Daniel Main

433 total citations
15 papers, 353 citations indexed

About

Daniel Main is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Main has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 353 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 4 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Daniel Main's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (12 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (9 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (6 papers). Daniel Main is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (12 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (9 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (6 papers). Daniel Main collaborates with scholars based in United States. Daniel Main's co-authors include R. E. Ergun, D. L. Newman, F. S. Mozer, J. P. McFadden, L. Andersson, Y. J. Su, C. W. Carlson, A. J. Hull, Y.‐J. Su and M. V. Goldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Main

13 papers receiving 343 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Daniel Main United States 6 317 131 98 65 46 15 353
C. Briand France 11 333 1.1× 63 0.5× 48 0.5× 82 1.3× 73 1.6× 41 376
M. Mithaiwala United States 12 313 1.0× 42 0.3× 71 0.7× 108 1.7× 46 1.0× 20 332
M. André Sweden 9 672 2.1× 72 0.5× 134 1.4× 112 1.7× 202 4.4× 11 687
H. X. Vu United States 4 203 0.6× 46 0.4× 33 0.3× 116 1.8× 64 1.4× 6 297
S. Dorfman United States 12 319 1.0× 28 0.2× 44 0.4× 138 2.1× 61 1.3× 29 341
P. C. Filbert United States 7 350 1.1× 36 0.3× 93 0.9× 61 0.9× 75 1.6× 11 382
M. Jespersen Norway 13 374 1.2× 52 0.4× 124 1.3× 59 0.9× 68 1.5× 23 396
Andreas Johlander Sweden 15 565 1.8× 30 0.2× 160 1.6× 104 1.6× 123 2.7× 37 587
J. S. Pickett United States 12 523 1.6× 118 0.9× 140 1.4× 74 1.1× 177 3.8× 24 529
I. W. Christopher United States 12 370 1.2× 59 0.5× 95 1.0× 70 1.1× 96 2.1× 26 392

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Main

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Main

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Main

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Veitzer, Seth, et al.. (2025). Plasma and beam modeling of low-temperature plasma ion sources. MRS Advances. 10(4). 465–471. 1 indexed citations
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Veitzer, Seth & Daniel Main. (2024). Advances in Particle-In-Cell Modeling of Low-Temperature Plasma Ion Sources. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2743(1). 12021–12021. 2 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel, L. C. Adams, John R. Cary, Thomas G. Jenkins, & G. Werner. (2023). Comparing Momentum-Conserving and Energy-Conserving Electrostatic Particle-In-Cell Schemes in VSim. 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel & V. I. Sotnikov. (2020). Parametric interaction between ELF and VLF waves: 3D LSP simulation results. Physics of Plasmas. 27(2). 3 indexed citations
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Sotnikov, V. I., James Caplinger, Daniel Main, et al.. (2018). Parametric excitation of very low frequency (VLF) electromagnetic whistler waves and interaction with energetic electrons in radiation belt. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 60(4). 44014–44014. 5 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel, V. I. Sotnikov, James Caplinger, & D. V. Rose. (2018). Excitation of electromagnetic whistler waves due to a parametric interaction between magnetosonic and lower oblique resonance modes in a cold, magnetized plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 25(6). 3 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel. (2013). The evolution of the U‐shaped double layer at the auroral cavity‐ionosphere boundary in Earth's upward current region. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 118(12). 7557–7565. 5 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel, et al.. (2013). The formation and evolution of double layers inside the auroral cavity. Geophysical Research Letters. 40(12). 2897–2901. 6 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel, et al.. (2012). Ion acoustic solitons in Earth’s upward current region. Physics of Plasmas. 19(7). 4 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel, D. L. Newman, & R. E. Ergun. (2010). Conditions for establishing quasistable double layers in the Earth’s auroral upward current region. Physics of Plasmas. 17(12). 16 indexed citations
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Main, Daniel, D. L. Newman, & R. E. Ergun. (2006). Double Layers and Ion Phase-Space Holes in the Auroral Upward-Current Region. Physical Review Letters. 97(18). 185001–185001. 42 indexed citations
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Ergun, R. E., L. Andersson, Daniel Main, et al.. (2004). Auroral particle acceleration by strong double layers: The upward current region. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(A12). 97 indexed citations
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Ergun, R. E., L. Andersson, Daniel Main, et al.. (2002). Parallel Electric Fields in the Upward Current Region of the Aurora: Direct Observations of Oblique Double Layers. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2002.
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Ergun, R. E., L. Andersson, Daniel Main, et al.. (2002). Parallel electric fields in the upward current region of the aurora: Indirect and direct observations. Physics of Plasmas. 9(9). 3685–3694. 110 indexed citations
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Ergun, R. E., L. Andersson, Daniel Main, et al.. (2002). Parallel electric fields in the upward current region of the aurora: Numerical solutions. Physics of Plasmas. 9(9). 3695–3704. 57 indexed citations

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