J. L. Burch

33.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
581 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

J. L. Burch is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. L. Burch has authored 581 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 557 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 221 papers in Molecular Biology and 125 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in J. L. Burch's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (513 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (480 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (221 papers). J. L. Burch is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (513 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (480 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (221 papers). J. L. Burch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and China. J. L. Burch's co-authors include B. L. Giles, R. B. Torbert, P. H. Reiff, T. E. Moore, J. D. Winningham, C. T. Russell, R. E. Ergun, R. A. Heelis, J. D. Menietti and S. A. Fuselier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. L. Burch

561 papers receiving 14.7k 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.

Magnetospheric Multiscale Overview and Science Objectives

2015 1.1k citations J. L. Burch, T. E. Moore et al. Space Science Reviews profile →
IMF B_y‐dependent plasma flow and Birkeland currents in the dayside magnetosphere: 2. A global model for northward and southward IMF

1985 449 citations J. L. Burch et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
J. L. Burch	16.3k	6.2k	3.6k	1.4k	923	581	16.8k
M. F. Thomsen	19.0k 1.2×	8.4k 1.4×	3.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	492	19.6k
W. S. Kŭrth	22.5k 1.4×	7.0k 1.1×	5.0k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.7×	728	23.0k
M. G. Kivelson	18.8k 1.2×	9.6k 1.5×	3.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	398	19.8k
R. B. Torbert	11.6k 0.7×	4.1k 0.7×	2.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	463 0.5×	355	12.0k
H. Rème	16.7k 1.0×	7.0k 1.1×	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	863 0.9×	465	17.2k
R. P. Lin	20.4k 1.3×	4.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	517	21.3k
C. W. Carlson	13.8k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	861 0.9×	216	14.3k
L. J. Lanzerotti	13.1k 0.8×	4.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	845 0.6×	875 0.9×	567	14.7k
R. E. Ergun	16.4k 1.0×	4.5k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.6×	707 0.8×	433	17.0k
G. Paschmann	16.9k 1.0×	7.3k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	720 0.8×	234	17.3k

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Liu, Yi‐Hsin, Michael Hesse, K. J. Genestreti, et al.. (2025). Ohm’s Law, the Reconnection Rate, and Energy Conversion in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection. Space Science Reviews. 221(1). 16–16. 7 indexed citations

Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, J. F. Drake, et al.. (2024). Scaling of Ion Bulk Heating in Magnetic Reconnection Outflows for the High-Alfvén-speed and Low-β Regime in Earth’s Magnetotail. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(2). 144–144. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Rongsheng, Quanming Lu, J. L. Burch, et al.. (2023). Electron Acceleration by Interaction of Two Filamentary Currents Within a Magnetopause Magnetic Flux Rope. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(11). 6 indexed citations

Fuselier, S. A., C. A. Kletzing, S. M. Petrinec, et al.. (2022). Multiple Reconnection X‐Lines at the Magnetopause and Overlapping Cusp Ion Injections. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(5). 11 indexed citations

Oka, M., T. D. Phan, M. Øieroset, et al.. (2022). Electron energization and thermal to non-thermal energy partition during earth's magnetotail reconnection. Physics of Plasmas. 29(5). 17 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

Shen, Chao, et al.. (2021). Measurements of the Net Charge Density of Space Plasmas. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(12). 3 indexed citations

Stephenson, Peter, M. Galand, P. D. Feldman, et al.. (2021). Multi-instrument analysis of far-ultraviolet aurora in the southern hemisphere of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

Gao, Caiyun, Binbin Tang, Wenya Li, et al.. (2021). Effect of the Electric Field on the Agyrotropic Electron Distributions. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(5). 2 indexed citations

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Norgren, C., M. Hesse, D. B. Graham, et al.. (2020). Electron Acceleration and Thermalization at Magnetotail Separatrices. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 24 indexed citations

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Nykyri, K., Xuanye Ma, Brandon Burkholder, et al.. (2020). MMS Observations of the Multiscale Wave Structures and Parallel Electron Heating in the Vicinity of the Southern Exterior Cusp. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(3). 21 indexed citations

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Turner, D. L., I. J. Cohen, G. K. Stephens, et al.. (2020). Characteristics of Energetic Electrons Near Active Magnetotail Reconnection Sites: Tracers of a Complex Magnetic Topology and Evidence of Localized Acceleration. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(2). 10 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, R., L. Sorriso‐Valvo, A. Chasapis, et al.. (2020). In Situ Observation of Hall Magnetohydrodynamic Cascade in Space Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 124(22). 225101–225101. 48 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chi, Congcong Shen, M. W. Dunlop, et al.. (2019). Near Earth Vortices Driving of Field Aligned Currents Based on Magnetosphere Multiscale and Swarm Observations. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 39(1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

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Denton, R. E., B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, C. T. Russell, et al.. (2018). Determining L‐M‐N Current Sheet Coordinates at the Magnetopause From Magnetospheric Multiscale Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(3). 2274–2295. 34 indexed citations

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Guo, Ruilong, Zhonghua Yao, Yong Wei, et al.. (2018). Rotationally driven magnetic reconnection in Saturn’s dayside. Nature Astronomy. 2(8). 640–645. 34 indexed citations

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Norgren, C., D. B. Graham, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, et al.. (2018). Electron Reconnection in the Magnetopause Current Layer. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(11). 9222–9238. 16 indexed citations

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Guo, Ruilong, Zhonghua Yao, N. Sergis, et al.. (2018). Reconnection Acceleration in Saturn’s Dayside Magnetodisk: A Multicase Study with Cassini. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 868(2). L23–L23. 14 indexed citations

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Toledo‐Redondo, Sergio, M. André, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, et al.. (2017). Energy budget and mechanisms of cold ion heating in asymmetric magnetic reconnection. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(9). 9396–9413. 23 indexed citations

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Teh, Wai‐Leong, Takuma Nakamura, R. Nakamura, et al.. (2017). Evolution of a typical ion‐scale magnetic flux rope caused by thermal pressure enhancement. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(2). 2040–2050. 20 indexed citations

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