N. E. Raouafi

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
88 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

N. E. Raouafi is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, N. E. Raouafi has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in N. E. Raouafi's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (85 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (51 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (40 papers). N. E. Raouafi is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (85 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (51 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (40 papers). N. E. Raouafi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. N. E. Raouafi's co-authors include S. D. Bale, J. C. Kasper, M. Velli, D. Lario, R. A. Howard, D. J. McComas, J.D. Kinnison, Mary Kae Lockwood, M. B. Kusterer and N. J. Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

N. E. Raouafi

75 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity’s First Visit to Our Star

2015 773 citations M. Velli, S. D. Bale et al. profile →
Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind

2023 85 citations N. E. Raouafi, G. Stenborg et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. E. Raouafi United States	24	2.3k	504	259	70	58	88	2.3k
M. D. Ding China	29	3.1k 1.4×	585 1.2×	309 1.2×	94 1.3×	64 1.1×	229	3.2k
C. E. DeForest United States	30	2.6k 1.2×	703 1.4×	215 0.8×	74 1.1×	60 1.0×	126	2.7k
Haisheng Ji China	21	2.0k 0.9×	404 0.8×	206 0.8×	78 1.1×	38 0.7×	114	2.1k
G. Stenborg United States	23	2.5k 1.1×	488 1.0×	244 0.9×	55 0.8×	49 0.8×	103	2.5k
T. A. Kucera United States	18	2.1k 0.9×	437 0.9×	156 0.6×	48 0.7×	67 1.2×	63	2.2k
S. Freeland United States	11	1.9k 0.9×	356 0.7×	188 0.7×	81 1.2×	61 1.1×	14	2.0k
S. Patsourakos United States	26	2.3k 1.0×	418 0.8×	197 0.8×	52 0.7×	62 1.1×	66	2.3k
S. E. Gibson United States	30	3.5k 1.5×	968 1.9×	291 1.1×	71 1.0×	53 0.9×	142	3.5k
C. M. Korendyke United States	18	3.1k 1.4×	611 1.2×	283 1.1×	43 0.6×	65 1.1×	61	3.2k
Daniele Telloni Italy	21	1.6k 0.7×	531 1.1×	222 0.9×	82 1.2×	59 1.0×	114	1.7k

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Georgoulis, Manolis K., et al.. (2025). Hidden Activity Revealed: Photospheric Energetics and Dynamics with High-resolution Magnetographic Data. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 990(1). L6–L6.

Vourlidas, A., Evangelos Paouris, M. G. Linton, et al.. (2025). High-resolution Imaging of the Magnetic Reconfiguration of the Corona from inside the Corona by WISPR on Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 995(2). L38–L38. 1 indexed citations

Perez, Jean C., et al.. (2024). The low-frequency power spectrum of slow solar wind turbulence. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A117–A117. 3 indexed citations

Paouris, Evangelos, G. Stenborg, M. G. Linton, et al.. (2024). First Direct Imaging of a Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability by PSP/WISPR. The Astrophysical Journal. 964(2). 139–139. 9 indexed citations

Kumar, Pankaj, J. T. Karpen, V. M. Uritsky, et al.. (2023). New Evidence on the Origin of Solar Wind Microstreams/Switchbacks. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 951(1). L15–L15. 17 indexed citations

Cranmer, Steven R., Rohit Chhiber, Iver H. Cairns, et al.. (2023). The Sun’s Alfvén Surface: Recent Insights and Prospects for the Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH). Solar Physics. 298(11). 10 indexed citations

Horbury, T. S., S. D. Bale, Michael D. McManus, et al.. (2023). Switchbacks, microstreams, and broadband turbulence in the solar wind. Physics of Plasmas. 30(8). 3 indexed citations

Bale, S. D., J. F. Drake, Michael D. McManus, et al.. (2023). Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes. Nature. 618(7964). 252–256. 66 indexed citations

Upton, Lisa, Marc L. DeRosa, J. T. Hoeksema, et al.. (2023). Revealing the Sun’s Polar Magnetic Fields: The Key to Unlocking the Solar Activity Cycle.

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Uritsky, V. M., J. T. Karpen, N. E. Raouafi, et al.. (2023). Self-similar Outflows at the Source of the Fast Solar Wind: A Smoking Gun of Multiscale Impulsive Reconnection?. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(2). L38–L38. 8 indexed citations

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Livi, R., D. E. Larson, A. Rahmati, et al.. (2023). Dispersive Suprathermal Ion Events Observed by the Parker Solar Probe Mission. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(1). L32–L32. 2 indexed citations

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Chatterjee, Subhamoy, K. D. Leka, Viacheslav M. Sadykov, et al.. (2023). You Get What You Pay for: Scientific Engineering Challenges for Successful Distributed Multi-Satellite Missions in Solar and Heliophysics.

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Lustig‐Yaeger, Jacob, N. R. Izenberg, M. S. Gilmore, et al.. (2023). A WISPR of the Venus Surface: Analysis of the Venus Nightside Thermal Emission at Optical Wavelengths. The Planetary Science Journal. 4(11). 207–207. 1 indexed citations

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Sterling, Alphonse C., et al.. (2022). Inconspicuous Solar Polar Coronal X-Ray Jets as the Source of Conspicuous Hinode/EUV Imaging Spectrometer Doppler Outflows. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(1). 85–85. 6 indexed citations

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Samanta, Tanmoy, Samuel T. Badman, Shah Mohammad Bahauddin, et al.. (2022). Searching for a Solar Source of Magnetic-Field Switchbacks in Parker Solar Probe’s First Encounter. Solar Physics. 297(7). 90–90. 7 indexed citations

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Jagarlamudi, V. K., R. Bruno, Rossana De Marco, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Alpha-Proton Drift Speeds in the Solar Wind: WIND and HELIOS Observations. Universe. 9(1). 21–21. 1 indexed citations

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Agapitov, O. V., J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, et al.. (2022). Flux Rope Merging and the Structure of Switchbacks in the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 213–213. 19 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lingling, G. P. Zank, L. Adhikari, et al.. (2022). Turbulence and Waves in the Sub-Alfvénic Solar Wind Observed by the Parker Solar Probe during Encounter 10. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 934(2). L36–L36. 19 indexed citations

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Bale, S. D., T. S. Horbury, M. Velli, et al.. (2021). A Solar Source of Alfvénic Magnetic Field Switchbacks: In Situ Remnants of Magnetic Funnels on Supergranulation Scales. The Astrophysical Journal. 923(2). 174–174. 82 indexed citations

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Poirier, Nicolas, Athanasios Kouloumvakos, A. P. Rouillard, et al.. (2020). Detailed Imaging of Coronal Rays with the Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 246(2). 60–60. 22 indexed citations

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