R. C. Elphic

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
107 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

R. C. Elphic is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Elphic has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. C. Elphic's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (58 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (56 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (45 papers). R. C. Elphic is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (58 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (56 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (45 papers). R. C. Elphic collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. R. C. Elphic's co-authors include C. T. Russell, D. J. Lawrence, W. C. Feldman, S. J. Bame, T. H. Prettyman, B. L. Barraclough, D. T. Vaniman, D. J. McComas, J. T. Gosling and J. J. Hagerty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Elphic

105 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

ISEE observations of flux transfer events at the dayside ... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1979 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

R. C. Elphic
B. L. Barraclough United States
R. L. Tokar United States
C. Paranicas United States
J. T. Steinberg United States
R. R. Vondrak United States
M. Volwerk Austria
P. Lamy France
N. Krupp Germany
B. L. Barraclough United States
R. C. Elphic
Citations per year, relative to R. C. Elphic R. C. Elphic (= 1×) peers B. L. Barraclough

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. C. Elphic

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Teodoro, L. F. A., A. Colaprete, T. Roush, et al.. (2017). Modeling of Volatiles Loss During Lunar Resource Prospector Mission Sample Acquisition. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1894.
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Benna, M., R. C. Elphic, D. M. Hurley, T. J. Stubbs, & P. R. Mahaffy. (2017). Observation of Signatures of Meteoroidal Water in the Lunar Exosphere by the LADEE NMS Instrument. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations
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Benna, M., D. M. Hurley, T. J. Stubbs, P. R. Mahaffy, & R. C. Elphic. (2015). Observations of Meteoroidal Water in the Lunar Exosphere by the LADEE NMS Instrument. LPICo. 1863. 2059. 4 indexed citations
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Lees, David, et al.. (2015). Tools for Enabling Real Time Volatile Prospecting with Surface Rovers. LPI. 2895. 1 indexed citations
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Quinn, Jacqueline W., et al.. (2012). RESOLVE Lunar Ice/Volatile Payload Development and Field Test Status. 1685. 3046. 4 indexed citations
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Heldmann, J. L., A. Colaprete, R. C. Elphic, et al.. (2012). RESOLVE: Real-Time Science Operations to Support a Lunar Polar Volatiles Rover Mission. 1685. 3034. 1 indexed citations
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Hayne, P. O., B. T. Greenhagen, M.A. Siegler, et al.. (2011). The Moon's Extremely Insulating Near-Surface: Diviner Infrared Observations of a Total Lunar Eclipse. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Delory, G. T., R. C. Elphic, A. Colaprete, P. Mahaffy, & M. Horányi. (2010). The LADEE Mission: The Next Step After the Discovery of Water on the Moon. LPI. 2459. 3 indexed citations
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Glotch, T. D., P. G. Lucey, J. L. Bandfield, et al.. (2010). Identification of Highly Silicic Features on the Moon. 1780. 5 indexed citations
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Seki, K., J. P. McFadden, R. C. Elphic, et al.. (2005). On variation of outer radiation belt electrons and O+ ions in the inner magnetosphere during large magnetic storms: FAST observations. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations
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Elphic, R. C., B. Lavraud, M. G. G. T. Taylor, et al.. (2005). The dependence of flux transfer events on solar wind conditions from three years of Cluster observations. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations
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Elphic, R. C., J. Birn, J. Raeder, et al.. (2004). FTE Structures: Multi-Spacecraft Observation and Global Modeling Combined. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Lucey, P. G., D. J. Lawrence, W. C. Feldman, et al.. (2002). A New Rock Type Found at Tycho. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 1056. 2 indexed citations
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Seki, K., Masafumi Hirahara, T. Terasawa, T. Mukai, & R. C. Elphic. (2002). Dynamics of oxygen ions in the Earth s magnetotail: Geotail and FAST observations. 34. 287. 2 indexed citations
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Maurice, S., W. C. Feldman, D. J. Lawrence, et al.. (2001). A Maturity Parameter of the Lunar Regolith from Neutron Data. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2033. 3 indexed citations
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Lawrence, D. J., W. C. Feldman, D. T. Blewett, et al.. (2001). Iron Abundances on the Lunar Surface as Measured by the Lunar Prospector Gamma-Ray Spectrometer. LPI. 1830. 9 indexed citations
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Elphic, R. C., D. J. McComas, J. E. Nordholt, et al.. (1990). Mapping Lunar Atmospheric Ions to Their Source Locations. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 22. 1046. 1 indexed citations
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Russell, C. T., R. C. Elphic, J. G. Luhmann, & J. A. Slavin. (1980). On the search for an intrinsic magnetic field at Venus. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3. 1897–1906. 10 indexed citations
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Russell, C. T., R. C. Elphic, & J. A. Slavin. (1979). Initial Pioneer Venus Magnetometer Observations. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 3. 1045. 6 indexed citations
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Slavin, J. A., R. C. Elphic, & C. T. Russell. (1979). Pioneer-Venus Magnetometer Observations: Evidence for Solar Cycle Variation in the Solar Wind Interaction with Venus.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 11. 536. 1 indexed citations

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