H. E. Spence

25.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
455 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

H. E. Spence is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, H. E. Spence has authored 455 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 438 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 156 papers in Geophysics and 108 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in H. E. Spence's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (369 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (352 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (154 papers). H. E. Spence is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (369 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (352 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (154 papers). H. E. Spence collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. H. E. Spence's co-authors include G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake, C. A. Kletzing, S. G. Claudepierre, J. F. Fennell, W. S. Kŭrth, L. Kepko, R. M. Thorne and H. O. Funsten and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

H. E. Spence

448 papers receiving 16.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Rapid local acceleration of relativistic radiation-belt electrons by magnetospheric chorus

2013 623 citations Qianli Ma, D. N. Baker et al. profile →
Electron Acceleration in the Heart of the Van Allen Radiation Belts

2013 458 citations G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence et al. profile →
Effect of EMIC waves on relativistic and ultrarelativistic electron populations: Ground‐based and Van Allen Probes observations

2014 299 citations D. L. Turner, D. N. Baker et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by H. E. Spence

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. E. Spence

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of H. E. Spence. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of H. E. Spence based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with H. E. Spence. H. E. Spence is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Statistical Analysis of Van Allen Probes‐B Observations of Stable Auroral Red Arc Intervals in the Overlap Region Between the Plasmasphere and the Ring Current 2025 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·(unknown), K. Shiokawa, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, C. W. Smith, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves	0
2	Substorm Influences on Plasma Pressure and Current Densities Inside the Geosynchronous Orbit 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·(unknown), Chao Yue, Qiugang Zong, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, Yiqun Yu, (unknown), Jianjun Liu, Zejun Hu, Huigen Yang, G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, A. J. Gerrard, M. Gkioulidou, D. G. Mitchell	7
3	Simultaneous Pulsating Aurora and Microburst Observations With Ground‐Based Fast Auroral Imagers and CubeSat FIREBIRD‐II 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Takeshi Sakanoi, (unknown), Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Keisuke Hosokawa, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Yuto Katoh, Yasunobu Ogawa, Kazushi Asamura, Shinji Saito, H. E. Spence, A. Johnson, Shin‐ichiro Oyama, Urban Brändström	16
4	The Energy Spectra of Electron Microbursts Between 200 keV and 1 MeV 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·A. Johnson, Mykhaylo Shumko, J. G. Sample, (unknown), D. M. Klumpar, H. E. Spence, J. B. Blake	8
5	Long‐Term Observations of Galactic Cosmic Ray LET Spectra in Lunar Orbit by LRO/CRaTER 2020 ·Space Weather ·M. D. Looper, Joanna Mazur, J. B. Blake, H. E. Spence, N. A. Schwadron, J. K. Wilson, A. P. Jordan, C. Zeitlin, A. W. Case, J. C. Kasper, Lawrence W. Townsend, T. J. Stubbs	4
6	A Short‐lived Three‐Belt Structure for sub‐MeV Electrons in the Van Allen Belts: Time Scale and Energy Dependence 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Yixin Hao, Qiugang Zong, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, Hong Zou, R. Rankin, (unknown), Xingran Chen, Ying Liu, S. Y. Fu, D. N. Baker, H. E. Spence, J. B. Blake, G. D. Reeves, S. G. Claudepierre	9
7	Generation of EMIC Waves and Effects on Particle Precipitation During a Solar Wind Pressure Intensification With B_z>0 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·M. Lessard, K. W. Paulson, H. E. Spence, (unknown), M. J. Engebretson, R. M. Millan, L. A. Woodger, Alexa Halford, R. B. Horne, Craig J. Rodger, Aaron T. Hendry	20
