R. L. McNutt

15.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
237 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

R. L. McNutt is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. L. McNutt has authored 237 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 228 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 61 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. L. McNutt's work include Astro and Planetary Science (183 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (99 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (92 papers). R. L. McNutt is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (183 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (99 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (92 papers). R. L. McNutt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Germany. R. L. McNutt's co-authors include Sean C. Solomon, B. J. Anderson, J. A. Slavin, H. Korth, J. W. Belcher, T. H. Zurbuchen, J. M. Raines, R. E. Gold, H. S. Bridge and S. M. Krimigis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

R. L. McNutt

224 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer: Enceladus Plume Composition and Structure

2006 498 citations T. E. Cravens, R. L. McNutt et al. profile →
Liquid water on Enceladus from observations of ammonia and 40Ar in the plume

2009 402 citations J. H. Westlake, R. L. McNutt et al. profile →
The Major-Element Composition of Mercury’s Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry

2011 328 citations R. Starr, W. V. Boynton et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. L. McNutt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of R. L. McNutt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of R. L. McNutt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with R. L. McNutt. R. L. McNutt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Delay of Near-relativistic Electrons with Respect to Type III Radio Bursts throughout the Inner Heliosphere 2025 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·J. G. Mitchell, E. R. Christian, G. A. de Nolfo, C. M. S. Cohen, M. E. Hill, Athanasios Kouloumvakos, A. W. Labrador, R. A. Leske, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt, D. G. Mitchell, M. M. Shen, N. A. Schwadron, M. E. Wiedenbeck, S. D. Bale, M. Pulupa	3
2	A Living Catalog of Parker Solar Probe IS⊙IS Energetic Particle Enhancements 2023 ·The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series ·J. G. Mitchell, C. M. S. Cohen, (unknown), C. J. Joyce, J. S. Rankin, M. M. Shen, G. A. de Nolfo, E. R. Christian, D. J. McComas, R. L. McNutt, M. E. Wiedenbeck, N. A. Schwadron, M. E. Hill, A. W. Labrador, R. A. Leske, R. A. Mewaldt, D. G. Mitchell, J. R. Szalay	7
3	First Measurements of Jovian Electrons by Parker Solar Probe/IS⊙IS within 0.5 au of the Sun 2022 ·The Astrophysical Journal ·J. G. Mitchell, R. A. Leske, G. A. de Nolfo, E. R. Christian, M. E. Wiedenbeck, D. J. McComas, C. M. S. Cohen, A. C. Cummings, M. E. Hill, A. W. Labrador, M. L. Mays, R. L. McNutt, R. A. Mewaldt, D. G. Mitchell, D. Odstrčil, N. A. Schwadron, E. C. Stone, J. R. Szalay	4
4	Parker Solar Probe observations of helical structures as boundaries for energetic particles 2021 ·Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Francesco Pecora, S. Servidio, A. Greco, W. H. Matthaeus, D. J. McComas, J. Giacalone, C. J. Joyce, (unknown), C. M. S. Cohen, R. A. Leske, M. E. Wiedenbeck, R. L. McNutt, M. E. Hill, D. G. Mitchell, E. R. Christian, E. C. Roelof, N. A. Schwadron, S. D. Bale	17
5	Planetary Science with an Interstellar Probe 2018 ·LPI ·Kathleen Mandt, Kirby Runyon, A. M. Rymer, R. L. McNutt, P. C. Brandt, (unknown)	0
6	The puzzling detection of x-rays from Pluto by Chandra 2016 ·Icarus ·C. M. Lisse, R. L. McNutt, S. J. Wolk, F. Bagenal, S. A. Stern, G. R. Gladstone, T. E. Cravens, M. E. Hill, P. Kollmann, H. A. Weaver, D. F. Strobel, H. A. Elliott, D. J. McComas, Richard P. Binzel, Bradford Snios, Anil Bhardwaj, A. Chutjian, L. A. Young, C. B. Olkin, (unknown)	12
