H. J. Mo

31.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
311 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

H. J. Mo is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, H. J. Mo has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 201 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 110 papers in Instrumentation and 43 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in H. J. Mo's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (188 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (110 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (52 papers). H. J. Mo is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (188 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (110 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (52 papers). H. J. Mo collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. H. J. Mo's co-authors include Frank C. van den Bosch, Xiaohu Yang, Shude Mao, S. D. M. White, S. D. M. White, Min Deng, Ravi K. Sheth, Y. P. Jing, G. Tormen and Simon D. M. White and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

H. J. Mo

297 papers receiving 17.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

The formation of galactic discs

1998 1.3k citations H. J. Mo, Shude Mao et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Ellipsoidal collapse and an improved model for the number and spatial distribution of dark matter haloes

2001 1.1k citations H. J. Mo et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
An analytic model for the spatial clustering of dark matter haloes

1996 942 citations H. J. Mo et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
The size distribution of galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

2003 705 citations H. J. Mo et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
Galaxy Formation and Evolution

2010 635 citations H. J. Mo et al. profile →
Galaxy Groups in the SDSS DR4. I. The Catalog and Basic Properties

2007 627 citations Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. J. Mo China	65	14.8k	8.0k	2.6k	2.1k	1.6k	311	18.4k
Xiaohui Fan United States	64	13.6k 0.9×	4.2k 0.5×	3.1k 1.2×	98 0.0×	295 0.2×	345	15.3k
B. T. Draine United States	60	17.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	245 0.1×	1.2k 0.7×	189	24.0k
J. S. Gallagher United States	57	10.1k 0.7×	3.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	36 0.0×	391 0.2×	402	12.7k
A. P. Jones France	47	6.1k 0.4×	401 0.1×	489 0.2×	486 0.2×	475 0.3×	183	7.3k
Thomas Henning Germany	60	12.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.2×	285 0.1×	44 0.0×	202 0.1×	525	13.8k
J. H. Black United States	41	6.8k 0.5×	230 0.0×	654 0.3×	86 0.0×	83 0.1×	240	8.9k
Robert A. Brown United States	60	977 0.1×	124 0.0×	70 0.0×	183 0.1×	3.4k 2.1×	328	12.5k
Hiroshi Murakami Japan	33	1.4k 0.1×	165 0.0×	527 0.2×	69 0.0×	71 0.0×	351	4.7k
Michael I. Mishchenko United States	76	1.9k 0.1×	51 0.0×	37 0.0×	658 0.3×	435 0.3×	352	23.8k
M. Matsuoka Japan	32	1.1k 0.1×	38 0.0×	421 0.2×	479 0.2×	277 0.2×	305	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. J. Mo

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mo, H. J., et al.. (2025). The effect of magnesium oxide on the structure of metakaolin-based geopolymer microspheres and its application in the adsorption of methylene blue dye. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 70. 106937–106937. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, Luwenjia Zhou, Ke Xu, et al.. (2025). JWST/MIRI Reveals the True Number Density of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 988(1). L35–L35. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, E. Daddi, Ke Xu, et al.. (2025). The Bigfoot: A Footprint of a Coma Cluster Progenitor at z = 3.98. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 993(2). L49–L49.

Huang, Feng, Xiuxin Zhang, Jingwen Li, et al.. (2025). m6A/IGF2BP3-driven serine biosynthesis fuels AML stemness and metabolic vulnerability. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4214–4214. 4 indexed citations

Mo, H. J., et al.. (2024). Adsorption of crystal violet from wastewater using alkaline-modified pomelo peel-derived biochar. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 68. 106334–106334. 6 indexed citations

Yin, Linfei & H. J. Mo. (2024). Fractional-order transfer Q-learning based on modal decomposition and convolutional neural networks for voltage control of smart grids. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 62. 102602–102602. 1 indexed citations

Li, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Measuring Galaxy Abundance and Clustering at High Redshift fromIncomplete Spectroscopic Data: Tests on Mock Catalogs. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 161–161.

Li, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Post-starburst Galaxies in SDSS-IV MaNGA: Two Broad Categories of Evolutionary Pathways. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(2). 216–216. 3 indexed citations

Mo, H. J., et al.. (2024). Characterizing the assembly of dark matter haloes with protohalo size histories: I. Redshift evolution, relation to descendant haloes, and halo assembly bias. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(2). 2046–2065. 2 indexed citations

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Kishi, Toshiharu, et al.. (2023). New insights into restrained stress and deformation mechanisms of concretes blended with calcium sulfoaluminate and MgO expansive additives using multi-scale techniques. Construction and Building Materials. 371. 130737–130737. 10 indexed citations

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Mo, H. J., et al.. (2023). Recycling MgO from the waste magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC): Properties, CO2 footprint and reuse in MOC. Journal of Cleaner Production. 415. 137782–137782. 28 indexed citations

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Wang, Aiguo, Peng Liu, H. J. Mo, et al.. (2021). Mechanism of thermal activation on granular coal gangue and its impact on the performance of cement mortars. Journal of Building Engineering. 45. 103616–103616. 77 indexed citations

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Liang, Fu-Heng, Cheng Li, Niu Li, et al.. (2021). Wolf-Rayet Galaxies in SDSS-IV MaNGA. II. Metallicity Dependence of the High-mass Slope of the Stellar Initial Mass Function. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(1). 120–120. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Huiyuan, Wentao Luo, H. J. Mo, et al.. (2021). Hosts and triggers of AGNs in the Local Universe. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650. A155–A155. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Niu, Cheng Li, H. J. Mo, et al.. (2020). Estimating Dust Attenuation from Galactic Spectra. I. Methodology and Tests. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(1). 38–38. 17 indexed citations

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Deng, Min, et al.. (2020). Influence of Combined Action of Steel Fiber and MgO on Chloride Diffusion Resistance of Concrete. Crystals. 10(4). 338–338. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Jing, et al.. (2019). The growth of bulges and discs in relatively H i-rich galaxies: indication from H i scaling relations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492(2). 2393–2404. 5 indexed citations

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Mo, H. J., et al.. (2019). Synergetic effects of curing temperature and hydration reactivity of MgO expansive agents on their hydration and expansion behaviours in cement pastes. Construction and Building Materials. 207. 206–217. 74 indexed citations

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Wang, Yu, Xiaohu Yang, H. J. Mo, Frank C. van den Bosch, & Yaoquan Chu. (2004). The three-point correlation function of galaxies: comparing halo occupation models with observations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 353(1). 287–300. 49 indexed citations

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Shu, C., Shude Mao, & H. J. Mo. (2001). The host haloes of Lyman-break galaxies and submillimetre sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 327(3). 895–906. 18 indexed citations

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