8	The Storm Time Development of Source Electrons and Chorus Wave Activity During CME‐ and CIR‐Driven Storms 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·(unknown), C. Mouikis, L. M. Kistler, K. W. Paulson, C. J. Farrugia, C. Huang, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, C. A. Kletzing	15
9	Van Allen Probes observation of plasmaspheric hiss modulated by injected energetic electrons 2018 ·Annales Geophysicae ·Run Shi, Wen Li, Qianli Ma, S. G. Claudepierre, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kŭrth, G. B. Hospodarsky, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, J. F. Fennell, J. B. Blake, S. A. Thaller, J. R. Wygant	9
10	What Causes Radiation Belt Enhancements: A Survey of the Van Allen Probes Era 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·A. J. Boyd, D. L. Turner, G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake	71
11	Rapid Loss of Radiation Belt Relativistic Electrons by EMIC Waves 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Zhenpeng Su, Zhonglei Gao, Huinan Zheng, Yuming Wang, Shui Wang, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. R. Wygant	41
12	Ion Bernstein instability as a possible source for oxygen ion cyclotron harmonic waves 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Kyungguk Min, R. E. Denton, Kaijun Liu, S. Peter Gary, H. E. Spence	20
13	Low‐Energy (<200 eV) Electron Acceleration by ULF Waves in the Plasmaspheric Boundary Layer: Van Allen Probes Observation 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Jie Ren, Qiugang Zong, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, (unknown), R. Rankin, Chao Yue, H. E. Spence, H. O. Funsten, J. R. Wygant, C. A. Kletzing	26
14	Statistical analysis of MMS observations of energetic electron escape observed at/beyond the dayside magnetopause 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·I. J. Cohen, B. H. Mauk, B. J. Anderson, J. H. Westlake, D. G. Sibeck, D. L. Turner, J. F. Fennell, (unknown), A. N. Jaynes, T. Leonard, D. N. Baker, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, B. L. Giles, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch	11
15	Simultaneous disappearances of plasmaspheric hiss, exohiss, and chorus waves triggered by a sudden decrease in solar wind dynamic pressure 2016 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Nigang Liu, Zhenpeng Su, Zhonglei Gao, Huinan Zheng, Yuming Wang, Shui Wang, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake, H. O. Funsten, J. R. Wygant	28
16	Shock‐induced prompt relativistic electron acceleration in the inner magnetosphere 2015 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·J. C. Foster, J. R. Wygant, M. K. Hudson, A. J. Boyd, D. N. Baker, P. J. Erickson, H. E. Spence	103
17	On the use of drift echoes to characterize on‐orbit sensor discrepancies 2015 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·T. P. O’Brien, S. G. Claudepierre, M. D. Looper, J. B. Blake, J. F. Fennell, J. H. Clemmons, J. L. Roeder, S. G. Kanekal, J. W. Manweiler, D. G. Mitchell, M. Gkioulidou, L. J. Lanzerotti, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker	9
18	PARTICLE ACCELERATION AT LOW CORONAL COMPRESSION REGIONS AND SHOCKS 2015 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·N. A. Schwadron, (unknown), (unknown), Noé Lugaz, H. E. Spence, M. I. Desai, Tibor Török, Cooper Downs, J. A. Linker, R. Lionello, Z. Mikić, Pete Riley, J. Giacalone, J. R. Jokipii, J. Kóta, Kamen Kozarev	43
19	Analysis of the potential radiation hazard of the 23 July 2012 SEP event observed by STEREO A using the EMMREM model and LRO/CRaTER 2015 ·Space Weather ·C. J. Joyce, N. A. Schwadron, Lawrence W. Townsend, R. A. Mewaldt, C. M. S. Cohen, T. T. von Rosenvinge, A. W. Case, H. E. Spence, J. K. Wilson, (unknown), M. Quinn, C. Zeitlin	6
20	Quantifying the relative contributions of substorm injections and chorus waves to the rapid outward extension of electron radiation belt 2014 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Zhenpeng Su, Hui Zhu, Fuliang Xiao, Huinan Zheng, Yuming Wang, Qiugang Zong, Zhaoguo He, Chao Shen, Min Zhang, Shui Wang, C. A. Kletzing, W. S. Kŭrth, G. B. Hospodarsky, H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, H. O. Funsten, J. B. Blake, D. N. Baker	38

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