Robert J. Leamon

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Robert J. Leamon is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Leamon has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 23 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Leamon's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (52 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (35 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers). Robert J. Leamon is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (52 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (35 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (24 papers). Robert J. Leamon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Robert J. Leamon's co-authors include C. W. Smith, N. F. Ness, H. K. Wong, W. H. Matthaeus, Scott W. McIntosh, Kathleen E. Hamilton, Bernard J. Vasquez, Alexei Pevtsov, R. C. Canfield and G. P. Zank and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Leamon

53 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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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.

Observational constraints on the dynamics of the interplanetary magnetic field dissipation range

1998 549 citations Robert J. Leamon, C. W. Smith et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert J. Leamon United States	22	2.5k	981	178	157	109	56	2.5k
Bernard J. Vasquez United States	29	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	250 1.4×	106 0.7×	86 0.8×	119	2.8k
S. Dasso Argentina	32	2.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	113 0.6×	178 1.1×	62 0.6×	115	3.0k
Philip A. Isenberg United States	37	4.3k 1.7×	772 0.8×	373 2.1×	199 1.3×	121 1.1×	122	4.4k
B. V. Jackson United States	28	2.8k 1.1×	581 0.6×	105 0.6×	127 0.8×	204 1.9×	175	2.9k
L. Adhikari United States	25	1.8k 0.7×	385 0.4×	150 0.8×	264 1.7×	64 0.6×	76	1.8k
P. S. Cally Australia	31	2.5k 1.0×	868 0.9×	122 0.7×	206 1.3×	368 3.4×	122	2.6k
T. V. Zaqarashvili Georgia	27	1.8k 0.7×	513 0.5×	82 0.5×	90 0.6×	147 1.3×	73	1.9k
J. A. Klimchuk United States	36	4.0k 1.6×	993 1.0×	154 0.9×	302 1.9×	95 0.9×	140	4.0k
T. S. Bastian United States	26	2.4k 1.0×	350 0.4×	266 1.5×	136 0.9×	83 0.8×	124	2.4k
M. A. Forman United States	24	1.9k 0.8×	565 0.6×	379 2.1×	179 1.1×	63 0.6×	70	1.9k

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Dikpati, Mausumi, et al.. (2023). Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities of Double Magnetic Bands in a Shallow-water Tachocline Model. I. Cross-equatorial Interactions of Bands. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(1). 32–32. 2 indexed citations

Leamon, Robert J.. (2023). The triple-dip La Niña of 2020–22: updates to the correlation of ENSO with the termination of solar cycles. Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. 2 indexed citations

McIntosh, Scott W., Robert J. Leamon, & Ricky Egeland. (2023). Deciphering solar magnetic activity: The (solar) hale cycle terminator of 2021. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 10. 17 indexed citations

Leamon, Robert J., Scott W. McIntosh, & A. M. Title. (2022). Deciphering Solar Magnetic Activity: The Solar Cycle Clock. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 9. 14 indexed citations

Leamon, Robert J., Scott W. McIntosh, S. C. Chapman, & N. W. Watkins. (2021). Response to “Limitations in the Hilbert Transform Approach to Locating Solar Cycle Terminators” by R. Booth. Solar Physics. 296(10). 5 indexed citations

McIntosh, Scott W., Robert J. Leamon, Ricky Egeland, et al.. (2021). Deciphering Solar Magnetic Activity: 140 Years of the ‘Extended Solar Cycle’ – Mapping the Hale Cycle. Solar Physics. 296(12). 13 indexed citations

Dikpati, Mausumi, Robert J. Leamon, John Anderson, et al.. (2021). Space Weather Modeling and Prediction for Intermediate Time-scales. Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium).

Smith, C. W., M. R. Argall, Bernard J. Vasquez, et al.. (2020). Solar Wind Turbulence from 1 to 45 au. I. Evidence for Dissipation of Magnetic Fluctuations Using Voyager and ACE Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 900(2). 91–91. 23 indexed citations

Smith, C. W., M. R. Argall, Bernard J. Vasquez, et al.. (2020). Solar Wind Turbulence from 1 to 45 au. II. Analysis of Inertial-range Fluctuations Using Voyager and ACE Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 900(2). 92–92. 18 indexed citations

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Smith, C. W., M. R. Argall, Bernard J. Vasquez, et al.. (2020). Solar Wind Turbulence from 1 to 45 au. III. Anisotropy of Magnetic Fluctuations in the Inertial Range Using Voyager and ACE Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 900(2). 93–93. 26 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Kathleen E., C. W. Smith, Bernard J. Vasquez, & Robert J. Leamon. (2020). Advanced Composition Explorer Observations of Turbulence from 1998 through 2002: Data Intervals. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 250(1). 15–15. 5 indexed citations

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Srivastava, A. K., Scott W. McIntosh, Dipankar Banerjee, et al.. (2018). The Extended Solar Cycle: Muddying the Waters of Solar/Stellar Dynamo Modeling or Providing Crucial Observational Constraints?. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 5. 6 indexed citations

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McIntosh, Scott W., et al.. (2017). The detection of Rossby-like waves on the Sun. Nature Astronomy. 1(4). 72 indexed citations

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Leamon, Robert J. & Scott W. McIntosh. (2017). Predicting the La Niña of 2020-21: Termination of Solar Cycles and Correlated Variance in Solar and Atmospheric Variability. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017.

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Qiu, Jiong, et al.. (2016). Coronal Holes and Open Magnetic Flux over Cycles 23 and 24. Solar Physics. 292(1). 18–18. 58 indexed citations

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McIntosh, Scott W., D. E. Innes, Bart De Pontieu, & Robert J. Leamon. (2010). STEREO observations of quasi-periodically driven high velocity outflows in polar plumes. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 510. L2–L2. 51 indexed citations

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Smith, C. W., Bernard J. Vasquez, Kathleen E. Hamilton, et al.. (2007). Turbulence spectrum of interplanetary magnetic fluctuations and the rate of energy cascade. AIP conference proceedings. 932. 96–101. 4 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Kathleen E., C. W. Smith, & Robert J. Leamon. (2005). Dissipation Range Spectral Characteristics at 1 AU. ESASP. 592. 547. 1 indexed citations

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Leamon, Robert J., W. H. Matthaeus, C. W. Smith, et al.. (2000). MHD‐driven Kinetic Dissipation in the Solar Wind and Corona. The Astrophysical Journal. 537(2). 1054–1062. 182 indexed citations

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Leamon, Robert J., C. W. Smith, N. F. Ness, W. H. Matthaeus, & H. K. Wong. (1998). Observational constraints on the dynamics of the interplanetary magnetic field dissipation range. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 103(A3). 4775–4787. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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