David McKenzie

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

David McKenzie is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David McKenzie has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David McKenzie's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (47 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (25 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (23 papers). David McKenzie is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (47 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (25 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (23 papers). David McKenzie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. David McKenzie's co-authors include H. S. Hudson, R. C. Canfield, James Jackson, Alessia Maggi, Hillel Rapoport, D. E. Innes, Tongjiang Wang, Joanne Gray, D. B. Clement and Jack Taunton and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

David McKenzie

73 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Initial Calibration of the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
    2011 289 citations David McKenzie, L. Golub et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David McKenzie United States 24 1.7k 665 381 258 207 83 3.0k
Robert G. Smith United States 24 903 0.5× 31 0.0× 134 0.4× 27 0.1× 48 0.2× 133 2.0k
J. D. Sullivan United States 32 2.9k 1.7× 150 0.2× 1.1k 3.0× 5 0.0× 108 0.5× 110 3.7k
Huixin Liu Japan 32 2.7k 1.6× 911 1.4× 910 2.4× 5 0.0× 13 0.1× 207 3.4k
J.H. Fremlin United Kingdom 22 68 0.0× 63 0.1× 82 0.2× 37 0.1× 20 0.1× 128 1.5k
Thomas Moreau France 15 118 0.1× 84 0.1× 109 0.3× 5 0.0× 16 0.1× 57 774
D.L. Henshaw United Kingdom 18 57 0.0× 23 0.0× 69 0.2× 14 0.1× 11 0.1× 71 1.2k
Roger L. Gibson South Africa 33 778 0.4× 1.9k 2.9× 169 0.4× 4 0.0× 131 2.8k
Hajime Kawakami Japan 21 447 0.3× 59 0.1× 39 0.1× 106 0.5× 58 1.6k
Yucheng Zhao China 25 895 0.5× 147 0.2× 112 0.3× 9 0.0× 109 2.2k
Gerhard Schmidt Germany 17 113 0.1× 373 0.6× 7 0.0× 14 0.1× 66 0.3× 53 787

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Fields of papers citing papers by David McKenzie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McKenzie

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Song, Donguk, R. Ishikawa, David McKenzie, et al.. (2025). Detection of a Magnetic Discontinuity in the Upper Solar Chromosphere Associated with a Coronal Loop Brightening Observed by CLASP2.1. The Astrophysical Journal. 978(2). 140–140. 3 indexed citations
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Ishikawa, R., J. Trujillo Bueno, David McKenzie, et al.. (2025). Determining the Magnetic Field in the Atmosphere of a Solar Active Region Observed by the CLASP2.1 Sounding Rocket Experiment. The Astrophysical Journal. 990(2). 200–200. 1 indexed citations
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Alemán, Tanausú del Pino, J. Trujillo Bueno, R. Ishikawa, et al.. (2025). Determining the Magnetic Field of Active Region Plages Using the Whole CLASP2/2.1 Spectral Window. The Astrophysical Journal. 991(2). 164–164.
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Li, Hao, Tanausú del Pino Alemán, J. Trujillo Bueno, et al.. (2024). Mapping the Longitudinal Magnetic Field in the Atmosphere of an Active Region Plage from the Inversion of the Near-ultraviolet CLASP2.1 Spectropolarimetric Data. The Astrophysical Journal. 974(2). 154–154. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Hao, Tanausú del Pino Alemán, J. Trujillo Bueno, et al.. (2023). Tomography of a Solar Plage with the Tenerife Inversion Code. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(2). 144–144. 13 indexed citations
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Ishikawa, R., J. Trujillo Bueno, Luca Belluzzi, et al.. (2023). Evidence for the Operation of the Hanle and Magneto-optical Effects in the Scattering Polarization Signals Observed by CLASP2 across the Mg ii h and k Lines. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(2). 125–125. 5 indexed citations
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Warren, Harry P., Jeffrey W. Reep, Ignacio Ugarte‐Urra, et al.. (2020). Observation and Modeling of High-temperature Solar Active Region Emission during the High-resolution Coronal Imager Flight of 2018 May 29. The Astrophysical Journal. 896(1). 51–51. 11 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David, et al.. (2020). The Solar Cruiser Mission Concept — Enabling New Vistas for Heliophysics. 52(3). 1 indexed citations
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Panesar, Navdeep K., Alphonse C. Sterling, Ronald L. Moore, et al.. (2019). Hi-C 2.1 Observations of Jetlet-like Events at Edges of Solar Magnetic Network Lanes. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 887(1). L8–L8. 29 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David, et al.. (2018). Quantifying Turbulent Dynamics Found within the Plasma Sheets of Multiple Solar Flares. The Astrophysical Journal. 866(1). 29–29. 13 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David, et al.. (2016). ANALYSIS OF FLOWS INSIDE QUIESCENT PROMINENCES AS CAPTURED BY HINODE/SOLAR OPTICAL TELESCOPE. The Astrophysical Journal. 818(1). 57–57. 12 indexed citations
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Kobelski, Adam, Steven H. Saar, David McKenzie, et al.. (2012). Measuring Uncertainties in the Hinode X-Ray Telescope. ASPC. 456. 241.
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McKenzie, David & R. C. Canfield. (2008). Hinode XRT observations of a long-lasting coronal sigmoid. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 481(1). L65–L68. 59 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David, S. Gburek, L. W. Acton, & P. C. H. Martens. (2002). The Point Spread Function of the Yohkoh Soft X-ray Telescope. 200. 1 indexed citations
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Maggi, Alessia, Keith Priestley, & David McKenzie. (2002). Seismic Structure of the Middle East.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 3 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David. (2000). Velocity Fields and Structure above LDE arcades: Possible Observational Signatures of Reconnection. 31.
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Orth, Robert G., et al.. (1998). Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethylene by Iron Bimetallics. 122–127. 1 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David. (1989). Stress Fracture of the Rib in an Elite Oarsman. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 10(3). 220–222. 28 indexed citations
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McKenzie, David, et al.. (1969). Removal of sulfur oxides from flue gas. [Regeneration of molten alkali metal carbonate absorbent]. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 61(2). 411–9. 1 indexed citations
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Mayer, Svea, William S. Ginell, & David McKenzie. (1959). FUSED OXIDE REACTOR FUELS. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 1 indexed citations

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