Daniel Verscharen

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel Verscharen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Verscharen has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Daniel Verscharen's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (102 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (88 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (40 papers). Daniel Verscharen is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (102 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (88 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (40 papers). Daniel Verscharen collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Daniel Verscharen's co-authors include K. G. Klein, B. A. Maruca, R. T. Wicks, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, C. J. Owen, Eliot Quataert, Mario Riquelme, S. D. Bale, Jiansen He and Christopher H. K. Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Astrophysical Journal and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Verscharen

96 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

The multi-scale nature of the solar wind

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel Verscharen United Kingdom	23	1.6k	396	210	117	109	107	1.7k
F. Pantellini United States	19	1.6k 1.0×	395 1.0×	199 0.9×	86 0.7×	73 0.7×	168	1.6k
M. Pulupa United States	26	1.6k 1.0×	351 0.9×	134 0.6×	170 1.5×	107 1.0×	91	1.6k
K. Issautier United States	18	1.4k 0.9×	291 0.7×	100 0.5×	111 0.9×	99 0.9×	101	1.5k
Gregory D. Fleishman Russia	24	1.5k 0.9×	322 0.8×	273 1.3×	65 0.6×	110 1.0×	115	1.6k
Simone Landi Italy	24	1.4k 0.9×	348 0.9×	284 1.4×	50 0.4×	67 0.6×	60	1.5k
B. A. Maruca United States	16	1.3k 0.8×	359 0.9×	142 0.7×	70 0.6×	80 0.7×	40	1.3k
H. O. Rucker Austria	24	2.3k 1.4×	536 1.4×	232 1.1×	117 1.0×	36 0.3×	213	2.3k
T. S. Bastian United States	26	2.4k 1.5×	350 0.9×	266 1.3×	93 0.8×	136 1.2×	124	2.4k
Lorenzo Matteini United Kingdom	27	1.9k 1.2×	609 1.5×	232 1.1×	45 0.4×	133 1.2×	76	2.0k
M. Moncuquet France	24	1.8k 1.1×	447 1.1×	144 0.7×	176 1.5×	82 0.8×	137	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Coates, A. J., et al.. (2025). Pick‐Up ion Distributions in the Inner and Middle Saturnian Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(1).

Martinović, Mihailo M., K. G. Klein, Rossana De Marco, et al.. (2025). Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 988(1). L25–L25.

Verscharen, Daniel, C. J. Owen, M. Maksimović, et al.. (2024). The Regulation of the Solar Wind Electron Heat Flux by Wave–Particle Interactions. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(1). 100–100. 1 indexed citations

Verscharen, Daniel, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Non‐Equilibrium Plasma Distributions on Solar Wind Measurements by Vigil's Plasma Analyser. Space Weather. 22(2). 6 indexed citations

Owen, C. J., et al.. (2023). Magnetic reconnection as an erosion mechanism for magnetic switchbacks. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 675. A128–A128. 1 indexed citations

Verscharen, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Velocity-space Signatures of Resonant Energy Transfer between Whistler Waves and Electrons in the Earth’s Magnetosheath. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(1). 30–30. 6 indexed citations

Duan, Die, Jiansen He, Xingyu Zhu, et al.. (2023). Statistical Study of Anisotropic Proton Heating in Interplanetary Magnetic Switchbacks Measured by Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 952(2). L40–L40. 2 indexed citations

Duan, Die, Jiansen He, Xingyu Zhu, et al.. (2023). Kinetic Features of Alpha Particles in a Pestchek-like Magnetic Reconnection Event in the Solar Wind Observed by Solar Orbiter. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 952(1). L11–L11. 3 indexed citations

Zhu, Xingyu, Jiansen He, Die Duan, et al.. (2023). Non-field-aligned Proton Beams and Their Roles in the Growth of Fast Magnetosonic/Whistler Waves: Solar Orbiter Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 953(2). 161–161. 5 indexed citations

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Verscharen, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Whistler Waves as a Signature of Converging Magnetic Holes in Space Plasmas. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(2). 169–169. 14 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xingyu, Jiansen He, Jun Cui, et al.. (2022). Coherence of Ion Cyclotron Resonance in Damped Ion Cyclotron Waves in Space Plasmas. The Astrophysical Journal. 928(1). 36–36. 7 indexed citations

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He, Jiansen, Xingyu Zhu, Daniel Verscharen, et al.. (2022). Observations of Rapidly Growing Whistler Waves in Front of Space Plasma Shock due to Resonance Interaction between Fluctuating Electron Velocity Distributions and Electromagnetic Fields. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(2). 147–147. 7 indexed citations

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He, Jiansen, et al.. (2022). Growth of Outward Propagating Fast-magnetosonic/Whistler Waves in the Inner Heliosphere Observed by Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(2). 220–220. 5 indexed citations

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Rae, I. J., et al.. (2020). Statistics of Solar Wind Electron Breakpoint Energies Using Machine Learning Techniques. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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He, Jiansen, et al.. (2020). Energy Conversion between Ions and Electrons through Ion Cyclotron Waves and Embedded Ion-scale Rotational Discontinuity in Collisionless Space Plasmas. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 904(2). L16–L16. 3 indexed citations

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He, Jiansen, Die Duan, Tieyan Wang, et al.. (2019). Direct Measurement of the Dissipation Rate Spectrum around Ion Kinetic Scales in Space Plasma Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal. 880(2). 121–121. 34 indexed citations

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Duan, Die, et al.. (2018). Angular Independence of Break Position for Magnetic Power Spectral Density in Solar Wind Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal. 865(2). 89–89. 15 indexed citations

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Fahr, H. J. & Daniel Verscharen. (2016). Electrons under the dominant action of shock-electric fields. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 11 indexed citations

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Riquelme, Mario, Eliot Quataert, & Daniel Verscharen. (2015). PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS OF CONTINUOUSLY DRIVEN MIRROR AND ION CYCLOTRON INSTABILITIES IN HIGH BETA ASTROPHYSICAL AND HELIOSPHERIC PLASMAS. UCL Discovery (University College London). 69 indexed citations

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Fahr, H. J., И. В. Чашей, & Daniel Verscharen. (2014). Traveling solar-wind bulk-velocity fluctuations and their effects on electron heating in the heliosphere. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 14 indexed citations

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