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Dragon Kings

Dragon Kings is a mythological construct in Buddhist cosmology denoting a class of serpent-like divine beings who personify the guardianship of sacred waters and repositories of esoteric knowledge, distinguished by their role as protectors of the Dharma and their ambivalent nature straddling both benevolent and wrathful manifestations.

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87

Authors

55

Institutions

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2017–2026

13

Variants

Nāgarāja

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Publications

42

When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-33

Kandice Hauf · Ming Studies · 1995 · 187 citations

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Extreme solar events

E. W. Cliver, C. J. Schrijver, Kazunari Shibata et al. · Living Reviews in Solar Physics · 2022 · 163 citations · Full text

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The fable of the dragon tyrant

Nick Bostrom · Journal of Medical Ethics · 2005 · 121 citations · Full text

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Of Disasters and Dragon Kings: A Statistical Analysis of Nuclear Power Incidents and Accidents

Spencer Wheatley, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Didier Sornette · Risk Analysis · 2016 · 109 citations · Full text

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:<i>When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405- 1433</i>

Robert Finlay · Sixteenth Century Journal · 1997 · 96 citations

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Authors

87

  1. DS
    Didier Sornette

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 211 citations

    3

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  2. CL
    Carlos L. Pando Lambruschini

    Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

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  3. AY
    Adam Yuet Chau

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 61 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. JW
    Jan Willem van Henten

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. FT
    Federico Tommasi

    University of Florence, Italy

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

    h-index

1–5 of 87

Institutions

55

  1. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    353 citations

  2. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  3. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    288 citations

  4. Universidade de Ribeirão Preto

    Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    180 citations

  5. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  6. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

    Taipei, Taiwan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    90 citations

  8. Indian Institute of Technology Madras

    Chennai, India

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

  1. The European Physical Journal Special Topics

    EPJST · 3 publications · 121 citations

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  2. Physical review. E

    PRE · 3 publications · 56 citations

    3

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  3. Scientific Reports

    2 publications · 133 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Applied Statistics

    1 publications · 15 citations

    1

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  5. Sixteenth Century Journal

    ESCJ · 1 publications · 96 citations

    1

    h-index

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