Ilkka Virtanen

594 total citations
50 papers, 301 citations indexed

About

Ilkka Virtanen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ilkka Virtanen has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 301 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 12 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Ilkka Virtanen's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (35 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (17 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (14 papers). Ilkka Virtanen is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (35 papers), GNSS positioning and interference (17 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (14 papers). Ilkka Virtanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Japan and United States. Ilkka Virtanen's co-authors include Juha Vierinen, Anita Aikio, Markku Lehtinen, T. Nygrén, Mirela Voiculescu, Heikki Vanhamäki, Lei Cai, Antti Kero, Lassi Roininen and Shin‐ichiro Oyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Tetrahedron Letters and Carbohydrate Research.

In The Last Decade

Ilkka Virtanen

45 papers receiving 286 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ilkka Virtanen Finland 10 234 96 86 62 33 50 301
J. M. Holmes United States 12 196 0.8× 86 0.9× 44 0.5× 32 0.5× 76 2.3× 32 292
Erling Nielsen Germany 10 418 1.8× 57 0.6× 147 1.7× 109 1.8× 30 0.9× 22 447
Yikai Hsieh Japan 12 289 1.2× 35 0.4× 170 2.0× 66 1.1× 28 0.8× 23 371
C. Y. Chen Taiwan 10 192 0.8× 80 0.8× 347 4.0× 45 0.7× 27 0.8× 14 491
G. Ya. Smolkov Russia 10 367 1.6× 108 1.1× 112 1.3× 112 1.8× 12 0.4× 30 409
Ivan Nesterov Russia 12 250 1.1× 88 0.9× 203 2.4× 60 1.0× 10 0.3× 21 303
M. González Spain 13 326 1.4× 117 1.2× 99 1.2× 28 0.5× 44 1.3× 36 365
B. Kunduri United States 12 380 1.6× 105 1.1× 184 2.1× 122 2.0× 21 0.6× 33 391
S. E. Thonnard United States 13 365 1.6× 107 1.1× 109 1.3× 36 0.6× 141 4.3× 43 392
Artem Smirnov Germany 10 295 1.3× 70 0.7× 159 1.8× 87 1.4× 19 0.6× 34 334

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ilkka Virtanen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Virtanen, Ilkka, Bea Gallardo‐Lacourt, M. Syrjäsuo, et al.. (2025). First observations of continuum emission in dayside aurora. Annales Geophysicae. 43(2). 349–367.
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Hatch, Spencer, et al.. (2025). Toolkit for incoherent scatter radar experiment design and applications to EISCAT_3D. Annales Geophysicae. 43(2). 633–649.
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Gustavsson, B., Juha Vierinen, Andreas Kvammen, et al.. (2025). Simulation of interferometric imaging with EISCAT_3D for fine-scale in-beam incoherent scatter spectra measurements. Annales Geophysicae. 43(1). 99–113. 1 indexed citations
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Kero, Antti, et al.. (2025). D‐Region Ion‐Neutral Collision Frequency Observed by Incoherent Scatter Spectral Width Combined With LIDAR Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(3).
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Aikio, Anita, Heikki Vanhamäki, Ilkka Virtanen, et al.. (2024). EISCAT Observations of Depleted High‐Latitude F ‐Region During an HSS/SIR‐Driven Magnetic Storm. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(9). 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Lei, Anita Aikio, Shin‐ichiro Oyama, et al.. (2024). Effect of Polar Cap Patches on the High‐Latitude Upper Thermospheric Winds. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(8). 2 indexed citations
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Grandin, Maxime, Noora Partamies, & Ilkka Virtanen. (2024). Statistical comparison of electron precipitation during auroral breakups occurring either near the open–closed field line boundary or in the central part of the auroral oval. Annales Geophysicae. 42(2). 355–369. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Lei, Anita Aikio, Heikki Vanhamäki, et al.. (2024). Ionospheric Conductances Due To Electron and Ion Precipitations: A Comparison Between EISCAT and DMSP Estimates. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(2). 7 indexed citations
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Reistad, Jone Peter, Spencer Hatch, K. M. Laundal, et al.. (2024). Volumetric Reconstruction of Ionospheric Electric Currents From Tri‐Static Incoherent Scatter Radar Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(8). 1 indexed citations
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Aikio, Anita, Lei Cai, Heikki Vanhamäki, et al.. (2024). Total Electron Content Variations During an HSS/SIR‐Driven Geomagnetic Storm at High and Mid Latitudes. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(12). 1 indexed citations
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Sarris, T. E., et al.. (2023). A Comparative Assessment of the Distribution of Joule Heating in Altitude as Estimated in TIE‐GCM and EISCAT Over One Solar Cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(12). 3 indexed citations
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Oyama, Shin‐ichiro, Anita Aikio, Takeshi Sakanoi, et al.. (2023). Geomagnetic activity dependence and dawn-dusk asymmetry of thermospheric winds from 9-year measurements with a Fabry–Perot interferometer in Tromsø, Norway. Earth Planets and Space. 75(1). 7 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Ilkka, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of Auroral Electron Precipitation at Geomagnetic Latitude 67° Over Tromsø. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(7). 7 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Ilkka, et al.. (2022). Precipitating Electron Energy Spectra and Auroral Power Estimation by Incoherent Scatter Radar With High Temporal Resolution. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(4). 4 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Ilkka, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical deconvolution for incoherent scatter radar data. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(12). 3843–3857. 1 indexed citations
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Kozlovsky, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Improved method of estimating temperatures at meteor peak heights. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(6). 4157–4169. 4 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Ilkka, et al.. (2021). Bayesian Filtering in Incoherent Scatter Plasma Parameter Fits. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(3). 8 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Ilkka, B. Gustavsson, Anita Aikio, et al.. (2018). Electron Energy Spectrum and Auroral Power Estimation From Incoherent Scatter Radar Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(8). 6865–6887. 8 indexed citations
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Norberg, Johannes, Ilkka Virtanen, Lassi Roininen, et al.. (2016). Bayesian statistical ionospheric tomography improved by incorporating ionosonde measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(4). 1859–1869. 11 indexed citations
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Virtanen, Ilkka, D. McKay‐Bukowski, Juha Vierinen, et al.. (2014). Plasma parameter estimation from multistatic, multibeam incoherent scatter data. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 119(12). 12 indexed citations

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