K. G. Klein

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

K. G. Klein is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, K. G. Klein has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in K. G. Klein's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (84 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (79 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (36 papers). K. G. Klein is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (84 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (79 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (36 papers). K. G. Klein collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. K. G. Klein's co-authors include G. G. Howes, Daniel Verscharen, B. A. Maruca, Jason TenBarge, J. C. Kasper, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, S. D. Bale, Mihailo M. Martinović, Daniel Vech and M. L. Stevens and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

K. G. Klein

90 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The multi-scale nature of the solar wind 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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. The multi-scale nature of the solar wind
    2019 251 citations Daniel Verscharen, K. G. Klein 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
K. G. Klein United States 24 1.5k 356 228 97 68 98 1.6k
Gregory D. Fleishman Russia 24 1.5k 1.0× 322 0.9× 273 1.2× 110 1.1× 62 0.9× 115 1.6k
S. T. Lepri United States 26 1.8k 1.3× 366 1.0× 108 0.5× 124 1.3× 38 0.6× 96 1.9k
B. A. Maruca United States 16 1.3k 0.9× 359 1.0× 142 0.6× 80 0.8× 18 0.3× 40 1.3k
Jun Lin China 32 3.2k 2.2× 601 1.7× 327 1.4× 98 1.0× 37 0.5× 109 3.3k
Hiroaki Isobe Japan 30 2.0k 1.4× 468 1.3× 121 0.5× 145 1.5× 22 0.3× 70 2.1k
Jean C. Perez United States 19 1.1k 0.8× 406 1.1× 280 1.2× 69 0.7× 22 0.3× 43 1.2k
J. T. Karpen United States 26 1.9k 1.3× 384 1.1× 138 0.6× 127 1.3× 16 0.2× 89 2.0k
M. Pulupa United States 26 1.6k 1.1× 351 1.0× 134 0.6× 107 1.1× 23 0.3× 91 1.6k
D. Sundkvist United States 14 1.4k 1.0× 484 1.4× 316 1.4× 27 0.3× 31 0.5× 26 1.5k
Б. В. Сомов Russia 26 2.1k 1.4× 488 1.4× 367 1.6× 93 1.0× 30 0.4× 182 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. G. Klein

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kunz, Matthew W., et al.. (2025). Extreme Heating of Minor Ions in Imbalanced Solar-wind Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal. 979(2). 121–121. 4 indexed citations
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Ofman, L., S. A. Boardsen, Parisa Mostafavi, et al.. (2025). Modeling Hot, Anisotropic Ion Beams in the Solar Wind Motivated by the Parker Solar Probe Observations near Perihelia. The Astrophysical Journal. 984(2). 174–174. 4 indexed citations
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Martinović, Mihailo M., K. G. Klein, Rossana De Marco, et al.. (2025). Impact of Two-population α-particle Distributions on Plasma Stability. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 988(1). L25–L25.
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Yoon, Peter H., M. Lazar, C. S. Salem, et al.. (2024). Boundary of the Distribution of Solar Wind Proton Beta versus Temperature Anisotropy. The Astrophysical Journal. 969(2). 77–77. 5 indexed citations
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Kasper, J. C., et al.. (2024). Zone of Preferential Heating for Minor Ions in the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(1). 19–19.
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Pecora, Francesco, F. Malara, K. G. Klein, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Scale-dependent Kurtosis with HelioSwarm. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 970(2). L36–L36.
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Verscharen, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Velocity-space Signatures of Resonant Energy Transfer between Whistler Waves and Electrons in the Earth’s Magnetosheath. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(1). 30–30. 6 indexed citations
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Martinović, Mihailo M. & K. G. Klein. (2023). Ion-driven Instabilities in the Inner Heliosphere. II. Classification and Multidimensional Mapping. The Astrophysical Journal. 952(1). 14–14. 9 indexed citations
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Halekas, J. S., S. D. Bale, M. Berthomier, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the Energy Budget in the Solar Wind from 13.3 to 100 Solar Radii. The Astrophysical Journal. 952(1). 26–26. 18 indexed citations
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Roberts, Owen, Z. Vörös, K. Torkar, et al.. (2023). Estimation of the Error in the Calculation of the Pressure‐Strain Term: Application in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(8). 6 indexed citations
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Pecora, Francesco, Yan Yang, W. H. Matthaeus, et al.. (2023). Three-Dimensional Energy Transfer in Space Plasma Turbulence from Multipoint Measurement. Physical Review Letters. 131(22). 225201–225201. 8 indexed citations
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Verscharen, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Whistler Waves as a Signature of Converging Magnetic Holes in Space Plasmas. The Astrophysical Journal. 935(2). 169–169. 14 indexed citations
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Bowen, Trevor A., Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Jonathan Squire, et al.. (2022). In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind. Physical Review Letters. 129(16). 165101–165101. 43 indexed citations
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Martinović, Mihailo M., K. G. Klein, Jia Huang, et al.. (2021). Multiscale Solar Wind Turbulence Properties inside and near Switchbacks Measured by the Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophysical Journal. 912(1). 28–28. 23 indexed citations
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Klein, K. G., et al.. (2020). Creation of large temperature anisotropies in a laboratory plasma. Physics of Plasmas. 27(12). 7 indexed citations
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Holst, B. van der, W. B. Manchester, K. G. Klein, & J. C. Kasper. (2019). Predictions for the First Parker Solar Probe Encounter. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 872(2). L18–L18. 28 indexed citations
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Kasper, J. C. & K. G. Klein. (2019). Strong Preferential Ion Heating is Limited to within the Solar Alfvén Surface. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 877(2). L35–L35. 26 indexed citations
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Klein, K. G., G. G. Howes, & Jason TenBarge. (2017). Diagnosing collisionless energy transfer using field–particle correlations: gyrokinetic turbulence. Journal of Plasma Physics. 83(4). 51 indexed citations
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Vech, Daniel, K. G. Klein, & J. C. Kasper. (2017). Nature of Stochastic Ion Heating in the Solar Wind: Testing the Dependence on Plasma Beta and Turbulence Amplitude. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 850(1). L11–L11. 30 indexed citations

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