M. D. Montgomery

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

M. D. Montgomery is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M. D. Montgomery has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in M. D. Montgomery's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (27 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (23 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers). M. D. Montgomery is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (27 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (23 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (11 papers). M. D. Montgomery collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. M. D. Montgomery's co-authors include W. C. Feldman, S. J. Bame, J. R. Asbridge, S. Peter Gary, H. Rosenbauer, D. W. Forslund, R. Schwenn, K.‐H. Mühlhäuser, H. Miggenrieder and G. Paschmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

M. D. Montgomery

35 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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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.

Solar wind electrons

1975 567 citations W. C. Feldman, J. R. Asbridge et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Heos 2 plasma observations in the distant polar magnetosphere: The plasma mantle

1975 415 citations H. Rosenbauer, M. D. Montgomery et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. D. Montgomery United States	25	3.3k	921	408	320	300	35	3.4k
R. D. Zwickl United States	39	4.7k 1.4×	1.8k 2.0×	635 1.6×	264 0.8×	578 1.9×	101	4.8k
L. W. Acton United States	33	4.0k 1.2×	709 0.8×	104 0.3×	329 1.0×	358 1.2×	168	4.4k
E. Tandberg‐Hanssen United States	23	2.5k 0.8×	516 0.6×	139 0.3×	182 0.6×	260 0.9×	124	2.7k
H. K. Wong United States	23	2.2k 0.7×	734 0.8×	270 0.7×	184 0.6×	526 1.8×	53	2.3k
K. Goetz United States	33	3.7k 1.1×	718 0.8×	716 1.8×	468 1.5×	433 1.4×	108	3.9k
E. Rieger Germany	25	1.7k 0.5×	327 0.4×	320 0.8×	112 0.3×	338 1.1×	96	1.9k
H. S. Bridge United States	27	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	158 0.4×	253 0.8×	212 0.7×	59	3.1k
D. Hovestadt Germany	33	2.9k 0.9×	399 0.4×	421 1.0×	80 0.3×	290 1.0×	99	3.0k
R. M. Winglee United States	34	3.3k 1.0×	711 0.8×	326 0.8×	244 0.8×	720 2.4×	162	3.7k
W. H. Tucker United States	22	2.3k 0.7×	259 0.3×	116 0.3×	265 0.8×	616 2.1×	72	2.7k

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pilipp, W., H. Miggenrieder, M. D. Montgomery, et al.. (1987). Unusual electron distribution functions in the solar wind derived from the Helios Plasma Experiment: Double‐Strahl distributions and distributions with an extremely anisotropic core. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 92(A2). 1093–1101. 68 indexed citations

Montgomery, M. D., et al.. (1981). Heating of a dense plasma using an intense, relativistic electron beam. Applied Physics Letters. 39(3). 217–219. 12 indexed citations

Montgomery, M. D., D. E. Casperson, J. F. Figueira, et al.. (1978). Stabilization of high-gain multipass power amplifiers using saturable absorbers: Experience on the LASL Eight-Beam System. Applied Physics Letters. 32(5). 324–326. 11 indexed citations

Rosenbauer, H., R. Schwenn, E. Marsch, et al.. (1977). A Survey on Initial Results of the Helios Plasma Experiment. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 42(6). 561–580. 204 indexed citations

Brown, Blain, et al.. (1976). The speed difference between an S=0 and S=1 bubble in the presence of an in-plane magnetic field. AIP conference proceedings. 29. 67–69. 5 indexed citations

Gary, S. Peter, M. D. Montgomery, W. C. Feldman, & D. W. Forslund. (1976). Proton temperature anisotropy instabilities in the solar wind. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(7). 1241–1246. 149 indexed citations

Feldman, W. C., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, S. Peter Gary, & M. D. Montgomery. (1976). Electron parameter correlations in high-speed streams and heat flux instabilities. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(13). 2377–2382. 44 indexed citations

Bame, S. J., et al.. (1975). Solar wind heavy ion abundances. Solar Physics. 43(2). 463–473. 92 indexed citations

Gary, S. Peter, W. C. Feldman, D. W. Forslund, & M. D. Montgomery. (1975). Heat flux instabilities in the solar wind. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 80(31). 4197–4203. 123 indexed citations

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Feldman, W. C., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, & M. D. Montgomery. (1974). Interpenetrating solar wind streams. Reviews of Geophysics. 12(4). 715–723. 90 indexed citations

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Feldman, W. C., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, & M. D. Montgomery. (1973). Solar wind heat transport in the vicinity of the Earth's bow shock. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(19). 3697–3713. 96 indexed citations

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McPherron, R. L., G. K. Parks, D. S. Colburn, & M. D. Montgomery. (1973). Satellite studies of magnetospheric substorms on August 15, 1968: 2. Solar wind and outer magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(16). 3054–3061. 18 indexed citations

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Montgomery, M. D.. (1973). The solar wind in the outer solar system. Space Science Reviews. 14(3-4). 559–575. 11 indexed citations

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Feldman, W. C., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, & M. D. Montgomery. (1973). Double ion streams in the solar wind. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(13). 2017–2027. 196 indexed citations

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Feldman, W. C., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, & M. D. Montgomery. (1973). On the origin of solar wind proton thermal anisotropy. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 78(28). 6451–6468. 72 indexed citations

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Hones, E. W., J. R. Asbridge, S. J. Bame, et al.. (1972). Measurements of magnetotail plasma flow made with Vela 4B. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 77(28). 5503–5522. 232 indexed citations

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Bame, S. J., E. W. Hones, S.‐I. Akasofu, M. D. Montgomery, & J. R. Asbridge. (1971). Geomagnetic storm particles in the high-latitude magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 76(31). 7566–7583. 25 indexed citations

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Hundhausen, A. J., S. J. Bame, & M. D. Montgomery. (1970). Large-scale characteristics of flare-associated solar wind disturbances. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 75(25). 4631–4642. 48 indexed citations

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Davey, John E., et al.. (1963). The effect of vacuum-evaporation parameters on the structural, electrical and optical properties of thin germanium films. Solid-State Electronics. 6(3). 205–216. 41 indexed citations

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Montgomery, M. D.. (1961). Excess Noise in Germanium and Gallium-Arsenide Esaki Diodes in the Negative Resistance Region. Journal of Applied Physics. 32(11). 2408–2410. 5 indexed citations

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