C. A. Cattell

14.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
178 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

C. A. Cattell is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, C. A. Cattell has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 74 papers in Molecular Biology and 60 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in C. A. Cattell's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (167 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (137 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (74 papers). C. A. Cattell is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (167 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (137 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (74 papers). C. A. Cattell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. C. A. Cattell's co-authors include F. S. Mozer, M. Temerin, J. R. Wygant, C. T. Russell, W. Baumjohann, G. Paschmann, J. Dombeck, R. L. Lysak, R. E. Ergun and C. A. Kletzing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

C. A. Cattell

173 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Average plasma properties in the central plasma sheet

1989 557 citations C. A. Cattell et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
FAST satellite observations of large‐amplitude solitary structures

1998 493 citations R. E. Ergun, F. S. Mozer et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Peers

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M. Temerin United States

R. J. Strangeway United States

J. P. McFadden United States

J. D. Scudder United States

M. André Sweden

Yoshiharu Omura Japan

Y. V. Khotyaintsev Sweden

Anton Artemyev United States

E. G. Shelley United States

R. B. Torbert United States

M. Temerin United States

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1.2k ×0.8

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Citations per year, relative to C. A. Cattell C. A. Cattell (= 1×) peers M. Temerin

Countries citing papers authored by C. A. Cattell

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. A. Cattell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. A. Cattell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. A. Cattell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. A. Cattell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. A. Cattell. C. A. Cattell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Halekas, J. S., C. A. Cattell, Michael Johnson, et al.. (2025). Suprathermal Electron Scattering by Narrowband Whistler Waves and Broadband Electrostatic Waves: Parker Solar Probe Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(1). 14–14.

Wygant, J. R., et al.. (2024). Observations of Significant Ion Energy Outflows Associated With Cusp Ion Outflows and the Role of Poynting Flux as an Energy Source. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(10).

Ergun, R. E., et al.. (2024). Impulsively Accelerated Ions as the Source of Ion Acoustic Waves in Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 975(1). 82–82. 2 indexed citations

Agapitov, O. V., et al.. (2024). Enhanced Efficiency of Solar Wind Electron Interaction with WhistlersCaused by Switchback-related Magnetic Dips. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 970(2). L38–L38. 1 indexed citations

Dai, Lei, Chi Wang, J. R. Wygant, et al.. (2022). Relativistic Electron Enhancements Through Successive Dipolarizations During a CIR‐Driven Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(3). 19 indexed citations

Cattell, C. A., Lindsay Glesener, J. Dombeck, et al.. (2021). Periodicities in an active region correlated with Type III radio bursts observed by Parker Solar Probe. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 12 indexed citations

Cattell, C. A., et al.. (2021). Modeling Interactions of Narrowband Large Amplitude Whistler-mode Waves with Electrons in the Solar Wind inside ∼0.3 au and at 1 au Using a Particle Tracing Code. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 914(2). L33–L33. 16 indexed citations

Wygant, J. R., et al.. (2021). Evidence of Alfvenic Poynting Flux as the Primary Driver of Auroral Motion During a Geomagnetic Substorm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(5). 6 indexed citations

Miyoshi, Yoshizumi, Yoshiya Kasahara, Gian Luca Delzanno, et al.. (2020). First Direct Observations of Propagation of Discrete Chorus Elements From the Equatorial Source to Higher Latitudes, Using the Van Allen Probes and Arase Satellites. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(10). 22 indexed citations

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Tyler, E., A. W. Breneman, C. A. Cattell, et al.. (2019). Statistical Occurrence and Distribution of High‐Amplitude Whistler Mode Waves in the Outer Radiation Belt. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(5). 2328–2336. 34 indexed citations

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Thaller, S. A., J. R. Wygant, C. A. Cattell, et al.. (2019). Solar Rotation Period Driven Modulations of Plasmaspheric Density and Convective Electric Field in the Inner Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(3). 1726–1737. 11 indexed citations

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Dombeck, J., et al.. (2018). Identification of Auroral Electron Precipitation Mechanism Combinations and Their Relationships to Net Downgoing Energy and Number Flux. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(12). 26 indexed citations

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Wilson, L. B., A. Koval, Á. Szabó, et al.. (2017). Revisiting the structure of low‐Mach number, low‐beta, quasi‐perpendicular shocks. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(9). 9115–9133. 49 indexed citations

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Cattell, C. A., A. W. Breneman, J. Dombeck, et al.. (2017). Dayside response of the magnetosphere to a small shock compression: Van Allen Probes, Magnetospheric MultiScale, and GOES‐13. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(17). 8712–8720. 13 indexed citations

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Breneman, A. W., A. B. Crew, J. G. Sample, et al.. (2017). Observations Directly Linking Relativistic Electron Microbursts to Whistler Mode Chorus: Van Allen Probes and FIREBIRD II. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(22). 102 indexed citations

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Tyler, E., C. A. Cattell, S. A. Thaller, et al.. (2016). Partitioning of integrated energy fluxes in four tail reconnection events observed by Cluster. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 121(12). 12 indexed citations

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Posch, J. L., C. A. Cattell, J. R. Wygant, et al.. (2016). MMS, Van Allen Probes, and Ground-based Magnetometer Observations of a Compression-induced EMIC Wave Event. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Kozyra, J. U., M. W. Liemohn, M. G. Mlynczak, et al.. (2002). TIMED Observations of the Signatures of Magnetic Activity in the MLTI Region placed into Global Context by ACE, POLAR, IMAGE, SAMPEX, FAST, NOAA/POES, and DMSP. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002.

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Kim, Khan‐Hyuk, N. Lin, C. A. Cattell, et al.. (2001). Simultaneous satellite and ground observations of transient events near the morningside magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(A4). 5743–5760. 2 indexed citations

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Dombeck, J., et al.. (2001). Polar Observations of Solitary Waves at the Earth's Magnetopause. AGUFM. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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