D. T. Young

12.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

D. T. Young is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. T. Young has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in D. T. Young's work include Astro and Planetary Science (112 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (70 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (46 papers). D. T. Young is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (112 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (70 papers) and Planetary Science and Exploration (46 papers). D. T. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. D. T. Young's co-authors include A. J. Coates, F. J. Crary, J. Geiss, H. Balsiger, J. H. Waite, E. C. Sittler, G. R. Lewis, M. F. Thomsen, B. Magee and J. H. Westlake and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

D. T. Young

149 papers receiving 6.9k 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 Process of Tholin Formation in Titan's Upper Atmosphere

2007 480 citations J. H. Waite, D. T. Young et al. profile →
Liquid water on Enceladus from observations of ammonia and 40Ar in the plume

2009 402 citations J. H. Waite, William S. Lewis et al. Nature profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
D. T. Young	7.0k	2.2k	1.1k	993	814	154	7.7k
Jan‐Erik Wahlund	5.4k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	933 0.8×	898 0.9×	527 0.6×	160	5.8k
A. J. Coates	12.1k 1.7×	4.9k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	658 0.7×	1.4k 1.7×	463	13.3k
H. Rosenbauer	7.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	652 0.6×	698 0.7×	496 0.6×	175	8.1k
W. B. Hubbard	6.4k 0.9×	952 0.4×	905 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	927 1.1×	188	7.5k
T. E. Cravens	6.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	423 0.4×	943 1.2×	186	7.8k
W. K. Peterson	8.3k 1.2×	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.9k 2.0×	708 0.9×	222	9.4k
S. A. Fuselier	12.5k 1.8×	3.6k 1.6×	711 0.6×	1.6k 1.6×	1.5k 1.8×	479	13.0k
B. R. Sandel	7.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	390 0.3×	912 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	193	7.6k
J. H. Waite	13.1k 1.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	2.1k 2.6×	368	14.5k
E. G. Shelley	8.2k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.4×	489 0.6×	144	8.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. T. Young

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Young, D. T., et al.. (2025). GPS Based Attitude Determination: The Rex II Flight Experience. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).

Coates, A. J., A. Wellbrock, G. R. Lewis, et al.. (2010). Negative ions at Titan and Enceladus: recent results. Faraday Discussions. 147. 293–293. 42 indexed citations

Crary, F. J., A. J. Coates, J. H. Waite, & D. T. Young. (2008). Heavy and negative ions at Titan measured by Cassini CAPS. cosp. 37. 596. 1 indexed citations

Waite, J. H., et al.. (2008). The Composition of Large Positive Ions in Titan's Upper Atmosphere. DPS. 1 indexed citations

Coates, A. J., H. J. McAndrews, C. S. Arridge, et al.. (2007). Titan at Saturn's magnetopause: CAPS results from T32. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 3 indexed citations

André, Nicolás, A. M. Persoon, J. Goldstein, et al.. (2007). Magnetic signatures of plasma‐depleted flux tubes in the Saturnian inner magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 34(14). 42 indexed citations

Anderson, F. S., et al.. (2006). Mars Age Experiment (MAX). Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2006. 2153. 2 indexed citations

Burch, J. L., J. Goldstein, William S. Lewis, et al.. (2006). Tethys and Dione: Sources of Outward Flowing Plasma in Saturn's Magnetosphere. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

Sittler, E. C., Nicolás André, Michel Blanc, et al.. (2005). Ion Source Rate within Saturn's Inner Magnetosphere: Cassini Results. DPS. 2 indexed citations

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Coates, A. J., F. J. Crary, A. M. Rymer, et al.. (2005). Cassini's first Titan encounters: a comparison of plasma results. AGUSM. 2005. 2 indexed citations

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Thomsen, M. F., R. L. Tokar, B. L. Barraclough, et al.. (2004). Transport in Saturn's Outer Magnetosphere: Cassini Observations. AGUFM. 2004. 3 indexed citations

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McComas, D. J., N. A. Schwadron, F. J. Crary, et al.. (2003). The Interstellar Hydrogen Shadow: Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ions Beyond Jupiter. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2003. 1 indexed citations

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Gladstone, G. R., J. H. Waite, Denis Grodent, et al.. (2002). A pulsating auroral X-ray hot spot on Jupiter. Nature. 415(6875). 1000–1003. 132 indexed citations

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Gurnett, D. A., W. S. Kŭrth, G. B. Hospodarsky, et al.. (2002). Control of Jupiter's radio emission and aurorae by the solar wind. Nature. 415(6875). 985–987. 117 indexed citations

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Pryor, W. R., Andrew F. Stewart, L. W. Esposito, et al.. (2001). Cassini UVIS Observations of Jupiter's Auroral Variability. Max Planck Digital Library. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Boynton, W. V., L. d’Uston, D. T. Young, et al.. (1997). The determination of ice composition with instruments on cometary landers. Acta Astronautica. 40(9). 663–674. 3 indexed citations

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Lightsey, E. Glenn, et al.. (1996). Flight results of GPS based attitude control on the REX II spacecraft. Scopus. 1037–1046. 19 indexed citations

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Balsiger, H., et al.. (1989). Variations of the magnetospheric ion number densities near geostationary orbit with solar activity. 7. 69–75. 25 indexed citations

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Young, D. T.. (1983). Near‐equatorial magnetospheric particles from ∼1 eV to ∼1 MeV. Reviews of Geophysics. 21(2). 402–418. 36 indexed citations

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Young, D. T.. (1981). Active ion tracer experiments attempted in conjunction with the ion composition experiment on GEOS-2. Advances in Space Research. 1(2). 305–310. 1 indexed citations

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