7	The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) for the Europa Mission 2016 ·LPICo ·J. H. Westlake, R. L. McNutt, J. C. Kasper, A. Case, A. M. Rymer, M. L. Stevens, Xiaofeng Jia, C. S. Paty, K. K. Khurana, M. G. Kivelson, J. A. Slavin, H. T. Smith, H. Korth, N. Krupp, (unknown), Joachim Saur	0
8	The low‐degree shape of Mercury 2015 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·M. E. Perry, G. A. Neumann, R. J. Phillips, O. S. Barnouin, C. M. Ernst, Daniel Kahan, Sean C. Solomon, M. T. Zuber, David E. Smith, S. A. Hauck, S. J. Peale, Jean‐Luc Margot, E. Mazarico, C. L. Johnson, R. W. Gaskell, J. H. Roberts, R. L. McNutt, Juergen Oberst	28
9	Intense energetic-electron flux enhancements in Mercury's magnetosphere: An integrated view with high-resolution observations from MESSENGER 2015 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·R. M. Dewey, D. N. Baker, J. A. Slavin, J. M. Raines, D. J. Lawrence, J. Goldsten, P. N. Peplowski, H. Korth, S. M. Krimigis, B. J. Anderson, G. C. Ho, R. L. McNutt, D. Schriver, Sean C. Solomon	1
10	Escape of Pluto's Atmosphere: In Situ Measurements from the Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI) instrument on New Horizons and Remote Observations from the Chandra X-ray observatory 2015 ·DPS ·R. L. McNutt, M. E. Hill, C. M. Lisse, P. Kollmann, F. Bagenal, S. M. Krimigis, D. J. McComas, H. A. Elliott, S. J. Wolk, D. F. Strobel, Xun Zhu, S. A. Stern, H. A. Weaver, L. A. Young, Kimberly Ennico, C. B. Olkin	0
11	What Happened to the High-Energy (> 100 keV) Particles at Mercury? 2013 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·D. Schriver, (unknown), B. J. Anderson, M. Ashour‐Abdalla, (unknown), (unknown), S. A. Boardsen, Petr Hellinger, G. C. Ho, H. Korth, S. M. Krimigis, R. L. McNutt, (unknown), R. L. Richard, J. A. Slavin, Sean C. Solomon, R. Starr, T. H. Zurbuchen	1
12	MESSENGER Observations of Magnetotail Dynamics at Mercury 2012 ·EGUGA ·J. A. Slavin, (unknown), G. A. DiBraccio, T. Sundberg, S. A. Boardsen, B. J. Anderson, H. Korth, D. N. Baker, R. L. McNutt, Sean C. Solomon	1
13	Mercury Color and Albedo: New Insights from MESSENGER 2008 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·M. S. Robinson, C. R. Chapman, D. L. Domingue, S. E. Hawkins, J. W. Head, G. M. Holsclaw, W. E. McClintock, R. L. McNutt, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, R. G. Strom, T. R. Watters, D. T. Blewett, J. J. Gillis‐Davis, Sean C. Solomon, (unknown)	1
14	Enabling Decadal Survey Science Goals for Primitive Bodies Using Radioisotope Electric Propulsion 2006 ·37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·L. M. Prockter, A. S. Rivkin, R. L. McNutt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven R. Oleson, (unknown)	1
15	PARIS: A new class of missions to explore the Trojan asteroids and outer solar system 2005 ·DPS ·L. M. Prockter, R. E. Gold, R. L. McNutt, (unknown), (unknown)	1
16	MESSENGER: The Discovery Mission to Mercury 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·R. L. McNutt, Sean C. Solomon, R. E. Gold, D. L. Domingue	2
17	The MESSENGER Spacecraft and Payload 2002 ·R. E. Gold, S. C. Solomon, R. L. McNutt, A. G. Santo	3
18	Spatial Gradients, Energy Spectra and Anisotropies of Ions ≥ 30 keV at CIR Shocks from 1 to 50 AU 1995 ·International Cosmic Ray Conference ·R. B. Decker, S. M. Krimigis, R. L. McNutt, M. Kane	10
19	Energetic Particle Activity in the Heliosphere 1991-1995 1995 ·ICRC ·S. M. Krimigis, (unknown), R. L. McNutt, (unknown), D. C. Hamilton, M. R. Collier	6
20	The X-Ray/Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for the NEAR Mission 1995 ·Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ·J. I. Trombka, W. V. Boynton, J. Brückner, S. W. Squyres, S. H. Bailey, P. E. Clark, L. G. Evans, (unknown), R. Starr, (unknown), J. Goldsten, R. L. McNutt	1

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