E.V. Appleton

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

E.V. Appleton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, E.V. Appleton has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in E.V. Appleton's work include Earthquake Detection and Analysis (9 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (8 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (6 papers). E.V. Appleton is often cited by papers focused on Earthquake Detection and Analysis (9 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (8 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (6 papers). E.V. Appleton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. E.V. Appleton's co-authors include W. R. Piggott, A. J. Lyon, W.J.G. Beynon and C. Domb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and American Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

E.V. Appleton

42 papers receiving 1.7k 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 structure of atmospheric turbulence

1964 803 citations E.V. Appleton Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics profile →
Optics and spectroscopy

1960 355 citations E.V. Appleton Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
E.V. Appleton United Kingdom	17	851	472	395	325	296	47	2.2k
J. Weinstock United States	27	1.4k 1.7×	736 1.6×	173 0.4×	258 0.8×	238 0.8×	90	2.3k
Willem V. R. Malkus United States	16	650 0.8×	320 0.7×	217 0.5×	266 0.8×	177 0.6×	39	2.4k
S. Snowdon United States	8	286 0.3×	588 1.2×	177 0.4×	639 2.0×	49 0.2×	25	2.8k
Edward R. Benton United States	17	445 0.5×	886 1.9×	345 0.9×	362 1.1×	317 1.1×	43	3.5k
R. J. Donnelly United States	30	356 0.4×	283 0.6×	247 0.6×	344 1.1×	161 0.5×	90	3.0k
K. Lumme Finland	24	1.5k 1.7×	658 1.4×	141 0.4×	706 2.2×	147 0.5×	103	2.5k
George Veronis United States	27	450 0.5×	690 1.5×	155 0.4×	604 1.9×	121 0.4×	95	3.4k
J.-F. Pinton France	29	657 0.8×	189 0.4×	298 0.8×	261 0.8×	97 0.3×	62	2.7k
Sydney Chapman United States	29	2.8k 3.3×	812 1.7×	77 0.2×	356 1.1×	694 2.3×	93	6.4k
Louis N. Howard United States	17	347 0.4×	684 1.4×	199 0.5×	438 1.3×	42 0.1×	38	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E.V. Appleton

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Appleton, E.V.. (1965). Natural electromagnetic phenomena below 80 kc/s. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 27(3). 431–431. 6 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1965). Arctic communications. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 27(2). 278–278. 4 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1965). Shortage of Science Applicants to Universities. Nature. 205(4968). 232–233. 1 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1964). Propagation of radio waves. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 26(9). 947–947. 25 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1964). Electromagnetic scattering. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 26(9). 945–946. 77 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1963). Meteorological and astronomical influences on radio wave propagation. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 25(12). 745–745. 58 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1963). Radio Astronomical and Satellite Studies of the Atmosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 25(9). 551–552. 26 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1963). Ionospheric Consequences of the Earth's Orbital Eccentricity. Nature. 197(4874). 1239–1240. 10 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1963). Electron density profiles in the ionosphere and exosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 25(5). 309–309. 85 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1962). The physical principles of astronautics. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 24(4). 328–328. 7 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1962). Radio and the Ionosphere. Nature. 195(4838). 225–226. 2 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1961). Satellite environment handbook. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 22(3). 225–225. 38 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1961). Electromagnetic wave propagation. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 20(2-3). 222–223. 50 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1960). Equatorial anomalies in the F2 layer of the ionosphere. 3. 2 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1960). Optics and spectroscopy. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 18(1). 86–86. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Appleton, E.V.. (1959). Advances in geophysics, Vol. 4. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 13(3-4). 384–384. 8 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1959). Cosmic electrodynamics. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 17(1-2). 179–179. 174 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1958). Polar Atmosphere Symposium: Part II Ionospheric Section. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 12(4). 346–346. 1 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V., et al.. (1955). Distortion of the E Layer of the Ionosphere by Electrical Currents Flowing in it. Nature. 176(4489). 897–899. 21 indexed citations

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Appleton, E.V.. (1953). A note on the “sluggishness” of the ionosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics. 3(5). 282–284. 64 indexed citations

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