A. J. Dessler

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

A. J. Dessler is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. J. Dessler has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 69 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in A. J. Dessler's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (77 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (75 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (72 papers). A. J. Dessler is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (77 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (75 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (72 papers). A. J. Dessler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. A. J. Dessler's co-authors include E. N. Parker, T. W. Hill, F. C. Michel, T. W. Hill, M. G. Kivelson, W. D. Cummings, B. R. Sandel, R. A. Wolf, J. A. Fejer and Robert Karplus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

A. J. Dessler

138 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Hydromagnetic theory of geomagnetic storms

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A. J. Dessler	5.2k	2.5k	890	287	214	147	5.4k
T. A. Potemra	5.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	355 1.2×	283 1.3×	107	5.2k
C. E. McIlwain	3.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	175 0.6×	259 1.2×	70	3.9k
S.‐I. Akasofu	6.1k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	2.2k 2.5×	309 1.1×	316 1.5×	157	6.2k
J. T. Steinberg	6.7k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	632 0.7×	328 1.1×	202 0.9×	113	6.8k
J. A. Fedder	3.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	790 0.9×	257 0.9×	192 0.9×	85	3.7k
A. J. Lazarus	7.6k 1.5×	2.4k 1.0×	344 0.4×	334 1.2×	444 2.1×	136	7.8k
J. P. Heppner	4.0k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.5×	207 0.7×	114 0.5×	66	4.1k
R. W. McEntire	5.1k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	188 0.7×	362 1.7×	140	5.4k
M. Neugebauer	8.9k 1.7×	2.6k 1.1×	506 0.6×	350 1.2×	497 2.3×	226	9.1k
M. Sugiura	5.4k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	2.0k 2.3×	231 0.8×	189 0.9×	124	5.7k

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All Works

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Herbert, F., N. M. Schneider, & A. J. Dessler. (2008). New description of Io's cold plasma torus. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 113(A1). 17 indexed citations

Fälthammar, C.‐G. & A. J. Dessler. (1995). Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995). Eos. 76(39). 385–387. 3 indexed citations

Dessler, A. J.. (1994). Effects of Comet Impact on the Jovian Magnetosphere. 26. 1593. 1 indexed citations

Hill, T. W. & A. J. Dessler. (1994). Perturbation of Jupiter's inner magnetosphere by SL-9 impacts. 75. 402–402. 2 indexed citations

Sandel, B. R. & A. J. Dessler. (1993). Cooling Time of the Io Plasma Torus. DPS. 25. 1 indexed citations

Dessler, A. J.. (1991). Planetary magnetospheres. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30(4). 213–218. 1 indexed citations

Sandel, B. R. & A. J. Dessler. (1989). New Longitude System for the Jovian Magnetosphere. NASSP. 494. 179–182. 2 indexed citations

Sandel, B. R. & A. J. Dessler. (1988). Dual periodicity of the Jovian magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 93(A6). 5487–5504. 54 indexed citations

Michel, F. C. & A. J. Dessler. (1981). Pulsar Models and Cosmic-Ray Acceleration. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 2. 340. 1 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J., B. R. Sandel, & S. K. Atreya. (1981). The Jovian hydrogen bulge: Evidence for co-rotating magnetospheric convection. Planetary and Space Science. 29(2). 215–224. 41 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J.. (1980). Corotating Birkeland currents in Jupiter's magnetosphere - An Io plasma-torus source. Planetary and Space Science. 28. 781–788. 15 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J. & C. T. Russell. (1980). From the ridiculous to the sublime: The pending disappearance of Pluto. Eos. 61(44). 690–690. 7 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J. & T. W. Hill. (1979). Jovian longitudinal control of Io-related radio emissions. The Astrophysical Journal. 227. 664–664. 68 indexed citations

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Hill, T. W. & A. J. Dessler. (1976). Reply [to “Comment on ‘Longitudinal asymmetry of the Jovian magnetosphere and the periodic escape of energetic particles’ by T. W. Hill and A. J. Dessler”]. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(31). 5602–5602. 2 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J., T. W. Hill, & F. C. Michel. (1974). A Dynamic Model of the Jovian Magnetosphere. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 6. 391. 1 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J.. (1972). Editing JGR—Space Physics. Eos. 53(1). 4–13. 9 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J.. (1968). Magnetic merging in the magnetospheric tail. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 73(1). 209–214. 54 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J.. (1966). Discussion of letter by J. A. Van Allen, ‘Further remarks on the absence of a very extended magnetospheric tail’. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 71(9). 2408–2410. 6 indexed citations

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Dessler, A. J., et al.. (1966). The lunar period, the solar period, andK_p. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 71(17). 4141–4146. 10 indexed citations

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Ahluwalia, H. S. & A. J. Dessler. (1962). Diurnal variation of cosmic radiation intensity produced by a solar wind. Planetary and Space Science. 9(5). 195–210. 82 indexed citations

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