A. J. Coster

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
219 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

A. J. Coster is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. J. Coster has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 208 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 105 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 95 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in A. J. Coster's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (200 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (105 papers) and GNSS positioning and interference (102 papers). A. J. Coster is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (200 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (105 papers) and GNSS positioning and interference (102 papers). A. J. Coster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and China. A. J. Coster's co-authors include P. J. Erickson, W. Rideout, Л. П. Гончаренко, J. C. Foster, Shun‐Rong Zhang, Jorge L. Chau, F. J. Rich, Juha Vierinen, Ercha Aa and Wenbin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

A. J. Coster

211 papers receiving 7.4k citations

Hit Papers

2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption Induced Global Propagation o... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
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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.

  1. 2022 Tonga Volcanic Eruption Induced Global Propagation of Ionospheric Disturbances via Lamb Waves
    2022 113 citations Shun‐Rong Zhang, Juha Vierinen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. J. Coster United States 49 7.1k 3.7k 2.9k 1.7k 997 219 7.6k
Jiuhou Lei China 45 6.6k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.2× 851 0.9× 286 7.0k
Baiqi Ning China 45 6.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 984 1.0× 265 6.5k
J. J. Makela United States 42 5.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 997 0.6× 816 0.8× 160 5.6k
L. J. Paxton United States 46 7.5k 1.1× 2.4k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.3× 769 0.8× 288 7.9k
D. Bilitza United States 42 8.4k 1.2× 4.7k 1.3× 4.7k 1.6× 1.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 212 8.8k
J. M. Ruohoniemi United States 50 9.0k 1.3× 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 3.9k 2.3× 711 0.7× 265 9.2k
N. Jakowski Germany 38 4.6k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 3.3k 1.1× 885 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 254 5.1k
H. Rishbeth United Kingdom 51 8.7k 1.2× 3.7k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 2.8k 1.7× 882 0.9× 177 9.1k
T. J. Fuller‐Rowell United States 37 4.7k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 571 0.6× 109 4.8k
J. J. Sojka United States 37 5.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 634 0.6× 249 5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. J. Coster

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coster, A. J., et al.. (2025). Mesoscale Ionospheric Irregularity Oval at High Latitudes Observed by Global GNSS Networks (2010–2024). Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences. 42(4). 119–134.
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Aikio, Anita, Heikki Vanhamäki, Ilkka Virtanen, et al.. (2024). EISCAT Observations of Depleted High‐Latitude F ‐Region During an HSS/SIR‐Driven Magnetic Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(9). 3 indexed citations
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Aa, Ercha, J. D. Huba, Shun‐Rong Zhang, et al.. (2024). Multi‐Instrument and SAMI3‐TIDAS Data Assimilation Analysis of Three‐Dimensional Ionospheric Electron Density Variations During the April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(9). 3 indexed citations
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Coster, A. J., N. Aponte, Jason Soohoo, et al.. (2024). GNSS Observations of the 14 October 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse and the 8 April 2024 Total Solar Eclipse. 36–45. 1 indexed citations
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Aa, Ercha, Shun‐Rong Zhang, P. J. Erickson, Wenbin Wang, & A. J. Coster. (2023). 3-D Ionospheric Electron Density Variations during the 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse: A Revisit. Atmosphere. 14(9). 1379–1379. 5 indexed citations
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Aa, Ercha, Shun‐Rong Zhang, P. J. Erickson, et al.. (2023). Significant Mid‐ and Low‐Latitude Ionospheric Disturbances Characterized by Dynamic EIA, EPBs, and SED Variations During the 13–14 March 2022 Geomagnetic Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(8). 20 indexed citations
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Aa, Ercha, Shun‐Rong Zhang, Guiping Liu, et al.. (2023). Statistical Analysis of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Climatology and Multi‐Day Periodicity Using GOLD Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(8). 15 indexed citations
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Park, Jaeheung, P. K. Rajesh, Chien‐Hung Lin, et al.. (2022). Coordinated Observations of Rocket Exhaust Depletion: GOLD, Madrigal TEC, and Multiple Low‐Earth‐Orbit Satellites. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(2). 6 indexed citations
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Aa, Ercha, Shun‐Rong Zhang, Wenbin Wang, et al.. (2022). Pronounced Suppression and X‐Pattern Merging of Equatorial Ionization Anomalies After the 2022 Tonga Volcano Eruption. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(6). e2022JA030527–e2022JA030527. 57 indexed citations
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Frissell, N. A., Stephen Kaeppler, G. W. Perry, et al.. (2022). First Observations of Large Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Using Automated Amateur Radio Receiving Networks. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(5). 21 indexed citations
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Nishimura, Y., Sebastijan Mrak, J. L. Semeter, et al.. (2021). Evolution of Mid‐latitude Density Irregularities and Scintillation in North America During the 7–8 September 2017 Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(6). 28 indexed citations
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Mrak, Sebastijan, J. L. Semeter, Y. Nishimura, & A. J. Coster. (2021). Extreme Low‐Latitude Total Electron Content Enhancement and Global Positioning System Scintillation at Dawn. Space Weather. 19(9). 8 indexed citations
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Гончаренко, Л. П., V. Lynn Harvey, K. Greer, Shun‐Rong Zhang, & A. J. Coster. (2020). Longitudinally Dependent Low‐Latitude Ionospheric Disturbances Linked to the Antarctic Sudden Stratospheric Warming of September 2019. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(8). 27 indexed citations
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Hollweg, Joseph V., А. И. Ефимов, P. Song, et al.. (2019). Radio Occultation Observations of the Solar Corona Over 1.60–1.86  R ⊙ : Faraday Rotation and Frequency Shift Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(10). 7761–7777. 12 indexed citations
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Mrak, Sebastijan, J. L. Semeter, Michael Hirsch, et al.. (2018). Field‐Aligned GPS Scintillation: Multisensor Data Fusion. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(1). 974–992. 16 indexed citations
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Semeter, J. L., Sebastijan Mrak, Michael Hirsch, et al.. (2017). GPS Signal Corruption by the Discrete Aurora: Precise Measurements From the Mahali Experiment. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(19). 9539–9546. 25 indexed citations
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Skone, S., Feng Mao, Rajesh Tiwari, & A. J. Coster. (2009). Characterizing Ionospheric Irregularities for Auroral Scintillations. 2551–2558. 7 indexed citations

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