Joachim Saur

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Joachim Saur is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Joachim Saur has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 82 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Joachim Saur's work include Astro and Planetary Science (140 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (82 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (79 papers). Joachim Saur is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (140 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (82 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (79 papers). Joachim Saur collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Joachim Saur's co-authors include F. M. Neubauer, D. F. Strobel, Lorenz Roth, K. D. Retherford, Sven Simon, M. K. Dougherty, P. D. Feldman, M. A. McGrath, B. H. Mauk and Olga Alexandrova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joachim Saur

149 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

Transient Water Vapor at Europa’s South Pole 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Transient Water Vapor at Europa’s South Pole
    2013 330 citations Lorenz Roth, Joachim Saur et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joachim Saur Germany 40 4.7k 1.8k 482 141 114 159 4.9k
C. Paranicas United States 40 5.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.1× 535 1.1× 225 1.6× 163 1.4× 223 5.3k
N. Krupp Germany 40 5.6k 1.2× 2.9k 1.6× 482 1.0× 329 2.3× 358 3.1× 218 5.9k
E. J. Bunce United Kingdom 40 5.1k 1.1× 3.3k 1.8× 560 1.2× 117 0.8× 85 0.7× 137 5.2k
C. d’Uston France 28 3.6k 0.8× 559 0.3× 389 0.8× 314 2.2× 260 2.3× 101 3.8k
W. R. Pryor United States 33 3.4k 0.7× 993 0.5× 521 1.1× 64 0.5× 165 1.4× 139 3.6k
B. L. Barraclough United States 30 4.2k 0.9× 700 0.4× 340 0.7× 255 1.8× 121 1.1× 77 4.5k
S. Barabash Sweden 42 6.1k 1.3× 690 0.4× 261 0.5× 144 1.0× 131 1.1× 289 6.3k
R. C. Elphic United States 33 4.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 317 0.7× 504 3.6× 59 0.5× 107 4.3k
D. B. Reisenfeld United States 35 3.4k 0.7× 717 0.4× 546 1.1× 170 1.2× 174 1.5× 123 3.6k
M. Benna United States 38 4.1k 0.9× 497 0.3× 354 0.7× 75 0.5× 72 0.6× 150 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Joachim Saur

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joachim Saur

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joachim Saur

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joachim Saur. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joachim Saur based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joachim Saur. Joachim Saur is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Szalay, J. R., P. A. Damiano, A. H. Sulaiman, et al.. (2025). Corotation‐Bounce Resonance of Ions in Jupiter's Magnetosphere. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(3). 1 indexed citations
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Bowers, C. F., C. M. Jackman, Xianzhe Jia, et al.. (2025). MESSENGER Observations of a Possible Alfvén Wing at Mercury Driven by a Low Alfvénic Mach Number Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 130(3).
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Szalay, J. R., Joachim Saur, D. J. McComas, et al.. (2024). Europa Modifies Jupiter's Plasma Sheet. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(6). 5 indexed citations
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Kotsiaros, Stavros, J. E. P. Connerney, Joachim Saur, et al.. (2024). Juno Observations Set New Constraints on the Electrodynamic Interaction Between Io and Jupiter. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(12). e2024JA032591–e2024JA032591. 1 indexed citations
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Sulaiman, A. H., J. R. Szalay, G. Clark, et al.. (2023). Poynting Fluxes, Field‐Aligned Current Densities, and the Efficiency of the Io‐Jupiter Electrodynamic Interaction. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(10). 12 indexed citations
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Saur, Joachim, et al.. (2023). Detectability of Local Water Reservoirs in Europa's Surface Layer Under Consideration of Coupled Induction. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 128(10). 3 indexed citations
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Saur, Joachim, Stefan Duling, A. Wennmacher, et al.. (2022). Alternating North‐South Brightness Ratio of Ganymede's Auroral Ovals: Hubble Space Telescope Observations Around the Juno PJ34 Flyby. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 6 indexed citations
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Saur, Joachim, et al.. (2022). Mapping the Brightness of Ganymede's Ultraviolet Aurora Using Hubble Space Telescope Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 127(6). 5 indexed citations
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Duling, Stefan, Joachim Saur, G. Clark, et al.. (2022). Ganymede MHD Model: Magnetospheric Context for Juno's PJ34 Flyby. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(24). 26 indexed citations
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Greathouse, T. K., G. R. Gladstone, Philippa Molyneux, et al.. (2022). UVS Observations of Ganymede's Aurora During Juno Orbits 34 and 35. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(23). 12 indexed citations
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Allegrini, F., W. S. Kŭrth, S. S. Elliott, et al.. (2021). Electron Partial Density and Temperature Over Jupiter's Main Auroral Emission Using Juno Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(9). 18 indexed citations
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Roth, Lorenz, J. Boissier, Arielle Moullet, et al.. (2020). An attempt to detect transient changes in Io’s SO2 and NaCl atmosphere. Icarus. 350. 113925–113925. 17 indexed citations
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Becker, Tracy M., K. D. Retherford, Lorenz Roth, et al.. (2018). The Far‐UV Albedo of Europa From HST Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 123(5). 1327–1342. 7 indexed citations
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Saur, Joachim, et al.. (2017). Induction signals from Callisto's ionosphere and their implications on a possible subsurface ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(11). 32 indexed citations
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Westlake, J. H., R. L. McNutt, J. C. Kasper, et al.. (2016). The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) for the Europa Mission. LPICo. 1980. 4037.
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Saur, Joachim, Stefan Duling, Lorenz Roth, et al.. (2015). The search for a subsurface ocean in Ganymede with Hubble Space Telescope observations of its auroral ovals. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 120(3). 1715–1737. 115 indexed citations
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Roth, Lorenz, K. D. Retherford, Joachim Saur, et al.. (2014). Following up on the Discovery of Water Vapor at Europa's South Pole with HST. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Kriegel, H., Sven Simon, U. Motschmann, et al.. (2008). Hybrid Simulations of the Enceladus Plasma Interaction and Comparison with MAG Data. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Strobel, D. F., Joachim Saur, F. M. Neubauer, & M. E. Summers. (2001). Modeling Io's electrodynamic interaction with its torus: Comparsion with recent observations.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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