M. A. Shay

15.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
123 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

M. A. Shay is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, M. A. Shay has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 48 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in M. A. Shay's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (104 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (104 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (45 papers). M. A. Shay is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (104 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (104 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (45 papers). M. A. Shay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. M. A. Shay's co-authors include J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, P. A. Cassak, Stanley Bruckenstein, B. N. Rogers, R. E. Denton, T. D. Phan, W. H. Matthaeus, J. P. Eastwood and H. Che and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

M. A. Shay

121 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) Magnetic Recon... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2001 1985 2006 2007 250 500 750

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. A. Shay United States 49 8.6k 3.0k 2.2k 958 721 123 9.9k
M. Yamada United States 40 4.6k 0.5× 3.5k 1.2× 640 0.3× 853 0.9× 627 0.9× 204 5.9k
Xiaohua Deng China 40 4.3k 0.5× 664 0.2× 1.4k 0.7× 749 0.8× 614 0.9× 291 5.6k
R. E. Denton United States 43 6.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 383 0.4× 334 0.5× 164 6.7k
Earl Scime United States 35 2.2k 0.3× 1.0k 0.3× 484 0.2× 2.0k 2.1× 1.1k 1.6× 198 4.3k
G. J. Morales United States 27 1.7k 0.2× 1.7k 0.6× 289 0.1× 510 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 146 3.7k
H. Matsumoto Japan 41 5.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 916 0.4× 623 0.7× 1.9k 2.7× 286 7.3k
И. В. Соколов United States 39 3.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 313 0.3× 1.1k 1.5× 176 5.7k
R. E. Bell United States 53 4.5k 0.5× 8.4k 2.8× 62 0.0× 810 0.8× 1.3k 1.9× 350 9.7k
P. Helander Germany 35 2.5k 0.3× 3.7k 1.2× 140 0.1× 362 0.4× 569 0.8× 229 4.5k
Tetsuya Sato Japan 34 2.9k 0.3× 1.5k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 220 0.2× 351 0.5× 130 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. A. Shay

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Yan, et al.. (2024). Scale filtering analysis of kinetic reconnection and its associated turbulence. Physics of Plasmas. 31(2). 4 indexed citations
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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
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Parashar, T. N., James Juno, Gian Luca Delzanno, et al.. (2024). Scale Separation Effects on Simulations of Plasma Turbulence. The Astrophysical Journal. 972(2). 173–173. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yan, W. H. Matthaeus, S. Oughton, et al.. (2024). Effective viscosity, resistivity, and Reynolds number in weakly collisional plasma turbulence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 528(4). 6119–6128. 2 indexed citations
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Cassak, P. A., et al.. (2023). Three‐Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection Spreading in Current Sheets of Non‐Uniform Thickness. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(3). 1 indexed citations
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Pyakurel, P. S., T. D. Phan, J. F. Drake, et al.. (2023). On the Short-scale Spatial Variability of Electron Inflows in Electron-only Magnetic Reconnection in the Turbulent Magnetosheath Observed by MMS. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(1). 20–20. 7 indexed citations
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Maruca, B. A., Ramiz A. Qudsi, A. Chasapis, et al.. (2022). Alpha Particle Temperature Anisotropy in Earth’s Magnetosheath. The Astrophysical Journal. 941(1). 12–12. 4 indexed citations
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Maruca, B. A., R. Bandyopadhyay, Federica Bianco, et al.. (2021). MagneToRE: Mapping the 3-D Magnetic Structure of the Solar Wind Using a Large Constellation of Nanosatellites. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 8. 13 indexed citations
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Liang, Haoming, P. A. Cassak, S. Servidio, et al.. (2019). Decomposition of plasma kinetic entropy into position and velocity space and the use of kinetic entropy in particle-in-cell simulations. Physics of Plasmas. 26(8). 23 indexed citations
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Eastwood, J. P., R. Mistry, T. D. Phan, et al.. (2018). Guide Field Reconnection: Exhaust Structure and Heating. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(10). 4569–4577. 32 indexed citations
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Shay, M. A., Colby Haggerty, T. N. Parashar, et al.. (2018). Statistics of Magnetic Reconnection in Turbulence and its Effect on Plasma Heating. AGUFM. 2018. 34. 1 indexed citations
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Stawarz, J. E., J. P. Eastwood, Ali Varsani, et al.. (2017). Magnetospheric Multiscale analysis of intense field‐aligned Poynting flux near the Earth's plasma sheet boundary. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(14). 7106–7113. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi‐Hsin, M. Hesse, P. A. Cassak, et al.. (2016). On the Collisionless Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection Rate. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(8). 3311–3318. 14 indexed citations
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Haggerty, Colby, M. A. Shay, J. F. Drake, et al.. (2014). Electron Heating During Magnetic Reconnection: The Interplay of Parallel Electric Fields and Fermi-Bounce Acceleration. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, P., Minping Wan, W. H. Matthaeus, M. A. Shay, & M. Swisdak. (2013). von Kármán Energy Decay and Heating of Protons and Electrons in a Kinetic Turbulent Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 111(12). 121105–121105. 51 indexed citations
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Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, J. P. Eastwood, et al.. (2011). Direct evidence for a three-dimensional magnetic flux rope flanked by two active magnetic reconnection X-lines at the Earth's magnetopause. JAXA Repository (JAXA). 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Eastwood, J. P., M. A. Shay, F. S. Mozer, et al.. (2006). Multi-point observations of the Hall electro-magnetic field and secondary island formation during magnetic reconnection. JAXA Repository (JAXA). 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Cassak, P. A., J. F. Drake, M. A. Shay, & Ethan T. Vishniac. (2003). Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection. APS. 45. 159 indexed citations
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Drake, J. F., M. Swisdak, M. A. Shay, B. N. Rogers, & C. A. Cattell. (2002). Development of Electron Holes and Anomalous Resistivity in 3-D Magnetic Reconnection. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Zeiler, A., D. Biskamp, J. F. Drake, et al.. (2001). Three-dimensional particle simulations of collisionless magnetic reconnection. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 43. 1 indexed citations

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