J. B. Blake

24.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
441 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

J. B. Blake is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Blake has authored 441 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 400 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 128 papers in Geophysics and 82 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in J. B. Blake's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (342 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (335 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (125 papers). J. B. Blake is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (342 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (335 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (125 papers). J. B. Blake collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. J. B. Blake's co-authors include D. N. Baker, G. D. Reeves, H. E. Spence, J. F. Fennell, S. G. Claudepierre, R. S. Selesnick, M. D. Looper, C. A. Kletzing, S. G. Kanekal and J. R. Wygant and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Blake

426 papers receiving 14.8k 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 Binbin Ni, Qianli Ma 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 →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. B. Blake United States	69	15.1k	6.2k	3.5k	1.5k	943	441	15.8k
H. E. Spence United States	69	16.3k 1.1×	6.5k 1.1×	4.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	831 0.9×	455	16.8k
R. B. Horne United Kingdom	86	21.2k 1.4×	10.4k 1.7×	4.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	344	21.8k
Yuri Shprits United States	59	10.8k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	613 0.7×	259	11.1k
C. A. Kletzing United States	64	14.4k 1.0×	6.6k 1.1×	3.6k 1.1×	934 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	330	14.6k
G. K. Parks United States	55	10.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.4×	4.0k 1.1×	735 0.5×	992 1.1×	345	10.7k
H. O. Funsten United States	52	8.2k 0.5×	2.0k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	948 0.6×	851 0.9×	277	9.2k
D. G. Mitchell United States	56	11.4k 0.8×	1.9k 0.3×	5.3k 1.5×	885 0.6×	549 0.6×	425	12.3k
A. F. Nagy United States	58	11.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.3×	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	223 0.2×	230	12.0k
J. F. Fennell United States	51	8.1k 0.5×	3.5k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	603 0.4×	434 0.5×	162	8.3k
W. S. Kŭrth United States	73	22.5k 1.5×	5.0k 0.8×	7.0k 2.0×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.3×	728	23.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jaynes, A. N., D. L. Turner, Christine Gabrielse, et al.. (2023). A comparison of energetic particle energization observations at MMS and injections at Van Allen Probes. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 9. 2 indexed citations

Xie, Lun, S. Y. Fu, Z. Y. Pu, et al.. (2022). Energetic Electron Microinjections Observed by MMS in the Dusk Plasma Sheet and Drift Resonance Interpretation. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(13). 1 indexed citations

Johnson, A., Mykhaylo Shumko, J. G. Sample, et al.. (2021). The Energy Spectra of Electron Microbursts Between 200 keV and 1 MeV. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(11). 8 indexed citations

Hao, Yixin, Qiugang Zong, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, et al.. (2021). Origin of Electron Boomerang Stripes: Statistical Study. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(11). 8 indexed citations

Claudepierre, S. G., Qianli Ma, Jacob Bortnik, et al.. (2020). Empirically Estimated Electron Lifetimes in the Earth's Radiation Belts: Comparison With Theory. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(3). e2019GL086056–e2019GL086056. 51 indexed citations

Miyoshi, Yoshizumi, Shinji Saito, Satoshi Kurita, et al.. (2020). Relativistic Electron Microbursts as High‐Energy Tail of Pulsating Aurora Electrons. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(21). 76 indexed citations

Shumko, Mykhaylo, A. Johnson, J. G. Sample, et al.. (2020). Electron Microburst Size Distribution Derived With AeroCube‐6. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(3). e2019JA027651–e2019JA027651. 27 indexed citations

Shumko, Mykhaylo, A. Johnson, T. P. O’Brien, et al.. (2020). Statistical Properties of Electron Curtain Precipitation Estimated With AeroCube‐6. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(12). e2020JA028462–e2020JA028462. 5 indexed citations

Looper, M. D., Joanna Mazur, J. B. Blake, et al.. (2020). Long‐Term Observations of Galactic Cosmic Ray LET Spectra in Lunar Orbit by LRO/CRaTER. Space Weather. 18(12). 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Justin, et al.. (2020). First On-Orbit Results from the AeroCube-10 Space Solar Cell Experiment. 1738–1741. 4 indexed citations

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Hao, Yixin, Qiugang Zong, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, et al.. (2020). A Short‐lived Three‐Belt Structure for sub‐MeV Electrons in the Van Allen Belts: Time Scale and Energy Dependence. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(9). 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hong, W. R. Johnston, D. N. Baker, et al.. (2019). Characterization and Evolution of Radiation Belt Electron Energy Spectra Based on the Van Allen Probes Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(6). 4217–4232. 29 indexed citations

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Shi, Run, Wen Li, Qianli Ma, et al.. (2018). Van Allen Probes observation of plasmaspheric hiss modulated by injected energetic electrons. Annales Geophysicae. 36(3). 781–791. 9 indexed citations

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Boyd, A. J., D. L. Turner, G. D. Reeves, et al.. (2018). What Causes Radiation Belt Enhancements: A Survey of the Van Allen Probes Era. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(11). 5253–5259. 71 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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Motoba, T., Kazue Takahashi, A. Y. Ukhorskiy, et al.. (2015). Link between premidnight second harmonic poloidal waves and auroral undulations: Conjugate observations with a Van Allen Probe spacecraft and a THEMIS all‐sky imager. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 120(3). 1814–1831. 18 indexed citations

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O’Brien, T. P., S. G. Claudepierre, M. D. Looper, et al.. (2015). On the use of drift echoes to characterize on‐orbit sensor discrepancies. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 120(3). 2076–2087. 9 indexed citations

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Jaynes, A. N., Q. Schiller, Lauren Blum, et al.. (2014). Evolution of relativistic outer belt electrons during an extended quiescent period. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 119(12). 9558–9566. 24 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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Zhao, Hong, Xinlin Li, J. B. Blake, et al.. (2014). Characteristics of pitch angle distributions of hundreds of keV electrons in the slot region and inner radiation belt. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 119(12). 9543–9557. 44 indexed citations

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