R. E. Ergun

33.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
433 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

R. E. Ergun is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, R. E. Ergun has authored 433 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 417 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 149 papers in Molecular Biology and 118 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in R. E. Ergun's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (379 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (330 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (149 papers). R. E. Ergun is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (379 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (330 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (149 papers). R. E. Ergun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. R. E. Ergun's co-authors include C. W. Carlson, R. J. Strangeway, J. P. McFadden, J. W. Bonnell, F. S. Mozer, C. C. Chaston, L. Andersson, I. Roth, J. L. Burch and C. M. Cully and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

R. E. Ergun

427 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

A three-dimensional plasma and energetic particle investigation for the wind spacecraft

1995 642 citations R. E. Ergun et al. Space Science Reviews profile →
FAST satellite observations of large‐amplitude solitary structures

1998 493 citations R. E. Ergun, R. J. Strangeway et al. Geophysical Research Letters profile →
The Axial Double Probe and Fields Signal Processing for the MMS Mission

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impulsively Accelerated Ions as the Source of Ion Acoustic Waves in Solar Wind 2024 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·R. E. Ergun, (unknown), D. Malaspina, Iver H. Cairns, C. A. Cattell	2
2	Particle Acceleration by Magnetic Reconnection in Geospace 2023 ·Space Science Reviews ·M. Oka, J. Birn, J. Egedal, Fan Guo, R. E. Ergun, D. L. Turner, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, Kyoung‐Joo Hwang, I. J. Cohen, J. F. Drake	24
3	Ion Energization by Turbulent Electric Fields in Fast Earthward Flows and Its Implications for the Dynamics of the Inner Magnetosphere 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Maria Usanova, R. E. Ergun, J. E. Stawarz	3
4	Electron Acceleration by Interaction of Two Filamentary Currents Within a Magnetopause Magnetic Flux Rope 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Rongsheng Wang, Quanming Lu, J. L. Burch, I. J. Cohen, A. N. Jaynes, R. E. Ergun	6
5	Energetic Electron Microinjections Observed by MMS in the Dusk Plasma Sheet and Drift Resonance Interpretation 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Lun Xie, S. Y. Fu, Z. Y. Pu, Ying Xiong, Xu‐Zhi Zhou, Qiugang Zong, Li Li, C. T. Russell, R. E. Ergun, J. L. Burch, J. B. Blake, R. B. Torbert, Peter Lindqvist	1
6	Energy Conversion Within Current Sheets in the Earth's Quasi‐Parallel Magnetosheath 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·S. J. Schwartz, H. Kucharek, C. J. Farrugia, K. J. Trattner, Imogen Gingell, R. E. Ergun, R. J. Strangeway, D. J. Gershman	10
7	Subsolar Electron Temperatures in the Lower Martian Ionosphere 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·W. K. Peterson, L. Andersson, R. E. Ergun, E. Thiemann, Marcin Pilinski, S. A. Thaller, C. M. Fowler, D. L. Mitchell, M. Benna, R. V. Yelle, Shane W. Stone	6
8	Generation of Turbulence in Kelvin‐Helmholtz Vortices at the Earth's Magnetopause: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takuma Nakamura, D. J. Gershman, Yasuhiro Nariyuki, A. F. Viñas, B. L. Giles, B. Lavraud, C. T. Russell, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, R. E. Ergun, Y. Saito	17
9	Multiscale Coupling During Magnetopause Reconnection: Interface Between the Electron and Ion Diffusion Regions 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·K. J. Genestreti, Yi‐Hsin Liu, T. D. Phan, R. E. Denton, R. B. Torbert, J. L. Burch, J. Webster, Shan Wang, K. J. Trattner, M. R. Argall, Li‐Jen Chen, S. A. Fuselier, N. Ahmadi, R. E. Ergun, B. L. Giles, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, S. Eriksson	9
