H. Lühr

25.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
408 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

H. Lühr is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, H. Lühr has authored 408 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 383 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 254 papers in Molecular Biology and 112 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in H. Lühr's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (369 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (284 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (254 papers). H. Lühr is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (369 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (284 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (254 papers). H. Lühr collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. H. Lühr's co-authors include G. Paschmann, W. Baumjohann, S. Maus, Chao Xiong, M. Rother, Claudia Stolle, E. Friis‐Christensen, P. Schwintzer, Huixin Liu and N. Sckopke and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

H. Lühr

400 papers receiving 16.9k 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.

Bursty bulk flows in the inner central plasma sheet

1992 920 citations H. Lühr et al. profile →
CHAMP mission status

2002 602 citations H. Lühr, P. Schwintzer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
H. Lühr	16.5k	9.3k	6.0k	2.7k	2.3k	408	18.3k
D. J. Stevenson	10.2k 0.6×	3.6k 0.4×	5.8k 1.0×	616 0.2×	493 0.2×	274	15.6k
B. T. Tsurutani	26.9k 1.6×	11.7k 1.3×	7.4k 1.2×	612 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	544	27.8k
M. Lockwood	13.1k 0.8×	6.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	421	15.0k
David E. Smith	14.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.2×	1.8k 0.3×	1.9k 0.7×	3.2k 1.4×	373	15.8k
L. J. Lanzerotti	13.1k 0.8×	4.5k 0.5×	3.7k 0.6×	294 0.1×	525 0.2×	567	14.7k
T. Mukai	12.1k 0.7×	5.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.4×	371 0.1×	539 0.2×	467	13.1k
W. D. González	13.6k 0.8×	7.3k 0.8×	4.0k 0.7×	417 0.2×	895 0.4×	285	14.2k
A. D. Richmond	14.2k 0.9×	6.2k 0.7×	5.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	226	14.7k
D. J. McComas	26.6k 1.6×	7.1k 0.8×	2.5k 0.4×	803 0.3×	460 0.2×	765	28.1k
N. F. Ness	21.0k 1.3×	9.0k 1.0×	1.4k 0.2×	610 0.2×	338 0.1×	382	21.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. Lühr

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All Works

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Lühr, H. & Yunliang Zhou. (2025). Small-scale and mesoscale field-aligned auroral current structures: their spatial and temporal characteristics deduced by the Swarm constellation. Annales Geophysicae. 43(2). 447–468. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Yunliang & H. Lühr. (2025). Properties of large-amplitude kilometer-scale field-aligned currents at auroral latitudes, as derived from Swarm satellites. Annales Geophysicae. 43(2). 667–686.

Zhou, Yunliang, H. Lühr, & Jan Rauberg. (2024). Horizontal Scales of Small‐ and Meso‐Scale Field‐Aligned Current Structures at Middle and Low Latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(8). 2 indexed citations

Pan, Qian, Chao Xiong, H. Lühr, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning Based Modeling of Thermospheric Mass Density. Space Weather. 22(5). 5 indexed citations

Lühr, H., et al.. (2023). Global Characteristics of Improved Interhemispheric Field‐Aligned Currents and of F‐Region Meridional Currents Observed by the Swarm Dual‐Spacecraft. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(2). 3 indexed citations

Xiong, Chao, et al.. (2023). Influence of the Polar Electrojet on Field‐Aligned Current Estimates From Single Satellite Magnetic Field Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(7). 2 indexed citations

Smirnov, Artem, Yuri Shprits, Irina Zhelavskaya, et al.. (2021). Intercalibration of the Plasma Density Measurements in Earth's Topside Ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(10). 27 indexed citations

Lühr, H., Yunliang Zhou, & Patrick Alken. (2021). Short‐Term Variability of Equatorial Electrojet Modulation by Solar Tidal and Planetary Waves, as Derived From the Swarm Constellation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(5). 9 indexed citations

Lühr, H. & Yunliang Zhou. (2020). Relation between the asymmetric ring current effect and the anti-sunward auroral currents, as deduced from CHAMP observations. Annales Geophysicae. 38(3). 749–764. 4 indexed citations

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Park, Jaeheung, H. Lühr, & Yosuke Yamazaki. (2020). Closure of F Region Dynamo Currents: Revisiting CHAMP Magnetic Field Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(11). 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunliang, H. Lühr, & Patrick Alken. (2020). Average Ionospheric Middle and Low Latitudes Nighttime Zonal Currents Deduced From CHAMP. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(8). 8 indexed citations

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Park, Jaeheung, Yosuke Yamazaki, & H. Lühr. (2020). Latitude Dependence of Interhemispheric Field‐Aligned Currents (IHFACs) as Observed by the Swarm Constellation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(2). 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chi, Congcong Shen, M. W. Dunlop, et al.. (2019). Near Earth Vortices Driving of Field Aligned Currents Based on Magnetosphere Multiscale and Swarm Observations. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 39(1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

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Rodríguez‐Zuluaga, J., Claudia Stolle, Yosuke Yamazaki, et al.. (2019). On the Balance Between Plasma and Magnetic Pressure Across Equatorial Plasma Depletions. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(7). 5936–5944. 12 indexed citations

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Xiong, Chao, et al.. (2019). Long‐Lasting Latitudinal Four‐Peak Structure in the Nighttime Ionosphere Observed by the Swarm Constellation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(11). 9335–9347. 25 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunliang, H. Lühr, & Patrick Alken. (2018). The Sidebands of the Equatorial Electrojet: General Characteristic of the Westward Currents, as Deduced From CHAMP. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(2). 1457–1476. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yunliang & H. Lühr. (2017). Net ionospheric currents closing field‐aligned currents in the auroral region: CHAMP results. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(4). 4436–4449. 11 indexed citations

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Xiong, Chao, Yunliang Zhou, H. Lühr, & Shuying Ma. (2015). Tidal signatures of the thermospheric mass density and zonal wind at midlatitude: CHAMP and GRACE observations. Annales Geophysicae. 33(2). 185–196. 19 indexed citations

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Xiong, Chao, H. Lühr, & Claudia Stolle. (2014). Seasonal and latitudinal variations of the electron density nonmigrating tidal spectrum in the topside ionospheric F region as resolved from CHAMP observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 119(12). 13 indexed citations

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Schwintzer, P., et al.. (1999). The CHAMP geopotential mission. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 41 indexed citations

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