N. C. Maynard

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
188 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

N. C. Maynard is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, N. C. Maynard has authored 188 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 103 papers in Molecular Biology and 43 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in N. C. Maynard's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (171 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (142 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (103 papers). N. C. Maynard is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (171 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (142 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (103 papers). N. C. Maynard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and United Kingdom. N. C. Maynard's co-authors include J. P. Heppner, T. L. Aggson, W. J. Burke, D. R. Weimer, M. Sugiura, D. M. Ober, G. M. Erickson, G. R. Wilson, K. D. Siebert and G. L. Siscoe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Applied Physics and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

N. C. Maynard

183 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Empirical high‐latitude electric field models

1987 870 citations J. P. Heppner, N. C. Maynard Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
N. C. Maynard	7.3k	3.7k	2.4k	713	376	188	7.6k
A. Nishida	7.1k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	257 0.4×	202 0.5×	190	7.5k
C. R. Chappell	6.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	510 0.7×	375 1.0×	109	6.5k
Qiugang Zong	8.4k 1.1×	3.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.1×	300 0.4×	555 1.5×	504	8.7k
D. L. Carpenter	4.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	674 0.9×	215 0.6×	104	5.0k
J. U. Kozyra	6.4k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	614 0.9×	684 1.8×	135	6.6k
H. C. Carlson	4.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	531 1.4×	145	4.7k
B. H. Mauk	9.0k 1.2×	3.4k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	257 0.4×	443 1.2×	308	9.3k
J. F. Fennell	8.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	3.5k 1.5×	300 0.4×	603 1.6×	162	8.3k
R. R. Anderson	10.5k 1.4×	2.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.9×	590 0.8×	569 1.5×	162	10.7k
V. K. Jordanova	5.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	372 0.5×	332 0.9×	164	5.8k

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Maynard, N. C.. (2013). Electric Field Measurements in Moderate to High Density Space Plasmas With Passive Double Probes. Geophysical monograph. 103. 13–27. 5 indexed citations

Pfaff, R. F., D. E. Rowland, H. Freudenreich, et al.. (2010). Observations of DC electric fields in the low‐latitude ionosphere and their variations with local time, longitude, and plasma density during extreme solar minimum. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115(A12). 67 indexed citations

Scudder, J. D., N. C. Maynard, & W. J. Burke. (2003). Slow, Fast and Mixed Compressible Modes near the Magnetopause. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations

Scudder, J. D., N. C. Maynard, D. M. Ober, & F. S. Mozer. (2002). Ambipolar Electric Fields Parallel and Perpendicular to the Local Magnetic Field: Magnetopause and Depletion Layers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations

Sonnerup, B. U. Ö., K. D. Siebert, W. W. White, et al.. (2001). Simulations of the magnetosphere for zero interplanetary magnetic field: The ground state. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(A12). 29419–29434. 30 indexed citations

Mozer, F. S., et al.. (2001). Through the Eye of the Needle: The Separator and its Environs. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

Siscoe, G. L., G. M. Erickson, B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, et al.. (2001). Relation between cusp and mantle in MHD simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 106(A6). 10743–10749. 16 indexed citations

Erickson, G. M., et al.. (2000). Electromagnetics of Substorm Onsets in the Near-Geosynchronous Plasma Sheet. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 443. 385. 2 indexed citations

Eccles, J. V., N. C. Maynard, & G. R. Wilson. (1999). Study of the evening plasma drift vortex in the low‐latitude ionosphere using San Marco electric field measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(A12). 28133–28143. 39 indexed citations

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Chang, S.‐W., J. D. Scudder, J. B. Sigwarth, et al.. (1998). A comparison of a model for the theta aurora with observations from Polar, Wind, and SuperDARN. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(A8). 17367–17390. 58 indexed citations

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Savin, S., Л. М. Зеленый, A. Fedorov, et al.. (1998). Manifestations of boundary layer dynamics in substorm activity: a multi-spacecraft study. 238. 125–130.

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Peterson, W. K., Yeou‐Koung Tung, C. W. Carlson, et al.. (1998). Simultaneous observations of solar wind plasma entry from FAST and POLAR. Geophysical Research Letters. 25(12). 2081–2084. 10 indexed citations

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Erickson, G. M., W. J. Burke, Michael Heinemann, J. C. Samson, & N. C. Maynard. (1996). Towards a complete conceptual model of substorm onsets and expansions. ESASP. 389. 423. 4 indexed citations

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Mæhlum, B. N., W. F. Denig, A. Egeland, et al.. (1987). MAIMIK - A High Current Electron Beam Experiment on a Sounding Rocket from Andoya Rocket Range. 270. 261–265. 7 indexed citations

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Aggson, T. L., et al.. (1985). Reply [to “Comment on ‘Electric field measurements at the magnetopause, 1, Observation of large convective velocities at rotational magnetopause discontinuities’ by T. L. Aggson, P. J. Gambardella, and N. C. Maynard”]. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 90(A8). 7631–7633. 3 indexed citations

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Maynard, N. C., et al.. (1981). Instrumentation for vector electric field measurements from DE-B. 5. 523–534. 79 indexed citations

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Maynard, N. C., et al.. (1979). Micropulsations in the electric field near the plasmapause, observed by ISEE-1. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 80. 12986. 13 indexed citations

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Maynard, N. C., et al.. (1976). Evidence of dayside plasmaspheric structure through comparisons of ground-based whistler data and Explorer 45 plasmapause data. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 81(22). 3992–3998. 22 indexed citations

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Maynard, N. C., T. L. Aggson, & J. P. Heppner. (1970). Electric Field Observations of Ionospheric Whistlers. Radio Science. 5(7). 1049–1058. 11 indexed citations

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Maynard, N. C. & L. J. Cahill. (1965). Measurement of the equatorial electrojet over India. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 70(23). 5923–5936. 44 indexed citations

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