J. Giacalone

8.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
177 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

J. Giacalone is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Giacalone has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 168 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 62 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in J. Giacalone's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (159 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (91 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (72 papers). J. Giacalone is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (159 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (91 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (72 papers). J. Giacalone collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. J. Giacalone's co-authors include J. R. Jokipii, M. I. Desai, J. Kóta, D. Burgess, Joanna Mazur, S. J. Schwartz, Donald C. Ellison, M. Neugebauer, Fan Guo and R. A. Mewaldt and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

J. Giacalone

162 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

The Transport of Cosmic Rays across a Turbulent Magnetic Field

1999 551 citations J. Giacalone, J. R. Jokipii The Astrophysical Journal profile →
Large gradual solar energetic particle events

2016 317 citations M. I. Desai, J. Giacalone profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Giacalone United States	34	4.5k	1.5k	363	304	171	177	4.6k
J. A. le Roux United States	34	3.2k 0.7×	803 0.5×	343 0.9×	270 0.9×	273 1.6×	156	3.3k
Gang Li United States	30	3.1k 0.7×	580 0.4×	411 1.1×	270 0.9×	161 0.9×	193	3.3k
R. B. Decker United States	29	3.8k 0.8×	719 0.5×	389 1.1×	169 0.6×	150 0.9×	128	3.9k
A. Shalchi Canada	32	3.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	462 1.3×	288 0.9×	156 0.9×	155	3.2k
A. C. Cummings United States	37	4.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	248 0.7×	232 0.8×	442 2.6×	183	5.2k
E. R. Christian United States	24	3.5k 0.8×	819 0.5×	520 1.4×	241 0.8×	215 1.3×	116	3.9k
Rami Vainio Finland	30	3.1k 0.7×	556 0.4×	345 1.0×	249 0.8×	144 0.8×	207	3.3k
J. Kóta United States	27	3.4k 0.8×	754 0.5×	551 1.5×	386 1.3×	316 1.8×	146	3.5k
D. Ruffolo Thailand	28	2.1k 0.5×	499 0.3×	385 1.1×	170 0.6×	106 0.6×	149	2.3k
L. A. Fisk United States	42	5.7k 1.3×	669 0.4×	864 2.4×	346 1.1×	253 1.5×	116	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by J. Giacalone

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Giacalone

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20 of 20 papers shown

Giacalone, J., M. Opher, M. Gkioulidou, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Simulations of Interstellar Pickup Ions at the Solar Wind Termination Shock Revisited. The Astrophysical Journal. 980(1). 29–29. 1 indexed citations

Fraschetti, Federico, et al.. (2025). Solar Disk Gamma-Ray Emission via Synthetic Magnetic Field from Photosphere to Low Corona. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 989(1). L3–L3. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Lulu, J. Giacalone, Nishtha Sachdeva, et al.. (2025). Evidence of Time-dependent Diffusive Shock Acceleration in the 2022 September 5 Solar Energetic Particle Event. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 242–242.

Fraschetti, Federico, et al.. (2024). Role of Magnetic Arcades in Explaining the Puzzle of the Gamma-Ray Emission from the Solar Disk. The Astrophysical Journal. 973(2). 118–118. 3 indexed citations

Fraschetti, Federico, et al.. (2023). Electrostatic Plasma Wave Excitations at the Interplanetary Shocks. The Astrophysical Journal. 943(1). 16–16. 1 indexed citations

Espley, J. R., et al.. (2023). Magnetic Field Fluctuations from the Solar Wind to the Surface of Mars. 2 indexed citations

Malandraki, O., C. M. S. Cohen, J. Giacalone, et al.. (2023). Unexpected energetic particle observations near the Sun by Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter. Physics of Plasmas. 30(5). 7 indexed citations

Espley, J. R., J. Gruesbeck, C. M. Fowler, et al.. (2022). Martian Ionospheric Magnetic Fluctuations Below 200 km. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(9). 3 indexed citations

Fraschetti, Federico, et al.. (2022). In Situ Measurement of the Energy Fraction in Suprathermal and Energetic Particles at ACE, Wind, and PSP Interplanetary Shocks. The Astrophysical Journal. 928(1). 66–66. 8 indexed citations

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Kong, Xiangliang, Jing Ye, Bin Chen, et al.. (2022). A Model of Double Coronal Hard X-Ray Sources in Solar Flares. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 93–93. 8 indexed citations

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Kong, Xiangliang, Bin Chen, Fan Guo, et al.. (2022). Numerical Modeling of Energetic Electron Acceleration, Transport, and Emission in Solar Flares: Connecting Loop-top and Footpoint Hard X-Ray Sources. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 941(2). L22–L22. 19 indexed citations

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Guo, Fan, Lulu Zhao, C. M. S. Cohen, et al.. (2022). Variable Ion Compositions of Solar Energetic Particle Events in the Inner Heliosphere: A Field Line Braiding Model with Compound Injections. The Astrophysical Journal. 924(1). 22–22. 2 indexed citations

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Opher, M., J. F. Drake, G. P. Zank, et al.. (2021). A Turbulent Heliosheath Driven by the Rayleigh–Taylor Instability. The Astrophysical Journal. 922(2). 181–181. 26 indexed citations

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Pecora, Francesco, S. Servidio, A. Greco, et al.. (2021). Parker Solar Probe observations of helical structures as boundaries for energetic particles. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 508(2). 2114–2122. 17 indexed citations

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Dalla, S., G. A. de Nolfo, A. Bruno, et al.. (2020). 3D propagation of relativistic solar protons through interplanetary space. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 19 indexed citations

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Lario, D., L. Berger, R. B. Decker, et al.. (2019). Evolution of the Suprathermal Proton Population at Interplanetary Shocks. The Astronomical Journal. 158(1). 12–12. 33 indexed citations

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Schwadron, N. A., Noé Lugaz, H. E. Spence, et al.. (2015). PARTICLE ACCELERATION AT LOW CORONAL COMPRESSION REGIONS AND SHOCKS. The Astrophysical Journal. 810(2). 97–97. 43 indexed citations

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Jokipii, J. R., J. Giacalone, & R. B. Decker. (2007). Energy Spectra of Energetic Particles Upstream of the Termination Shock. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Giacalone, J., J. R. Jokipii, & J. Kóta. (2006). Energetic Particles Around the Termination Shock: Numerical Simulations for a Blunt Shock with Cross-Field Diffusion. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Giacalone, J. & J. R. Jokipii. (2005). Injection and Acceleration at Non-Parallel Shocks. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3(22). 265–8. 2 indexed citations

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