Z. W.

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Z. W. is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Z. W. has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 34 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Z. W.'s work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (47 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (34 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (29 papers). Z. W. is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (47 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (34 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (29 papers). Z. W. collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Z. W.'s co-authors include A. Bhattacharjee, J. Goree, J. F. Drake, P. L. Pritchett, R. E. Denton, M. M. Kuznetsova, M. A. Shay, M. Hesse, B. N. Rogers and A. Otto and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Z. W.

51 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) Magnetic Reconnection Challenge

2001 928 citations J. Birn, J. F. Drake et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Z. W. China	22	2.1k	963	590	395	340	51	2.4k
J. Egedal United States	30	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	285 0.5×	420 1.1×	278 0.8×	110	2.6k
Amita Das India	24	969 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	887 1.5×	87 0.2×	316 0.9×	126	1.9k
D. Rodgers Netherlands	20	1.1k 0.5×	228 0.2×	293 0.5×	354 0.9×	220 0.6×	67	1.5k
G. Fiksel United States	32	1.4k 0.7×	2.6k 2.7×	501 0.8×	82 0.2×	432 1.3×	148	3.0k
P. N. Guzdar United States	20	1.0k 0.5×	814 0.8×	139 0.2×	213 0.5×	86 0.3×	57	1.3k
A. B. Hassam United States	32	2.4k 1.2×	2.3k 2.4×	299 0.5×	299 0.8×	86 0.3×	118	3.1k
Patrick Pribyl United States	23	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	276 0.5×	111 0.3×	86 0.3×	83	1.8k
C. N. Lashmore‐Davies United Kingdom	24	940 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	421 0.7×	89 0.2×	93 0.3×	87	1.5k
B. P. Pandey Australia	20	950 0.5×	158 0.2×	829 1.4×	87 0.2×	393 1.2×	101	1.3k
Meng Zhou China	34	3.6k 1.7×	503 0.5×	159 0.3×	1.2k 3.2×	999 2.9×	143	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Z. W.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Influence of electron cyclotron current drive on the transition between normal sawteeth and the stationary state. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 66(3). 35004–35004. 1 indexed citations

W., Z., et al.. (2023). Oscillation dynamics of m/n= 3/1 double tearing mode. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 65(9). 95015–95015. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Xiao-Dong, et al.. (2020). Systematic simulation studies on the penetration of resonant magnetic perturbations in an Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 63(3). 35011–35011. 7 indexed citations

W., Z., et al.. (2020). Locking effects of error fields on a tearing mode in tokamak. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 62(12). 125005–125005. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2019). Core-crash sawtooth associated with m / n = 2/1 double tearing mode in Tokamak. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 61(7). 75002–75002. 27 indexed citations

Zhang, Wei, et al.. (2019). Role of Hall effect on the resistive kink mode in tokamaks. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 62(2). 25030–25030. 11 indexed citations

W., Z., et al.. (2018). Effective Resistivity in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 10521–10521. 3 indexed citations

W., Z., et al.. (2015). Influence of toroidal rotation on resistive tearing modes in tokamaks. Physics of Plasmas. 22(12). 59 indexed citations

W., Z., et al.. (2014). Bursty magnetic reconnection under slow shock‐generated whistler waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 119(9). 7495–7500. 3 indexed citations

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W., Z., et al.. (2012). Roles of super-Alfvenic shear flows on Kelvin–Helmholtz and tearing instability in compressible plasma. Physica Scripta. 86(4). 45503–45503. 7 indexed citations

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W., Z., et al.. (2011). Trapped particle effects in long-time nonlinear Landau damping. Physics of Plasmas. 18(8). 10 indexed citations

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Xiao, Chijie, Xiaogang Wang, Z. Y. Pu, et al.. (2007). Satellite observations of separator-line geometry of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection. Nature Physics. 3(9). 609–613. 53 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hui, Z. Y. Pu, Xin Cao, et al.. (2007). TC‐1 observations of flux pileup and dipolarization‐associated expansion in the near‐Earth magnetotail during substorms. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(3). 27 indexed citations

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Xiao, Chijie, Xiaogang Wang, Z. Y. Pu, et al.. (2006). In situ evidence for the structure of the magnetic null in a 3D reconnection event in the Earth's magnetotail. Nature Physics. 2(7). 478–483. 102 indexed citations

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Nosenko, V., J. Goree, Z. W., D. H. E. Dubin, & A. Piel. (2003). Compressional and shear wakes in a two-dimensional dusty plasma crystal. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(5). 56409–56409. 53 indexed citations

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Nosenko, V., J. Goree, Z. W., & A. Piel. (2002). Observation of Shear-Wave Mach Cones in a 2D Dusty-Plasma Crystal. Physical Review Letters. 88(13). 135001–135001. 87 indexed citations

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Birn, J., J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, et al.. (2001). Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) Magnetic Reconnection Challenge. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(A3). 3715–3719. 928 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bhattacharjee, A., et al.. (2001). Scaling of Collisionless Forced Reconnection. Physical Review Letters. 87(26). 265003–265003. 88 indexed citations

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Bhattacharjee, A., et al.. (1998). Structure and dynamics of current sheets at Alfvén resonances in a differentially rotating plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 5(6). 2291–2296. 28 indexed citations

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W., Z., Xiaogang Wang, & A. Bhattacharjee. (1996). Forced magnetic reconnection and the persistence of current sheets in static and rotating plasmas due to a sinusoidal boundary perturbation. Physics of Plasmas. 3(6). 2427–2433. 26 indexed citations

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