Jörg Büchner

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Jörg Büchner is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Büchner has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 61 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 52 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jörg Büchner's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (130 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (123 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (57 papers). Jörg Büchner is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (130 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (123 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (57 papers). Jörg Büchner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Jörg Büchner's co-authors include Л. М. Зеленый, M. Ashour‐Abdalla, L. M. Zeleny, N. Elkina, A. J. Klimas, J. Berchem, D. N. Baker, A. Otto, R. L. McPherron and T. I. Pulkkinen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Büchner

168 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Regular and chaotic charged particle motion in magnetotai... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 200 400 600
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.

  1. Regular and chaotic charged particle motion in magnetotaillike field reversals: 1. Basic theory of trapped motion
    1989 625 citations Jörg Büchner, Л. М. Зеленый profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jörg Büchner Germany 31 3.5k 1.3k 961 614 154 179 3.9k
E. T. Sarris Greece 28 2.6k 0.7× 643 0.5× 493 0.5× 657 1.1× 110 0.7× 187 2.9k
Z. Vörös Austria 31 2.8k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 294 0.3× 460 0.7× 188 1.2× 130 3.5k
J. E. Maggs United States 28 2.5k 0.7× 687 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 564 0.9× 119 0.8× 94 3.0k
S. J. Schwartz United Kingdom 46 6.2k 1.8× 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 904 1.5× 114 0.7× 202 6.4k
Iver H. Cairns Australia 43 5.8k 1.7× 890 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 929 1.5× 111 0.7× 326 6.4k
P. Trávnı́ček Czechia 34 3.4k 1.0× 825 0.6× 635 0.7× 300 0.5× 68 0.4× 112 3.7k
T. S. Horbury United Kingdom 45 6.4k 1.8× 2.6k 1.9× 562 0.6× 305 0.5× 51 0.3× 174 6.6k
A. Mangeney France 28 2.8k 0.8× 884 0.7× 801 0.8× 294 0.5× 88 0.6× 80 3.1k
M. Volwerk Austria 40 6.1k 1.8× 2.9k 2.2× 503 0.5× 805 1.3× 53 0.3× 190 6.3k
Á. Szabó United States 45 6.3k 1.8× 2.1k 1.5× 471 0.5× 419 0.7× 39 0.3× 199 6.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jörg Büchner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jörg Büchner

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All Works

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Graham, D. B., Giulia Cozzani, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, et al.. (2025). The Role of Kinetic Instabilities and Waves in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection. Space Science Reviews. 221(1). 4 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (2024). Preferential acceleration of heavy ions in magnetic reconnection: Hybrid-kinetic simulations with electron inertia. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686. A28–A28. 2 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (2024). Streaming instability in neutron star magnetospheres: No indication of soliton-like waves. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 683. A69–A69. 1 indexed citations
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Timokhin, A. N., et al.. (2024). Poynting flux transport channels formed in polar cap regions of neutron star magnetospheres. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A137–A137. 4 indexed citations
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Rampp, Markus, et al.. (2023). Electron inertia effects in 3D hybrid-kinetic collisionless plasma turbulence. Physics of Plasmas. 30(9). 3 indexed citations
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Khabarova, Olga, et al.. (2022). Electron-to-ion Bulk Speed Ratio as a Parameter Reflecting the Occurrence of Strong Electron-dominated Current Sheets in the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 97–97. 4 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (2022). Wave Emission of Nonthermal Electron Beams Generated by Magnetic Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(2). 219–219. 4 indexed citations
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Choe, G. S., et al.. (2022). Reconstruction of Coronal Magnetic Fields Using a Poloidal–Toroidal Representation. The Astrophysical Journal. 937(1). 11–11.
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Григоренко, Е. Е., et al.. (2021). MMS Observations of Super Thin Electron‐Scale Current Sheets in the Earth's Magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(11). 16 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (2021). Refining pulsar radio emission due to streaming instabilities: Linear theory and PIC simulations in a wide parameter range. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 10 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (2021). Radio Emission by Soliton Formation in Relativistically Hot Streaming Pulsar Pair Plasmas. The Astrophysical Journal. 915(2). 127–127. 6 indexed citations
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Santos, J., et al.. (2006). Inferring plasma flow velocities from photospheric vector magnetic field observations. cosp. 36. 841. 1 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg & B. Nikutowski. (2005). Acceleration of the fast solar wind by reconnection. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 592. 141–146. 2 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, E. Mjølhus, & B. T. Tsurutani. (2003). Nonlinear Waves and Chaos in Space Plasmas. Nonlinear processes in geophysics. 10. 1. 14 indexed citations
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Cowley, S. W. H., S. E. Milan, T. K. Yeoman, et al.. (2000). A survey of magnetopause FTEs and associated flow bursts in the polar ionosphere. Annales Geophysicae. 18(4). 416–435. 56 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (1996). Three-dimensional collisionless reconnection through thin current sheets - theory and self-consistent simulations. ESASP. 389. 373. 17 indexed citations
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Büchner, Jörg, et al.. (1990). Quasi-adiabatic plasmasheet ion acceleration and the hot boundary layer flows. Advances in Space Research. 10. 43–46. 2 indexed citations

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