R. B. Torbert

26.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
355 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

R. B. Torbert is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. B. Torbert has authored 355 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 340 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 146 papers in Molecular Biology and 95 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in R. B. Torbert's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (333 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (301 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (146 papers). R. B. Torbert is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (333 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (301 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (146 papers). R. B. Torbert collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Austria. R. B. Torbert's co-authors include J. L. Burch, B. L. Giles, T. E. Moore, F. S. Mozer, C. T. Russell, R. E. Ergun, Peter Lindqvist, M. C. Kelley, R. J. Strangeway and C. A. Cattell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

R. B. Torbert

347 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

Magnetospheric Multiscale Overview and Science Objectives

2015 1.1k citations J. L. Burch, T. E. Moore et al. profile →
SWE, a comprehensive plasma instrument for the WIND spacecraft

1995 1.0k citations R. B. Torbert et al. profile →
Observations of Paired Electrostatic Shocks in the Polar Magnetosphere

1977 573 citations R. B. Torbert et al. profile →
The Axial Double Probe and Fields Signal Processing for the MMS Mission

2014 454 citations R. E. Ergun, K. Goodrich et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. B. Torbert United States	49	11.6k	4.1k	2.9k	1.2k	792	355	12.0k
M. André Sweden	61	11.4k 1.0×	4.1k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 1.3×	270	11.7k
R. J. Strangeway United States	51	10.3k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	374	10.6k
Anton Artemyev United States	49	9.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.6×	3.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	729 0.9×	473	9.8k
J. W. Bonnell United States	58	10.1k 0.9×	3.4k 0.8×	3.6k 1.2×	934 0.8×	730 0.9×	254	10.3k
J. P. McFadden United States	58	10.6k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	2.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.6k 2.0×	244	11.0k
G. K. Parks United States	55	10.3k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	2.7k 0.9×	992 0.8×	537 0.7×	345	10.7k
C. A. Kletzing United States	64	14.4k 1.2×	3.6k 0.9×	6.6k 2.3×	1.1k 0.9×	834 1.1×	330	14.6k
D. E. Larson United States	56	11.4k 1.0×	4.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	663 0.5×	526 0.7×	270	11.8k
G. Haerendel Germany	51	9.5k 0.8×	3.8k 0.9×	2.3k 0.8×	930 0.8×	474 0.6×	280	9.8k
Joseph E. Borovsky United States	55	9.3k 0.8×	4.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	564 0.5×	349 0.4×	256	9.9k

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Lavraud, B., V. Génot, Sergio Toledo‐Redondo, et al.. (2024). Direct In‐Situ Estimates of Energy and Force Balance Associated With Magnetopause Reconnection. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(8).

Xie, Lun, S. Y. Fu, Z. Y. Pu, et al.. (2022). Energetic Electron Microinjections Observed by MMS in the Dusk Plasma Sheet and Drift Resonance Interpretation. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(13). 1 indexed citations

Denton, R. E., R. B. Torbert, Hiroshi Hasegawa, et al.. (2021). Two‐Dimensional Velocity of the Magnetic Structure Observed on July 11, 2017 by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Spacecraft. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(3). 4 indexed citations

Genestreti, K. J., et al.. (2020). Energy Balance and Time Dependence of a Magnetotail Electron Diffusion Region. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(11). 5 indexed citations

Genestreti, K. J., Yi‐Hsin Liu, T. D. Phan, et al.. (2020). Multiscale Coupling During Magnetopause Reconnection: Interface Between the Electron and Ion Diffusion Regions. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(10). 9 indexed citations

Peng, Fang‐Zheng, C. T. Russell, B. L. Giles, et al.. (2020). Observation of Energy Conversion Near the X-line in Asymmetric Guide-field Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 895(1). L10–L10. 4 indexed citations

Wilder, F. D., S. J. Schwartz, R. E. Ergun, et al.. (2020). Parallel Electrostatic Waves Associated With Turbulent Plasma Mixing in the Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(14). 6 indexed citations

Chen, Li‐Jen, Shan Wang, Jonathan Ng, et al.. (2020). Solitary Magnetic Structures at Quasi‐Parallel Collisionless Shocks: Formation. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(1). 27 indexed citations

Zhang, Chi, Congcong Shen, M. W. Dunlop, et al.. (2019). Near Earth Vortices Driving of Field Aligned Currents Based on Magnetosphere Multiscale and Swarm Observations. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 39(1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

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Ergun, R. E., Sanni Hoilijoki, N. Ahmadi, et al.. (2019). Magnetic Reconnection in Three Dimensions: Observations of Electromagnetic Drift Waves in the Adjacent Current Sheet. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(12). 10104–10118. 6 indexed citations

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Gingell, Imogen, S. J. Schwartz, J. P. Eastwood, et al.. (2019). Statistics of Reconnecting Current Sheets in the Transition Region of Earth's Bow Shock. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(1). 40 indexed citations

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Hoilijoki, Sanni, R. E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, et al.. (2019). Electron‐Scale Magnetic Structure Observed Adjacent to an Electron Diffusion Region at the Dayside Magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(12). 10153–10169. 7 indexed citations

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Nakamura, R., K. J. Genestreti, Takuma Nakamura, et al.. (2018). Structure of the Current Sheet in the 11 July 2017 Electron Diffusion Region Event. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 124(2). 1173–1186. 39 indexed citations

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Usanova, Maria, N. Ahmadi, D. Malaspina, et al.. (2018). MMS Observations of Harmonic Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(17). 8764–8772. 15 indexed citations

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Fuselier, S. A., S. M. Petrinec, K. J. Trattner, et al.. (2018). Observational Evidence of Large‐Scale Multiple Reconnection at the Earth's Dayside Magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(10). 8407–8421. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Shan, Li‐Jen Chen, Naoki Bessho, et al.. (2018). Observational Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection in the Terrestrial Bow Shock Transition Region. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(2). 562–570. 58 indexed citations

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Dunlop, M. W., K. J. Trattner, T. D. Phan, et al.. (2017). Structure and evolution of flux transfer events near dayside magnetic reconnection dissipation region: MMS observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(12). 5951–5959. 30 indexed citations

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Russell, C. T., R. J. Strangeway, B. J. Anderson, et al.. (2017). Structure, force balance, and topology of Earth’s magnetopause. Science. 356(6341). 960–963. 16 indexed citations

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Stawarz, J. E., J. P. Eastwood, Ali Varsani, et al.. (2017). Magnetospheric Multiscale analysis of intense field‐aligned Poynting flux near the Earth's plasma sheet boundary. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(14). 7106–7113. 20 indexed citations

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Holmes, J. C., R. E. Ergun, D. L. Newman, et al.. (2017). Negative Potential Solitary Structures in the Magnetosheath With Large Parallel Width. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(1). 132–145. 18 indexed citations

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