Philip G. Breen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 560 citations indexed

About

Philip G. Breen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip G. Breen has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 560 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 2 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Philip G. Breen's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4 papers). Philip G. Breen is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (8 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4 papers). Philip G. Breen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Portugal. Philip G. Breen's co-authors include Douglas C. Heggie, Christopher N. Foley, Stephen Burgess, Joanna M. M. Howson, Benjamin B. Sun, Paul Kirk, James R Staley, Anna Lisa Varri, Tjarda Boekholt and Simon Portegies Zwart and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

In The Last Decade

Philip G. Breen

12 papers receiving 539 citations

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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.

A fast and efficient colocalization algorithm for identifying shared genetic risk factors across multiple traits

2021 212 citations Christopher N. Foley, James R Staley et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philip G. Breen United Kingdom	11	307	114	87	87	35	12	560
K. O’Neil United States	19	832 2.7×	44 0.4×	78 0.9×	451 5.2×	14 0.4×	55	1.0k
David Adler United States	14	186 0.6×	20 0.2×	170 2.0×	64 0.7×	11 0.3×	37	564
J. Davies United Kingdom	10	413 1.3×	40 0.4×	49 0.6×	211 2.4×	16 0.5×	19	532
Stefania Pedicelli Italy	18	463 1.5×	93 0.8×	130 1.5×	177 2.0×	2 0.1×	32	900
A. F. Zakharov Russia	23	1.5k 4.8×	136 1.2×	323 3.7×	106 1.2×	62 1.8×	163	1.9k
Chenjin Jin China	20	155 0.5×	48 0.4×	218 2.5×	18 0.2×	3 0.1×	91	1.4k
Xingwu Zheng China	11	269 0.9×	14 0.1×	56 0.6×	27 0.3×	4 0.1×	46	410
Jing Tang United States	18	294 1.0×	18 0.2×	123 1.4×	139 1.6×	2 0.1×	69	1.4k
Michiko Ohkubo Japan	13	371 1.2×	56 0.5×	84 1.0×	121 1.4×	3 0.1×	25	857
A. Rossi France	20	813 2.6×	18 0.2×	195 2.2×	52 0.6×	5 0.1×	121	1.3k

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Foley, Christopher N., James R Staley, Philip G. Breen, et al.. (2021). A fast and efficient colocalization algorithm for identifying shared genetic risk factors across multiple traits. Nature Communications. 12(1). 764–764. 212 indexed citations breakdown →

Breen, Philip G., et al.. (2021). The kinematic richness of star clusters – II. Stability of spherical anisotropic models with rotation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502(4). 4762–4778. 5 indexed citations

Breen, Philip G., Christopher N. Foley, Tjarda Boekholt, & Simon Portegies Zwart. (2020). Newton versus the machine: solving the chaotic three-body problem using deep neural networks. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494(2). 2465–2470. 49 indexed citations

Heggie, Douglas C., Philip G. Breen, & Anna Lisa Varri. (2020). l = 1: Weinberg’s weakly damped mode in an N-body model of a spherical stellar system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 13 indexed citations

Breen, Philip G., et al.. (2019). Mapping the stability of stellar rotating spheres via linear response theory. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(1). 711–728. 14 indexed citations

Breen, Philip G.. (2018). Light element variations in globular clusters via nucleosynthesis in black hole accretion discs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 481(1). L110–L114. 14 indexed citations

Peñarrubia, Jorge, Anna Lisa Varri, Philip G. Breen, A. M. N. Ferguson, & Rubén Sánchez-Janssen. (2017). Stellar envelopes of globular clusters embedded in dark mini-haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 471(1). L31–L35. 29 indexed citations

Breen, Philip G., Anna Lisa Varri, & Douglas C. Heggie. (2017). The kinematic richness of star clusters – I. Isolated spherical models with primordial anisotropy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 471(3). 2778–2789. 23 indexed citations

Breen, Philip G. & Douglas C. Heggie. (2013). On black hole subsystems in idealized nuclear star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 436(1). 584–589. 31 indexed citations

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Breen, Philip G. & Douglas C. Heggie. (2013). Dynamical evolution of black hole subsystems in idealized star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 432(4). 2779–2797. 147 indexed citations

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Breen, Philip G. & Douglas C. Heggie. (2012). Gravothermal oscillations in multicomponent models of star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 425(4). 2493–2500. 11 indexed citations

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Breen, Philip G. & Douglas C. Heggie. (2011). Gravothermal oscillations in two-component models of star clusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 420(1). 309–319. 12 indexed citations

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