N. Aunai

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

N. Aunai is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Aunai has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in N. Aunai's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (35 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (32 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (12 papers). N. Aunai is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (35 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (32 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (12 papers). N. Aunai collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Spain. N. Aunai's co-authors include M. Hesse, G. Belmont, R. Smets, J. Birn, J. Dargent, D. G. Sibeck, B. Lavraud, M. M. Kuznetsova, F. Pérez and A. Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

N. Aunai

38 papers receiving 954 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.

Smilei : A collaborative, open-source, multi-purpose particle-in-cell code for plasma simulation

2017 306 citations N. Aunai, J. Dargent et al. Computer Physics Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Aunai France	16	715	412	196	180	130	38	975
Illya Plotnikov France	17	691 1.0×	660 1.6×	177 0.9×	55 0.3×	74 0.6×	26	999
A. Lê United States	26	1.7k 2.4×	742 1.8×	201 1.0×	314 1.7×	230 1.8×	67	1.9k
P. A. Fernandes United States	13	345 0.5×	247 0.6×	81 0.4×	78 0.4×	181 1.4×	28	531
J. Dargent France	10	221 0.3×	284 0.7×	172 0.9×	39 0.2×	59 0.5×	16	469
S. Vincena United States	23	1.1k 1.5×	820 2.0×	262 1.3×	209 1.2×	72 0.6×	85	1.4k
A. Valenzuela Germany	14	611 0.9×	115 0.3×	129 0.7×	80 0.4×	127 1.0×	31	749
Andrey Divin Russia	22	1.3k 1.8×	297 0.7×	114 0.6×	365 2.0×	197 1.5×	51	1.3k
K. C. Hsieh United States	16	733 1.0×	104 0.3×	76 0.4×	92 0.5×	72 0.6×	71	857
M. V. Goldman United States	14	761 1.1×	285 0.7×	355 1.8×	135 0.8×	194 1.5×	34	954
P. M. Kintner United States	14	597 0.8×	134 0.3×	133 0.7×	130 0.7×	182 1.4×	24	648

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Aunai, N., et al.. (2024). Global Environmental Constraints on Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause From In Situ Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(8). 1 indexed citations

Aunai, N., et al.. (2023). PHARE: Parallel hybrid particle-in-cell code with patch-based adaptive mesh refinement. Computer Physics Communications. 295. 108966–108966. 2 indexed citations

Génot, V., B. Lavraud, Yuxi Chen, et al.. (2022). The Helicity Sign of Flux Transfer Event Flux Ropes and Its Relationship to the Guide Field and Hall Physics in Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(11). 3 indexed citations

Aunai, N., et al.. (2022). Global Three‐Dimensional Draping of Magnetic Field Lines in Earth’s Magnetosheath From In‐Situ Spacecraft Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(12). 12 indexed citations

Aunai, N., et al.. (2021). Massive Multi‐Mission Statistical Study and Analytical Modeling of the Earth's Magnetopause: 4. On the Near‐Cusp Magnetopause Indentation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(1). 8 indexed citations

Aunai, N., et al.. (2021). Massive Multi‐Mission Statistical Study and Analytical Modeling of the Earth's Magnetopause: 1. A Gradient Boosting Based Automatic Detection of Near‐Earth Regions. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(1). 16 indexed citations

Aunai, N., et al.. (2021). Massive Multi‐Mission Statistical Study and Analytical Modeling of the Earth's Magnetopause: 2. Shape and Location. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(1). 13 indexed citations

Toledo‐Redondo, Sergio, M. André, N. Aunai, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Ionospheric Ions on Magnetic Reconnection and Earth's Magnetosphere Dynamics. Reviews of Geophysics. 59(3). 32 indexed citations

Génot, V., Philippe Garnier, Sergio Toledo‐Redondo, et al.. (2021). Identification of Electron Diffusion Regions with a Machine Learning Approach on MMS Data at the Earth's Magnetopause. Earth and Space Science. 8(5). 12 indexed citations

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Aunai, N., et al.. (2021). Massive Multi‐Mission Statistical Study and Analytical Modeling of the Earth's Magnetopause: 3. An Asymmetric Non Indented Magnetopause Analytical Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(1). 9 indexed citations

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Aunai, N., et al.. (2019). Automatic detection of the Earth Bow Shock and Magnetopause from in-situ data with machine learning. 4 indexed citations

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Toledo‐Redondo, Sergio, J. Dargent, N. Aunai, et al.. (2018). Perpendicular Current Reduction Caused by Cold Ions of Ionospheric Origin in Magnetic Reconnection at the Magnetopause: Particle‐in‐Cell Simulations and Spacecraft Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(19). 15 indexed citations

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Rezeau, L., et al.. (2017). Analyzing the Magnetopause Internal Structure: New Possibilities Offered by MMS Tested in a Case Study. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(1). 227–241. 9 indexed citations

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Toledo‐Redondo, Sergio, M. André, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, et al.. (2017). Energy budget and mechanisms of cold ion heating in asymmetric magnetic reconnection. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(9). 9396–9413. 23 indexed citations

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Dargent, J., N. Aunai, B. Lavraud, et al.. (2017). Kinetic simulation of asymmetric magnetic reconnection with cold ions. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 122(5). 5290–5306. 26 indexed citations

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Aunai, N., M. Hesse, B. Lavraud, J. Dargent, & R. Smets. (2016). Orientation of the X-line in asymmetric magnetic reconnection. Journal of Plasma Physics. 82(4). 2 indexed citations

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Smets, R., N. Aunai, G. Belmont, C. Boniface, & J. Fuchs. (2014). On the relationship between quadrupolar magnetic field and collisionless reconnection. Physics of Plasmas. 21(6). 6 indexed citations

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Hesse, M., N. Aunai, D. G. Sibeck, & J. Birn. (2014). On the electron diffusion region in planar, asymmetric, systems. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(24). 8673–8680. 104 indexed citations

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Aunai, N., G. Belmont, & R. Smets. (2013). First demonstration of an asymmetric kinetic equilibrium for a thin current sheet. Physics of Plasmas. 20(11). 7 indexed citations

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Aunai, N., G. Belmont, & R. Smets. (2011). Energy budgets in collisionless magnetic reconnection: Ion heating and bulk acceleration. Physics of Plasmas. 18(12). 31 indexed citations

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