M. D. Desch

5.7k total citations
131 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

M. D. Desch is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. D. Desch has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. D. Desch's work include Astro and Planetary Science (109 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (61 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (60 papers). M. D. Desch is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (109 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (61 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (60 papers). M. D. Desch collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Austria. M. D. Desch's co-authors include M. L. Kaiser, W. M. Farrell, M. L. Kaiser, J. K. Alexander, James W. Warwick, A. Lecacheux, B. M. Pedersen, C. H. Barrow, T. D. Carr and J. E. P. Connerney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

M. D. Desch

122 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. D. Desch United States 36 3.8k 1.4k 313 246 215 131 4.1k
T. E. Holzer United States 37 4.5k 1.2× 949 0.7× 339 1.1× 201 0.8× 267 1.2× 120 4.7k
J. A. Van Allen United States 41 4.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 583 1.9× 435 1.8× 231 1.1× 187 4.8k
P. Eberhardt Switzerland 25 1.9k 0.5× 172 0.1× 357 1.1× 92 0.4× 460 2.1× 127 2.3k
D. A. Brain United States 52 7.3k 1.9× 1.2k 0.9× 92 0.3× 39 0.2× 217 1.0× 257 7.6k
T. E. Eastman United States 31 4.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 1.0k 3.3× 674 2.7× 164 0.8× 80 4.4k
B. E. Goldstein United States 50 7.6k 2.0× 2.2k 1.5× 354 1.1× 451 1.8× 407 1.9× 194 7.9k
S. Gulkis United States 27 2.4k 0.6× 348 0.2× 106 0.3× 169 0.7× 427 2.0× 132 2.6k
B. J. Fraser Australia 35 3.9k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 2.1k 6.9× 255 1.0× 134 0.6× 131 4.0k
P. G. Ford United States 26 2.4k 0.6× 122 0.1× 343 1.1× 223 0.9× 922 4.3× 65 2.7k
P. Kaufmann Brazil 22 1.5k 0.4× 246 0.2× 310 1.0× 260 1.1× 163 0.8× 187 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by M. D. Desch

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. D. Desch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by M. D. Desch. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by M. D. Desch. The network helps show where M. D. Desch may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. D. Desch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M. D. Desch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M. D. Desch 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 M. D. Desch. M. D. Desch 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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Kŭrth, W. S., J. T. Clarke, P. Zarka, et al.. (2005). An Earth-like correspondence between Saturn's auroral features and radio emission. Nature. 433(7027). 722–725. 77 indexed citations
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Wahlund, J. E., R. Bostrōm, A. I. Eriksson, et al.. (2004). The Ring-dust Plasma Torus as Observed by Cassini RPWS. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Kŭrth, W. S., G. B. Hospodarsky, D. A. Gurnett, et al.. (2004). Cassini RPWS observations on approach to Saturn. 35. 2876. 1 indexed citations
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Farrell, W. M., Peter H. Smith, G. T. Delory, et al.. (2004). Electric and magnetic signatures of dust devils from the 2000–2001 MATADOR desert tests. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 109(E3). 109 indexed citations
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Farrell, William, M. D. Desch, G. T. Delory, G. Barry Hillard, & John Marshall. (2002). Quantification of Charge in a Dust Devil based on its ULF Magnetic Signature. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Gurnett, D. A., W. S. Kŭrth, G. B. Hospodarsky, et al.. (2002). Control of Jupiter's radio emission and aurorae by the solar wind. Nature. 415(6875). 985–987. 117 indexed citations
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Desch, M. D.. (2001). Civilian Control of the Military. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks. 90 indexed citations
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Kŭrth, W. S., G. B. Hospodarsky, D. A. Gurnett, et al.. (2001). High-Resolution Observations of Low-Frequency Jovian Radio Emissions by Cassini. 54(5). 15–28. 7 indexed citations
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Lisse, C. M., D. J. Christian, K. Dennerl, et al.. (1998). X-ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Emission From Comet P/Encke 1997. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiser, M. L. & M. D. Desch. (1992). Jovian broadband kilometric radiation: New observations from Ulysses. ISBN. 35–43. 3 indexed citations
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Kŭrth, W. S., D. A. Gurnett, & M. D. Desch. (1990). Continuum radiation at Uranus. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 95(A2). 1103–1111. 4 indexed citations
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Rucker, H. O., et al.. (1989). External control of the Saturn kilometric radiation by the solar wind - Comparison between Voyager 1 and 2 observations. Annales Geophysicae. 7. 341–353. 1 indexed citations
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Desch, M. D. & M. L. Kaiser. (1987). Ordinary mode radio emission from Uranus. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(A13). 15211–15216. 20 indexed citations
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Rucker, H. O., et al.. (1986). Persistence of solar wind features. Annales Geophysicae. 4. 259–266. 2 indexed citations
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Kaiser, M. L. & M. D. Desch. (1985). Voyager search for Uranian radio emissions.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 17(3). 743. 1 indexed citations
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Desch, M. D. & M. L. Kaiser. (1984). A radiometric Bode's Law: Predictions for Uranus. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 84. 27659. 3 indexed citations
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Kaiser, M. L., M. D. Desch, W. S. Kŭrth, et al.. (1983). Saturn as a radio source. STIN. 83. 32695–415. 69 indexed citations
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Warwick, James W., J. B. Pearce, David Evans, et al.. (1981). Planetary Radio Astronomy Observations from Voyager 1 Near Saturn. Science. 212(4491). 239–243. 178 indexed citations
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Desch, M. D. & T. D. Carr. (1978). Modulation of the Jovian emission below 8 MHz. The Astronomical Journal. 83. 828–828. 13 indexed citations
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Desch, M. D. & Thomas D. Carr. (1974). Decametric and Hectometric Observations of Jupiter from the RAE-1 Satellite. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 6. 378. 4 indexed citations

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