H. O. Funsten

23.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
277 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

H. O. Funsten is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, H. O. Funsten has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 219 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 55 papers in Geophysics and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in H. O. Funsten's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (166 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (161 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (84 papers). H. O. Funsten is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (166 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (161 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (84 papers). H. O. Funsten collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Poland. H. O. Funsten's co-authors include D. J. McComas, N. A. Schwadron, H. E. Spence, Joseph E. Borovsky, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake, R. M. Skoug, M. A. Dayeh and S. A. Fuselier and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

H. O. Funsten

266 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Electron Acceleration in the Heart of the Van Allen Radiation Belts

2013 458 citations G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H. O. Funsten United States	52	8.2k	2.0k	1.5k	948	851	277	9.2k
W. K. Peterson United States	52	8.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	2.7k 1.8×	708 0.7×	791 0.9×	222	9.4k
S. A. Fuselier United States	59	12.5k 1.5×	1.6k 0.8×	3.6k 2.4×	1.5k 1.6×	982 1.2×	479	13.0k
R. C. Elphic United States	61	12.6k 1.5×	1.5k 0.8×	3.3k 2.2×	1.0k 1.1×	767 0.9×	274	13.3k
R. F. Pfaff United States	45	6.1k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	402 0.4×	1.5k 1.7×	232	7.2k
L. J. Lanzerotti United States	59	13.1k 1.6×	3.7k 1.9×	4.5k 3.0×	875 0.9×	845 1.0×	567	14.7k
Joseph E. Borovsky United States	55	9.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	4.8k 3.2×	523 0.6×	564 0.7×	256	9.9k
G. Gloeckler United States	70	15.6k 1.9×	1.5k 0.7×	3.0k 2.0×	818 0.9×	1.9k 2.2×	424	16.1k
Y. Saito Japan	47	8.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	3.3k 2.2×	265 0.3×	833 1.0×	321	8.4k
R. P. Lin United States	76	20.4k 2.5×	1.9k 1.0×	4.4k 2.9×	1.1k 1.2×	1.9k 2.3×	517	21.3k
J. B. Blake United States	69	15.1k 1.8×	6.2k 3.2×	3.5k 2.3×	1.5k 1.6×	943 1.1×	441	15.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. O. Funsten

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McComas, D. J., Lauren J. Beesley, M. Bzowski, et al.. (2024). Fourteen Years of Energetic Neutral Atom Observations from IBEX. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 270(2). 17–17. 15 indexed citations

Fuselier, S. A., S. M. Petrinec, K. J. Trattner, et al.. (2023). Plasma Properties in the Earth's Magnetosheath Near the Subsolar Magnetopause: Implications for Geocoronal Density Estimates. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(20). 1 indexed citations

Frisch, P. C., V. Piirola, Carl Heiles, et al.. (2022). Whence the Interstellar Magnetic Field Shaping the Heliosphere?. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 259(2). 48–48. 10 indexed citations

Li, Jinxing, Jacob Bortnik, Qianli Ma, et al.. (2021). Multipoint Observations of Quasiperiodic Emission Intensification and Effects on Energetic Electron Precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(2). 6 indexed citations

Boyd, A. J., H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, et al.. (2021). RBSP‐ECT Combined Pitch Angle Resolved Electron Flux Data Product. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(3). 16 indexed citations

Swaczyna, P., E. J. Zirnstein, M. A. Dayeh, et al.. (2021). IBEX Ribbon Separation Using Spherical Harmonic Decomposition of the Globally Distributed Flux. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 258(1). 6–6. 15 indexed citations

Fuselier, S. A., M. A. Dayeh, André Galli, et al.. (2020). Neutral Atom Imaging of the Solar Wind‐Magnetosphere‐Exosphere Interaction Near the Subsolar Magnetopause. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(19). e2020GL089362–e2020GL089362. 22 indexed citations

Ren, Jie, Qiugang Zong, Chao Yue, et al.. (2020). Simultaneously Formed Wedge‐Like Structures of Different Ion Species Deep in the Inner Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(12). 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Hong, R. H. Friedel, Yue Chen, et al.. (2020). Equatorial Pitch Angle Distributions of 1–50 keV Electrons in Earth's Inner Magnetosphere: An Empirical Model Based on the Van Allen Probes Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(1). 11 indexed citations

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Fernandes, P. A., H. O. Funsten, R. W. Harper, et al.. (2019). Low‐Resource Technique for Measurement of H⁺ and O⁺ in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(11). 9137–9153. 4 indexed citations

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Ren, Jie, Qiugang Zong, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, et al.. (2019). Cold Plasmaspheric Electrons Affected by ULF Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere: A Van Allen Probes Statistical Study. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(10). 7954–7965. 19 indexed citations

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Boyd, A. J., G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, et al.. (2019). RBSP‐ECT Combined Spin‐Averaged Electron Flux Data Product. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(11). 9124–9136. 41 indexed citations

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Ren, Jie, Qiugang Zong, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, et al.. (2018). A Comparative Study of ULF Waves' Role in the Dynamics of Charged Particles in the Plasmasphere: Van Allen Probes Observation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(7). 5334–5343. 19 indexed citations

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Fernandes, P. A., B. Larsen, M. F. Thomsen, et al.. (2017). The plasma environment inside geostationary orbit: A Van Allen Probes HOPE survey. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(9). 9207–9227. 35 indexed citations

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Ren, Jie, Qiugang Zong, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, et al.. (2017). Low‐Energy (<200 eV) Electron Acceleration by ULF Waves in the Plasmaspheric Boundary Layer: Van Allen Probes Observation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(10). 9969–9982. 26 indexed citations

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Yang, Chang, Zhenpeng Su, Fuliang Xiao, et al.. (2017). A positive correlation between energetic electron butterfly distributions and magnetosonic waves in the radiation belt slot region. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(9). 3980–3990. 27 indexed citations

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Liu, Nigang, Zhenpeng Su, Zhonglei Gao, et al.. (2016). Simultaneous disappearances of plasmaspheric hiss, exohiss, and chorus waves triggered by a sudden decrease in solar wind dynamic pressure. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(1). 52–61. 28 indexed citations

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Spence, H. E., et al.. (2016). Energetic electron spectral features in the inner magnetosphere. AGUFM. 1 indexed citations

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Su, Zhenpeng, Hui Zhu, Fuliang Xiao, et al.. (2014). Quantifying the relative contributions of substorm injections and chorus waves to the rapid outward extension of electron radiation belt. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 119(12). 38 indexed citations

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Funsten, H. O., D. J. McComas, & M. Gruntman. (1998). Neutral atom imaging: UV rejection techniques. Geophysical monograph. 103. 251–256. 2 indexed citations

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