D. E. Larson

22.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
270 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

D. E. Larson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. E. Larson has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 261 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 98 papers in Molecular Biology and 24 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in D. E. Larson's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (220 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (206 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (127 papers). D. E. Larson is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (220 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (206 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (127 papers). D. E. Larson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. D. E. Larson's co-authors include V. Angelopoulos, R. P. Lin, J. P. McFadden, C. W. Carlson, J. W. Bonnell, U. Auster, T. D. Phan, S. D. Bale, J. McFadden and A. Runov and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. E. Larson

261 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

The THEMIS ESA Plasma Instrument and In-flight Calibration

2008 932 citations D. E. Larson et al. profile →
A three-dimensional plasma and energetic particle investigation for the wind spacecraft

1995 642 citations D. E. Larson, J. McFadden et al. profile →
Tail Reconnection Triggering Substorm Onset

2008 520 citations J. P. McFadden, D. E. Larson et al. profile →
THEMIS observations of an earthward‐propagating dipolarization front

2009 492 citations J. W. Bonnell, J. P. McFadden et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D. E. Larson	11.4k	4.0k	2.1k	663	526	270	11.8k
Joseph E. Borovsky	9.3k 0.8×	4.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	564 0.9×	349 0.7×	256	9.9k
J. A. Sauvaud	9.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	582 0.9×	347 0.7×	284	9.8k
G. K. Parks	10.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	992 1.5×	537 1.0×	345	10.7k
A. N. Fazakerley	7.6k 0.7×	3.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	744 1.1×	670 1.3×	280	7.8k
J. D. Scudder	9.3k 0.8×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 2.0×	885 1.7×	178	9.6k
O. Santolı́k	9.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	5.5k 2.6×	717 1.1×	463 0.9×	343	10.1k
L. M. Kistler	8.2k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	793 1.2×	736 1.4×	253	8.8k
S. D. Bale	10.9k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 2.2×	662 1.3×	379	11.3k
T. D. Phan	11.7k 1.0×	4.5k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.7k 2.5×	390 0.7×	269	12.0k
R. M. Skoug	8.9k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	379 0.6×	208 0.4×	214	9.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. E. Larson

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Seki, K., Yuki Nakamura, R. J. Lillis, et al.. (2025). Study of Variation Mechanisms of the Martian Diffuse Aurora Based on Monte Carlo Simulations and MAVEN Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(2).

Seon, Jongho, Khan‐Hyuk Kim, D. E. Larson, et al.. (2025). Electron Phase Space Densities in Geostationary Orbits as Measured With GK2A, GOES‐16, and GOES‐17 Satellites. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(4).

Mostafavi, Parisa, Robert C. Allen, V. K. Jagarlamudi, et al.. (2024). Parker Solar Probe observations of collisional effects on thermalizing the young solar wind. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A152–A152. 13 indexed citations

Eriksson, S., M. Swisdak, Alfred Mallet, et al.. (2024). Parker Solar Probe Observations of Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts in Quiescent Plasmas near the Sun. The Astrophysical Journal. 965(1). 76–76. 12 indexed citations

Horbury, T. S., S. D. Bale, Michael D. McManus, et al.. (2023). Switchbacks, microstreams, and broadband turbulence in the solar wind. Physics of Plasmas. 30(8). 3 indexed citations

Halekas, J. S., S. D. Bale, M. Berthomier, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the Energy Budget in the Solar Wind from 13.3 to 100 Solar Radii. The Astrophysical Journal. 952(1). 26–26. 18 indexed citations

Maruca, B. A., Michael D. McManus, K. G. Klein, et al.. (2023). Anterograde Collisional Analysis of Solar Wind Ions. The Astrophysical Journal. 950(1). 51–51. 4 indexed citations

Wit, Thierry Dudok de, C. Froment, M. Velli, et al.. (2023). Are Switchback Boundaries Observed by Parker Solar Probe Closed?. The Astrophysical Journal. 958(1). 23–23. 6 indexed citations

Ofman, L., S. A. Boardsen, L. K. Jian, J. L. Verniero, & D. E. Larson. (2022). Modeling Ion Beams, Kinetic Instabilities, and Waves Observed by the Parker Solar Probe near Perihelia. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 185–185. 18 indexed citations

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Bowen, Trevor A., Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Jonathan Squire, et al.. (2022). In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind. Physical Review Letters. 129(16). 165101–165101. 43 indexed citations

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Halekas, J. S., P. L. Whittlesey, D. E. Larson, et al.. (2022). The Radial Evolution of the Solar Wind as Organized by Electron Distribution Parameters. The Astrophysical Journal. 936(1). 53–53. 31 indexed citations

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Finley, Adam J., Michael D. McManus, Sean P. Matt, et al.. (2021). The contribution of alpha particles to the solar wind angular momentum flux in the inner heliosphere. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Woolley, T., Lorenzo Matteini, Michael D. McManus, et al.. (2021). Plasma properties, switchback patches, and low α-particle abundance in slow Alfvénic coronal hole wind at 0.13 au. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(1). 236–244. 13 indexed citations

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Chaston, C. C., J. W. Bonnell, S. D. Bale, et al.. (2020). MHD Mode Composition in the Inner Heliosphere from the Parker Solar Probe’s First Perihelion. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 246(2). 71–71. 27 indexed citations

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Malaspina, D., K. Goodrich, R. Livi, et al.. (2020). Plasma Double Layers at the Boundary Between Venus and the Solar Wind. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(20). e2020GL090115–e2020GL090115. 19 indexed citations

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Ruhunusiri, S., J. S. Halekas, J. R. Espley, et al.. (2018). One‐Hertz Waves at Mars: MAVEN Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(5). 3460–3476. 14 indexed citations

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Sánchez‐Cano, Beatriz, Olivier Witasse, M. Lester, et al.. (2018). Energetic Particle Showers Over Mars from Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(10). 8778–8796. 9 indexed citations

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Luhmann, J. G., M. L. Mays, D. Odstrčil, et al.. (2017). Modeling solar energetic particle events using ENLIL heliosphere simulations. Space Weather. 15(7). 934–954. 24 indexed citations

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Harada, Yuki, J. S. Halekas, J. P. McFadden, et al.. (2017). Survey of magnetic reconnection signatures in the Martian magnetotail with MAVEN. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(5). 5114–5131. 50 indexed citations

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Steckiewicz, M., Philippe Garnier, Nicolás André, et al.. (2016). Comparative study of the Martian suprathermal electron depletions based on Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Express, and Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN mission observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(1). 857–873. 30 indexed citations

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