10	Observation of Energy Conversion Near the X-line in Asymmetric Guide-field Reconnection 2020 ·The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·(unknown), Fang‐Zheng Peng, C. T. Russell, B. L. Giles, Peter Lindqvist, R. B. Torbert, R. E. Ergun, J. L. Burch	4
11	Parallel Electrostatic Waves Associated With Turbulent Plasma Mixing in the Kelvin‐Helmholtz Instability 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·F. D. Wilder, S. J. Schwartz, R. E. Ergun, S. Eriksson, N. Ahmadi, A. Chasapis, D. L. Newman, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, R. J. Strangeway, B. L. Giles	6
12	Electron Mixing and Isotropization in the Exhaust of Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection With a Guide Field 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Binbin Tang, Wenya Li, A. Lê, D. B. Graham, Yifan Wu, Chi Wang, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, J. Egedal, Xin Tao, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, Peter Lindqvist, R. E. Ergun, C. T. Russell, J. L. Burch	5
13	Magnetic Reconnection in Three Dimensions: Observations of Electromagnetic Drift Waves in the Adjacent Current Sheet 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·R. E. Ergun, Sanni Hoilijoki, N. Ahmadi, S. J. Schwartz, F. D. Wilder, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, Peter Lindqvist, D. B. Graham, R. J. Strangeway, O. Le Contel, J. C. Holmes, J. E. Stawarz, K. Goodrich, S. Eriksson, B. L. Giles, D. J. Gershman, Li‐Jen Chen	6
14	Statistics of Reconnecting Current Sheets in the Transition Region of Earth's Bow Shock 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Imogen Gingell, S. J. Schwartz, J. P. Eastwood, J. E. Stawarz, J. L. Burch, R. E. Ergun, S. A. Fuselier, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, B. Lavraud, Peter Lindqvist, W. R. Paterson, T. D. Phan, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert, F. D. Wilder	40
15	Electron‐Scale Magnetic Structure Observed Adjacent to an Electron Diffusion Region at the Dayside Magnetopause 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Sanni Hoilijoki, R. E. Ergun, S. J. Schwartz, S. Eriksson, F. D. Wilder, J. Webster, N. Ahmadi, O. Le Contel, J. L. Burch, R. B. Torbert, R. J. Strangeway, B. L. Giles	7
16	Structure of the Current Sheet in the 11 July 2017 Electron Diffusion Region Event 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·R. Nakamura, K. J. Genestreti, Takuma Nakamura, W. Baumjohann, Ali Varsani, T. Nagai, Naoki Bessho, J. L. Burch, R. E. Denton, J. P. Eastwood, R. E. Ergun, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, Hiroshi Hasegawa, M. Hesse, Peter Lindqvist, C. T. Russell, J. E. Stawarz, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert	39
17	MMS Observations of Harmonic Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Maria Usanova, N. Ahmadi, D. Malaspina, R. E. Ergun, K. J. Trattner, (unknown), T. Leonard, S. A. Fuselier, R. B. Torbert, C. T. Russell, J. L. Burch	15
18	Magnetospheric Multiscale analysis of intense field‐aligned Poynting flux near the Earth's plasma sheet boundary 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·J. E. Stawarz, J. P. Eastwood, Ali Varsani, R. E. Ergun, M. A. Shay, R. Nakamura, T. D. Phan, J. L. Burch, D. J. Gershman, B. L. Giles, K. Goodrich, Y. V. Khotyaintsev, Peter Lindqvist, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, R. B. Torbert	20
19	The MMS Dayside Magnetic Reconnection Locations During Phase 1 and Their Relation to the Predictions of the Maximum Magnetic Shear Model 2017 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·K. J. Trattner, J. L. Burch, R. E. Ergun, S. Eriksson, S. A. Fuselier, B. L. Giles, R. G. Gomez, E. W. Grimes, W. S. Lewis, B. H. Mauk, S. M. Petrinec, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, Lorenzo Trenchi, F. D. Wilder	35
20	Large‐amplitude electric fields associated with bursty bulk flow braking in the Earth's plasma sheet 2014 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·R. E. Ergun, K. Goodrich, J. E. Stawarz, L. Andersson, V. Angelopoulos	92

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