J. A. Ionson

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 927 citations indexed

About

J. A. Ionson is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Ionson has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 927 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 10 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 4 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in J. A. Ionson's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (21 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (18 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (6 papers). J. A. Ionson is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (21 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (18 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (6 papers). J. A. Ionson collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. J. A. Ionson's co-authors include M. Kuperus, D. S. Spicer, Gordon D. Holman, J. S. Scott, R. S. B. Ong, P. Hoyng, A. Duijveman, Ernest G. Fontheim, P. Morrison and J. C. Brandt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, The Astrophysical Journal and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Ionson

27 papers receiving 841 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.

Resonant absorption of Alfvenic surface waves and the heating of solar coronal loops

1978 435 citations J. A. Ionson The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. A. Ionson United States	11	885	275	217	57	43	27	927
R. S. Steinolfson United States	27	1.9k 2.2×	484 1.8×	428 2.0×	28 0.5×	28 0.7×	87	2.0k
G. Daigne France	10	471 0.5×	113 0.4×	44 0.2×	56 1.0×	31 0.7×	26	510
V. V. Zaitsev Russia	13	588 0.7×	149 0.5×	135 0.6×	27 0.5×	65 1.5×	58	625
Jason TenBarge United States	16	954 1.1×	261 0.9×	344 1.6×	39 0.7×	28 0.7×	31	1.0k
В. В. Зайцев Russia	15	747 0.8×	251 0.9×	123 0.6×	31 0.5×	54 1.3×	114	789
D. J. Southwood United Kingdom	16	1.3k 1.5×	833 3.0×	77 0.4×	27 0.5×	119 2.8×	38	1.4k
D. J. Wu China	16	884 1.0×	297 1.1×	137 0.6×	43 0.8×	73 1.7×	97	929
James Chen United States	19	1.4k 1.6×	544 2.0×	228 1.1×	27 0.5×	50 1.2×	35	1.4k
F. Mottez France	16	620 0.7×	175 0.6×	167 0.8×	88 1.5×	97 2.3×	50	675
L. J. C. Woolliscroft United Kingdom	13	709 0.8×	275 1.0×	109 0.5×	32 0.6×	146 3.4×	47	747

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Judge, P. G. & J. A. Ionson. (2024). The Problem of Coronal Heating. Astrophysics and space science library. 2 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1985). The heating of coronae. Solar Physics. 100(1-2). 289–308. 39 indexed citations

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Kuperus, M. & J. A. Ionson. (1985). Black hole accretion disks - Electrodynamic coupling of accretion-disk coronae and the partitioning of soft and hard X-ray emission. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 148(2). 309–311. 2 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1985). A Unified Theory of Coronal Heating. Symposium - International Astronomical Union. 107. 139–143. 1 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1985). Coronal heating by resonant (A.C.) and nonresonant (D.C.) mechanisms. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 146(2). 199–203. 9 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1984). A unified theory of electrodynamic coupling in coronal magnetic loops - The coronal heating problem. The Astrophysical Journal. 276. 357–357. 37 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1983). Electrodynamic coupling in magnetically confined X-ray plasmas of astrophysical origin. The Astrophysical Journal. 271. 778–778. 17 indexed citations

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Morrison, P. & J. A. Ionson. (1982). Temperature gradient and electric field driven electrostatic instabilities. The Physics of Fluids. 25(7). 1183–1186. 5 indexed citations

9.

Ionson, J. A.. (1982). Resonant electrodynamic heating of stellar coronal loops - an LRC circuit analog. The Astrophysical Journal. 254. 318–318. 92 indexed citations

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Duijveman, A., P. Hoyng, & J. A. Ionson. (1981). Fast plasma heating by anomalous and inertial resistivity effects in the solar atmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal. 245. 721–721. 35 indexed citations

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Scott, J. S., Gordon D. Holman, J. A. Ionson, & K. Papadopoulos. (1980). The heating of gas in clusters of galaxies by relativistic electrons - Collective effects. The Astrophysical Journal. 239. 769–769. 10 indexed citations

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Scott, J. S., P. Morrison, Gordon D. Holman, David Eichler, & J. A. Ionson. (1979). On the Escape of Cosmic Rays from Supernova Remnants. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 2. 123. 1 indexed citations

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Stencel, R. E. & J. A. Ionson. (1979). Stellar magnetic fields - The role of a magnetic field in the peculiar M giant, HD 4174. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 91. 452–452. 3 indexed citations

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Holman, Gordon D., P. Morrison, J. S. Scott, & J. A. Ionson. (1979). Super-Alfvenic particle streaming in astrophysical settings. AIP conference proceedings. 56. 329–332. 7 indexed citations

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Holman, Gordon D., J. A. Ionson, & J. S. Scott. (1979). Particle streaming - Is the Alfven velocity the ultimate speed limit. The Astrophysical Journal. 228. 576–576. 38 indexed citations

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Fontheim, Ernest G., R. S. B. Ong, R. G. Roble, et al.. (1978). Effect of anomalous transport coefficients on the thermal structure of the storm time auroral ionosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 83(A10). 4831–4836. 9 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1978). Resonant absorption of Alfvenic surface waves and the heating of solar coronal loops. The Astrophysical Journal. 226. 650–650. 435 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ionson, J. A.. (1977). Nonlinear saturation of the Buneman instability. Physics Letters A. 60(1). 27–28. 5 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A.. (1976). Anomalous resistivity resulting from electrostatic ion cyclotron turbulence. Physics Letters A. 58(2). 105–107. 10 indexed citations

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Ionson, J. A., R. S. B. Ong, & Ernest G. Fontheim. (1976). Anomalous resistivity of the auroral plasma in the top‐side ionosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 3(9). 549–552. 16 indexed citations

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