5× 194 1.4× 43 0.3× 43 1.0k
Jörg Stadler Germany 25 709 2.2× 729 3.3× 43 0.3× 178 1.3× 41 0.3× 49 1.8k
Daniel K. Wójcik Poland 22 724 2.3× 156 0.7× 69 0.4× 187 1.4× 59 0.5× 73 1.3k
Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan Canada 28 555 1.7× 1.2k 5.3× 245 1.6× 397 2.9× 77 0.6× 268 3.0k
John M. Sullivan United States 25 116 0.4× 191 0.9× 151 1.0× 131 0.9× 182 1.4× 76 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Purcell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Purcell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Purcell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Purcell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christopher Purcell. Christopher Purcell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Purcell, Christopher, et al.. (2022). The parameterized complexity of manipulating Top Trading Cycles. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 36(2). 1 indexed citations
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Purcell, Christopher, et al.. (2022). On Exclusive Sum Labellings of Hypergraphs. Graphs and Combinatorics. 38(2). 1 indexed citations
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Gonzales, Gilbert, et al.. (2020). Mental Health Needs Among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Health. 67(5). 645–648. 202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lee, Joseph G. L., Christopher Purcell, & Beth H. Chaney. (2017). An Experiment Assessing Punitive versus Wellness Framing of a Tobacco-Free Campus Policy on Students’ Perceived Level of University Support. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14(8). 938–938. 6 indexed citations
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Lozin, Vadim, et al.. (2013). Dominating induced matchings in graphs without a skew star. Journal of Discrete Algorithms. 26. 45–55. 8 indexed citations
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Lozin, Vadim, Raffaele Mosca, & Christopher Purcell. (2013). Independent domination in finitely defined classes of graphs: Polynomial algorithms. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 182. 2–14. 2 indexed citations
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Lozin, Vadim, Raffaele Mosca, & Christopher Purcell. (2013). Sparse regular induced subgraphs in2P3-free graphs. Discrete Optimization. 10(4). 304–309. 4 indexed citations
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Lozin, Vadim, Martin Milanič, & Christopher Purcell. (2012). Graphs Without Large Apples and the Maximum Weight Independent Set Problem. Graphs and Combinatorics. 30(2). 395–410. 4 indexed citations
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Lozin, Vadim & Christopher Purcell. (2012). Coloring vertices of claw-free graphs in three colors. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. 28(2). 462–479. 1 indexed citations
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Robinson, Stephen, P M Harris, A. L. Van Buren, et al.. (2006). An international key comparison of free-field hydrophone calibrations in the frequency range 1 to 500kHz. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 120(3). 1366–1373. 25 indexed citations
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Stroink, G., et al.. (1992). The effect of measurement conditions on MCG inverse solutions. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 39(9). 921–927. 7 indexed citations
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Purcell, Christopher & G. Stroink. (1991). Moving dipole inverse solutions using realistic torso models. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 38(1). 82–84. 26 indexed citations
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Cuffin, B. Neil, David Cohen, Kazutomo Yunokuchi, et al.. (1991). Tests of EEG localization accuracy using implanted sources in the human brain. Annals of Neurology. 29(2). 132–138. 105 indexed citations
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Purcell, Christopher, et al.. (1991). Describing head shape with surface harmonic expansions. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 38(3). 303–306. 12 indexed citations
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Nenonen, Jukka, Christopher Purcell, B. Milan Horáček, G. Stroink, & T. Katila. (1991). Magnetocardiographic functional localization using a current dipole in a realistic torso. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 38(7). 658–664. 68 indexed citations
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Cohen, David, B. Neil Cuffin, Kazutomo Yunokuchi, et al.. (1990). MEG versus EEG localization test using implanted sources in the human brain. Annals of Neurology. 28(6). 811–817. 230 indexed citations
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Purcell, Christopher, G. Stroink, & B. Milan Horáček. (1988). Effect of torso boundaries on electric potential and magnetic field of a dipole. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 35(9). 671–678. 30 indexed citations
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Horáček, B. Milan, et al.. (1987). The effect of torso geometry on magnetocardiographic isofield maps. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 32(1). 121–124. 13 indexed citations
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Purcell, Christopher, et al.. (1983). Uniform magnetic field produced by three, four, and five square coils. Review of Scientific Instruments. 54(7). 879–882. 235 indexed citations
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Blackford, B. L., Christopher Purcell, & G. Stroink. (1975). A sliding superconducting contact. Cryogenics. 15(5). 283–284. 1 indexed citations

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