P. J. McMillan

40.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

P. J. McMillan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. J. McMillan has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Instrumentation and 6 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in P. J. McMillan's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (37 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (23 papers). P. J. McMillan is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (37 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (23 papers). P. J. McMillan collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Germany. P. J. McMillan's co-authors include James Binney, Ralph Schönrich, Walter Dehnen, D. Hobbs, M. Ramos-Lerate, U. Bastian, L. Lindegren, S. A. Klioner, E. Gerlach and J. Hernández and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

P. J. McMillan

44 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The mass distribution and gravitational potential of the Milky Way

2016 665 citations P. J. McMillan Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
GaiaEarly Data Release 3

2020 572 citations D. Hobbs, P. J. McMillan et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →
Mass models of the Milky Way

2011 508 citations P. J. McMillan Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. J. McMillan Sweden	24	2.8k	1.2k	360	118	106	47	3.0k
Ralph Schönrich United Kingdom	30	4.4k 1.6×	1.9k 1.7×	263 0.7×	123 1.0×	134 1.3×	52	4.5k
Anne Thoul Belgium	17	3.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	318 0.9×	58 0.5×	144 1.4×	36	3.7k
Kareem El-Badry United States	37	3.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	470 1.3×	78 0.7×	135 1.3×	122	4.0k
M. Marconi Italy	36	4.3k 1.5×	2.1k 1.8×	377 1.0×	46 0.4×	175 1.7×	228	4.5k
R. G. Izzard United Kingdom	34	4.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.2×	505 1.4×	36 0.3×	138 1.3×	99	5.0k
Jarrod R. Hurley Australia	37	5.7k 2.0×	1.7k 1.5×	269 0.7×	62 0.5×	72 0.7×	92	5.8k
J. H. J. de Bruijne Netherlands	21	2.9k 1.0×	953 0.8×	170 0.5×	52 0.4×	147 1.4×	52	3.0k
P. E. Nissen Denmark	38	3.7k 1.3×	1.5k 1.3×	481 1.3×	55 0.5×	116 1.1×	106	3.9k
J. Montalbán Belgium	37	3.9k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	162 0.5×	33 0.3×	166 1.6×	114	4.1k
Jason W. Ferguson United States	23	4.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.2×	504 1.4×	61 0.5×	91 0.9×	45	4.7k

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Jiménez-Arranz, Ó., S. Roca-Fàbrega, M. Romero-Gómez, et al.. (2024). KRATOS: A large suite of N-body simulations to interpret the stellar kinematics of LMC-like discs. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 688. A51–A51. 15 indexed citations

Schultheis, M., Mattia C. Sormani, Francesca Fragkoudi, et al.. (2024). Orbital analysis of stars in the nuclear stellar disc of the Milky Way. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 685. A93–A93. 6 indexed citations

Jiménez-Arranz, Ó., L. Chemin, M. Romero-Gómez, et al.. (2024). The bar pattern speed of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 683. A102–A102. 12 indexed citations

Palicio, P. A., A. Recio–Blanco, E. Poggio, et al.. (2023). Spiral-like features in the disc revealed by Gaia DR3 radial actions. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 670. L7–L7. 19 indexed citations

Vaher, Eero, D. Hobbs, P. J. McMillan, & T. Prusti. (2023). Finding the dispersing siblings of young open clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 679. A105–A105. 3 indexed citations

Ripepi, V., L. Chemin, R. Molinaro, et al.. (2022). The VMC survey – XLVIII. Classical cepheids unveil the 3D geometry of the LMC. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(1). 563–582. 28 indexed citations

Jiménez-Arranz, Ó., M. Romero-Gómez, X. Luri, et al.. (2022). Kinematic analysis of the Large Magellanic Cloud using Gaia DR3. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 669. A91–A91. 20 indexed citations

McMillan, P. J., et al.. (2022). The velocity distribution of white dwarfs in Gaia EDR3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(4). 6201–6216. 6 indexed citations

Helmi, A., F. van Leeuwen, P. J. McMillan, et al.. (2021). Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas).

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Carrillo, I., Ivan Minchev, Matthias Steinmetz, et al.. (2019). Kinematics with Gaia DR2: the force of a dwarf. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(1). 797–812. 31 indexed citations

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McMillan, P. J., G. Kordopatis, Andrea Kunder, et al.. (2017). Improved distances to stars common to TGAS and RAVE. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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McMillan, P. J.. (2016). GalPot: Galaxy potential code. ascl. 3 indexed citations

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Wojno, Jennifer, G. Kordopatis, Matthias Steinmetz, et al.. (2016). Chemical separation of disc components using RAVE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 461(4). 4246–4255. 30 indexed citations

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McMillan, P. J.. (2016). The mass distribution and gravitational potential of the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465(1). 76–94. 665 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wojno, Jennifer, G. Kordopatis, Matthias Steinmetz, G. Matijevič, & P. J. McMillan. (2015). Age-metallicity-velocity relation of stars as seen by RAVE. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 11(S317). 367–368. 1 indexed citations

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Binney, James, B. Burnett, P. J. McMillan, et al.. (2013). New distances to RAVE stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 437(1). 351–370. 52 indexed citations

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Gilmore, G., R. F. G. Wyse, Matthias Steinmetz, et al.. (2013). In the thick of it: metal-poor disc stars in RAVE. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 436(4). 3231–3246. 44 indexed citations

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McMillan, P. J.. (2013). Extending the Hyades. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 430(4). 3276–3284. 21 indexed citations

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McMillan, P. J.. (2011). Mass models of the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 414(3). 2446–2457. 508 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bernard, J.-P., É. Quirico, Olivier Brissaud, et al.. (2006). Reflectance spectra and chemical structure of Titan's tholins: Application to the analysis of Cassini–Huygens observations. Icarus. 185(1). 301–307. 67 indexed citations

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