P. Mazzotta

33.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

P. Mazzotta is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Mazzotta has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 22 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 11 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in P. Mazzotta's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (62 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (19 papers). P. Mazzotta is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (62 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (27 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (19 papers). P. Mazzotta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. P. Mazzotta's co-authors include S. Colafrancesco, N. Vittorio, G. Mazzitelli, Elena Rasia, H. Bourdin, Maxim Markevitch, S. Giacintucci, L. Moscardini, A. Vikhlinin and S. Ettori and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

P. Mazzotta

66 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Ionization balance for optically thin plasmas: Rate coeff... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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.

  1. Ionization balance for optically thin plasmas: Rate coefficients for all atoms and ions of the elements H to Ni
    1998 638 citations P. Mazzotta, G. Mazzitelli et al. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. Mazzotta Italy 29 3.0k 840 780 283 101 67 3.1k
Jason W. Ferguson United States 23 4.4k 1.5× 504 0.6× 1.3k 1.7× 275 1.0× 72 0.7× 45 4.7k
P. Petitjean France 41 4.2k 1.4× 928 1.1× 751 1.0× 375 1.3× 22 0.2× 148 4.5k
George R. Blumenthal United States 18 3.3k 1.1× 2.0k 2.4× 814 1.0× 199 0.7× 44 0.4× 52 3.8k
D. Q. Lamb United States 23 1.5k 0.5× 790 0.9× 212 0.3× 248 0.9× 70 0.7× 84 2.0k
David Tytler United States 32 3.6k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 689 0.9× 141 0.5× 21 0.2× 90 3.9k
Craig L. Sarazin United States 41 6.6k 2.2× 2.5k 3.0× 993 1.3× 197 0.7× 25 0.2× 222 6.8k
R. D. Gehrz United States 32 4.3k 1.5× 546 0.7× 697 0.9× 210 0.7× 22 0.2× 227 4.5k
Aldo Serenelli Spain 37 3.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 246 0.9× 30 0.3× 104 3.9k
B. J. Wilkes United States 36 5.1k 1.7× 1.9k 2.3× 802 1.0× 165 0.6× 25 0.2× 132 5.2k
Y. I. Izotov Ukraine 44 5.7k 1.9× 1.0k 1.2× 1.9k 2.4× 194 0.7× 16 0.2× 146 6.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. Mazzotta

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Mazzotta

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Clerc, N., É. Pointecouteau, D. Eckert, et al.. (2024). CHEX-MATE: Turbulence in the intra-cluster medium from X-ray surface brightness fluctuations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 687. A58–A58. 9 indexed citations
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Bourdin, H., Federico De Luca, P. Mazzotta, et al.. (2023). CHEX-MATE: X-ray absorption and molecular content of the interstellar medium toward galaxy clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 678. A181–A181. 1 indexed citations
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Oppizzi, F., Federico De Luca, H. Bourdin, et al.. (2023). CHEX-MATE: Pressure profiles of six galaxy clusters as seen by SPT and Planck. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 672. A156–A156. 3 indexed citations
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Ettori, S., L. Lovisari, I. Bartalucci, et al.. (2022). . IRIS UNIMORE (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia). 27 indexed citations
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Luzzi, G., Hervé Bourdin, Federico De Luca, et al.. (2021). Cosmology with the SZ spectrum: Measuring the Universe’s temperature with galaxy clusters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Farahi, Arya, A. E. Evrard, G. P. Smith, et al.. (2019). LoCuSS: scaling relations between galaxy cluster mass, gas, and stellar content. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484(1). 60–80. 35 indexed citations
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Bourdin, H., P. Mazzotta, & Elena Rasia. (2015). SPECTRAL IMAGING OF GALAXY CLUSTERS WITHPLANCK. The Astrophysical Journal. 815(2). 92–92. 7 indexed citations
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Rasia, Elena, Erwin T. Lau, S. Borgani, et al.. (2014). Temperature structure of the intracluster medium from smoothed-particle hydrodynamics and adaptive-mesh refinement simulations. Max Planck Digital Library. 50 indexed citations
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Mazzotta, P., Hervé Bourdin, G. P. Smith, et al.. (2014). LoCuSS: hydrostatic mass measurements of the high-LX cluster sample – cross-calibration of Chandra and XMM–Newton. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443(3). 2342–2360. 45 indexed citations
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Bartalucci, I., P. Mazzotta, H. Bourdin, & A. Vikhlinin. (2014). ChandraACIS-I particle background: an analytical model. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 566. A25–A25. 38 indexed citations
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Brunetti, G., L. Rudnick, R. Cassano, et al.. (2013). Is the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect responsible for the observed steepening in the spectrum of the Coma radio halo?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Rasia, Elena, S. Borgani, S. Ettori, P. Mazzotta, & M. Meneghetti. (2013). X-ray C-M relation: theory and observation. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Ferrari, C., H. T. Intema, E. Orrú, et al.. (2011). . Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations
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Okabe, N., A. Finoguenov, G. P. Smith, et al.. (2010). LoCuSS: A COMPARISON OF CLUSTER MASS MEASUREMENTS FROMXMM-NEWTONAND SUBARU—TESTING DEVIATION FROM HYDROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM AND NON-THERMAL PRESSURE SUPPORT. The Astrophysical Journal. 711(2). 1033–1043. 90 indexed citations
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Giacintucci, S., Ewan O’Sullivan, J. M. Vrtilek, et al.. (2009). Energy injection in AWM4: a cool corona, a strong radio source, and missing X-ray cavities. 108. 1 indexed citations
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Bourdin, H. & P. Mazzotta. (2007). Temperature structure of the intergalactic medium within seven nearby and bright clusters of galaxies observed with XMM-Newton. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 34 indexed citations
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Giacintucci, S., T. Venturi, M. Murgia, et al.. (2007). Radio morphology and spectral analysis of cD galaxies in rich and poor galaxy clusters. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 476(1). 99–119. 24 indexed citations
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Viel, Matteo, E. Branchini, Renyue Cen, et al.. (2005). Tracing the warm-hot intergalactic medium in the local Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 360(3). 1110–1122. 18 indexed citations
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Colafrancesco, S., C. R. Mullis, A. Wolter, et al.. (2000). An X-ray and optical study of the cluster A33. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Mazzotta, P., G. Mazzitelli, S. Colafrancesco, & N. Vittorio. (1998). Ionization balance for optically thin plasmas: Rate coefficients for all atoms and ions of the elements H to Ni. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 638 indexed citations breakdown →

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