C. E. DeForest

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

C. E. DeForest is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. E. DeForest has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. E. DeForest's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (110 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (47 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (46 papers). C. E. DeForest is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (110 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (47 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (46 papers). C. E. DeForest collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. C. E. DeForest's co-authors include J. B. Gurman, T. A. Howard, L. Ofman, V. M. Nakariakov, S. P. Plunkett, D. J. McComas, R. A. Howard, D. A. Lamb, B. T. Welsch and H. J. Hagenaar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

C. E. DeForest

111 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind

2023 85 citations N. E. Raouafi, G. Stenborg et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. E. DeForest United States	30	2.6k	703	215	74	60	126	2.7k
T. A. Kucera United States	18	2.1k 0.8×	437 0.6×	156 0.7×	48 0.6×	67 1.1×	63	2.2k
Haisheng Ji China	21	2.0k 0.8×	404 0.6×	206 1.0×	78 1.1×	38 0.6×	114	2.1k
Amy R. Winebarger United States	24	1.9k 0.7×	426 0.6×	165 0.8×	56 0.8×	41 0.7×	94	2.0k
Mark Weber United States	22	1.9k 0.7×	364 0.5×	224 1.0×	62 0.8×	61 1.0×	40	2.0k
C. M. Korendyke United States	18	3.1k 1.2×	611 0.9×	283 1.3×	43 0.6×	65 1.1×	61	3.2k
L. K. Harra United Kingdom	31	3.5k 1.3×	637 0.9×	287 1.3×	96 1.3×	80 1.3×	197	3.6k
Hardi Peter Germany	28	2.8k 1.1×	506 0.7×	281 1.3×	57 0.8×	113 1.9×	139	2.9k
S. E. Gibson United States	30	3.5k 1.3×	968 1.4×	291 1.4×	71 1.0×	53 0.9×	142	3.5k
D. B. Jess United Kingdom	25	2.0k 0.8×	631 0.9×	165 0.8×	80 1.1×	37 0.6×	79	2.0k
Jonathan Cirtain United States	22	1.8k 0.7×	385 0.5×	164 0.8×	59 0.8×	51 0.8×	52	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. E. DeForest

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20 of 20 papers shown

Eubanks, T. M., C. E. DeForest, K. J. Walsh, et al.. (2025). Tracking the Activity of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS through Its Perihelion. Research Notes of the AAS. 9(11). 324–324. 1 indexed citations

Seaton, Daniel B., Amir Caspi, C. E. DeForest, et al.. (2024). Observations of the Polarized Solar Corona During the Annular Eclipse of 14 October 2023. Solar Physics. 299(6).

Raouafi, N. E., G. Stenborg, Daniel B. Seaton, et al.. (2023). Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(1). 28–28. 85 indexed citations breakdown →

Seaton, Daniel B., Amir Caspi, John P. Carini, et al.. (2023). A Chromatic Treatment of Linear Polarization in the Solar Corona at the 2023 Total Solar Eclipse. Research Notes of the AAS. 7(11). 241–241. 1 indexed citations

Cranmer, Steven R., Rohit Chhiber, Iver H. Cairns, et al.. (2023). The Sun’s Alfvén Surface: Recent Insights and Prospects for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH). Solar Physics. 298(11). 10 indexed citations

Chatterjee, Subhamoy, K. D. Leka, Viacheslav M. Sadykov, et al.. (2023). You Get What You Pay for: Scientific Engineering Challenges for Successful Distributed Multi-Satellite Missions in Solar and Heliophysics.

Kumar, Pankaj, J. T. Karpen, V. M. Uritsky, et al.. (2023). New Evidence on the Origin of Solar Wind Microstreams/Switchbacks. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 951(1). L15–L15. 17 indexed citations

Linker, J. A., Pete Riley, Cooper Downs, et al.. (2023). The Open Flux Problem: The Need for High Latitude Observations. 1 indexed citations

Uritsky, V. M., J. T. Karpen, N. E. Raouafi, et al.. (2023). Self-similar Outflows at the Source of the Fast Solar Wind: A Smoking Gun of Multiscale Impulsive Reconnection?. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(2). L38–L38. 8 indexed citations

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Matteo, Simone Di, Huw Morgan, Daniel B. Seaton, et al.. (2023). Data mining for science of the sun-earth connection as a single system. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 10. 2 indexed citations

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Caspi, Amir, Albert Y. Shih, P. S. Athiray, et al.. (2021). The CubeSat Imaging X-ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS). American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts. 53(6). 2 indexed citations

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Kucera, T. A., Peter R. Young, J. A. Klimchuk, & C. E. DeForest. (2019). Spectroscopic Constraints on the Cross-sectional Asymmetry and Expansion of Active Region Loops. The Astrophysical Journal. 885(1). 7–7. 11 indexed citations

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Kumar, Pankaj, J. T. Karpen, S. K. Antiochos, et al.. (2018). Evidence for the Magnetic Breakout Model in an Equatorial Coronal-hole Jet. The Astrophysical Journal. 854(2). 155–155. 38 indexed citations

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Chhiber, Rohit, A. V. Usmanov, C. E. DeForest, et al.. (2018). Weakened Magnetization and Onset of Large-scale Turbulence in the Young Solar Wind—Comparisons of Remote Sensing Observations with Simulation. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 856(2). L39–L39. 11 indexed citations

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Frahm, R. A., Timothy Howard, C. E. DeForest, et al.. (2013). Plasma Characteristic Determination During the Coronal Mass Ejection Associated with the January 27, 2012 Solar Storm. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15. 14062. 1 indexed citations

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DeForest, C. E., et al.. (2009). First Results from a Novel Magnetograph (SHAZAM). 1 indexed citations

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DeForest, C. E., D. A. Lamb, Tom Berger, et al.. (2008). The Small-Scale Field Measured With Hinode/SOT and Feature Tracking: Where is the mixed- polarity flux?. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2008.

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DeForest, C. E. & S. P. Plunkett. (1999). Polar Plumes Observed at Extreme Coronal Altitudes. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 194(4). 1241. 1 indexed citations

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Gurman, J. B., et al.. (1998). New Images of the Solar Corona. 154. 329. 4 indexed citations

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Bromage, B. J. I., G. Del Zanna, C. E. DeForest, B. J. Thompson, & Jenny Clegg. (1997). An equatorial coronal hole at solar minimum. ESASP. 404. 241. 1 indexed citations

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