Ronald L. Moore

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ronald L. Moore is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald L. Moore has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Ronald L. Moore's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (151 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (89 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (57 papers). Ronald L. Moore is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (151 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (89 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (57 papers). Ronald L. Moore collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Ronald L. Moore's co-authors include Alphonse C. Sterling, D. A. Falconer, G. A. Gary, H. S. Hudson, J. R. Lemen, D. M. Rabin, T. N. Larosa, Jonathan Cirtain, Mitzi Adams and Navdeep K. Panesar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ronald L. Moore

154 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Onset of the Magnetic Explosion in Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections

2001 604 citations Ronald L. Moore, Alphonse C. Sterling et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ronald L. Moore United States	40	5.0k	1.0k	487	216	129	162	5.1k
B. Schmieder France	40	5.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	389 0.8×	151 0.7×	170 1.3×	314	5.8k
S. K. Antiochos United States	48	7.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.7×	436 0.9×	349 1.6×	108 0.8×	194	7.2k
R. C. Canfield United States	35	4.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.2×	376 0.8×	189 0.9×	208 1.6×	157	4.6k
S. Tomczyk United States	28	4.5k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	571 1.2×	138 0.6×	167 1.3×	100	4.6k
J. A. Klimchuk United States	36	4.0k 0.8×	993 1.0×	302 0.6×	154 0.7×	95 0.7×	140	4.0k
Kiyoshi Ichimoto Japan	35	5.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	718 1.5×	150 0.7×	166 1.3×	225	5.2k
G. M. Simnett United Kingdom	37	6.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	415 0.9×	310 1.4×	221 1.7×	209	6.8k
L. Fletcher United Kingdom	30	3.8k 0.8×	893 0.9×	395 0.8×	206 1.0×	98 0.8×	138	3.9k
G. Aulanier France	41	5.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.5×	291 0.6×	133 0.6×	65 0.5×	119	5.1k

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Samanta, Tanmoy, et al.. (2025). Formation of Chromospheric Fan-shaped Jets through Magnetic Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 985(2). L47–L47.

Samanta, Tanmoy, Alphonse C. Sterling, Yajie Chen, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the Dynamics and Genesis of Small-scale Fine-structure Loops in the Lower Solar Atmosphere. The Astrophysical Journal. 983(2). 144–144. 1 indexed citations

Panesar, Navdeep K., Alphonse C. Sterling, Ronald L. Moore, et al.. (2025). Buildup, Explosion, and Untwisting of a Solar Active Region Jet Observed with Solar Orbiter, IRIS, and SDO. The Astrophysical Journal. 994(2). 164–164.

Moore, Ronald L., et al.. (2025). Pivot of the Emerging Bipolar Magnetic Region in the Birth of Sigmoidal Solar Active Regions. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 989(2). L54–L54.

Tiwari, Sanjiv K., Ronald L. Moore, Navdeep K. Panesar, et al.. (2025). Quantifying Suppression of Solar Surface Magnetic Flux Advection with Increasing Field Strength. The Astrophysical Journal. 987(1). 98–98.

Sterling, Alphonse C., Ronald L. Moore, & Navdeep K. Panesar. (2024). Solar Active Region Coronal Jets. III. Hidden-onset Jets. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(2). 109–109. 5 indexed citations

Sterling, Alphonse C., Navdeep K. Panesar, & Ronald L. Moore. (2024). How Small-scale Jetlike Solar Events from Miniature Flux Rope Eruptions Might Produce the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(1). 4–4. 5 indexed citations

Panesar, Navdeep K., Sanjiv K. Tiwari, Ronald L. Moore, Alphonse C. Sterling, & Bart De Pontieu. (2022). Genesis and Coronal-jet-generating Eruption of a Solar Minifilament Captured by IRIS Slit-raster Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal. 939(1). 25–25. 13 indexed citations

Sterling, Alphonse C., et al.. (2022). Inconspicuous Solar Polar Coronal X-Ray Jets as the Source of Conspicuous Hinode/EUV Imaging Spectrometer Doppler Outflows. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(1). 85–85. 6 indexed citations

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Sterling, Alphonse C., Ronald L. Moore, & Navdeep K. Panesar. (2022). Another Look at Erupting Minifilaments at the Base of Solar X-Ray Polar Coronal “Standard” and “Blowout” Jets. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(1). 127–127. 16 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Sanjiv K., et al.. (2022). Dominance of Bursty over Steady Heating of the 4–8 MK Coronal Plasma in a Solar Active Region: Quantification Using Maps of Minimum, Maximum, and Average Brightness. The Astrophysical Journal. 942(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations

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Sterling, Alphonse C., et al.. (2021). The Missing Cool Corona in the Flat Magnetic Field around Solar Active Regions. The Astrophysical Journal. 909(1). 57–57. 3 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Sanjiv K., et al.. (2021). Are the Brightest Coronal Loops Always Rooted in Mixed-polarity Magnetic Flux?. The Astrophysical Journal. 908(2). 151–151. 3 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Sanjiv K., et al.. (2018). Critical Magnetic Field Strengths for Solar Coronal Plumes in Quiet Regions and Coronal Holes?. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(2). 111–111. 5 indexed citations

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Moore, Ronald L., Alphonse C. Sterling, & Navdeep K. Panesar. (2018). Onset of the Magnetic Explosion in Solar Polar Coronal X-Ray Jets. The Astrophysical Journal. 859(1). 3–3. 23 indexed citations

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Joshi, Navin Chandra, Alphonse C. Sterling, Ronald L. Moore, Tetsuya Magara, & Yong‐Jae Moon. (2017). Onset of a Large Ejective Solar Eruption from a Typical Coronal-jet-base Field Configuration. The Astrophysical Journal. 845(1). 26–26. 25 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Sanjiv K., J. K. Thalmann, Navdeep K. Panesar, Ronald L. Moore, & Amy R. Winebarger. (2017). New Evidence that Magnetoconvection Drives Solar–Stellar Coronal Heating. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 843(2). L20–L20. 18 indexed citations

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Sterling, Alphonse C. & Ronald L. Moore. (2016). A MICROFILAMENT-ERUPTION MECHANISM FOR SOLAR SPICULES. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 828(1). L9–L9. 24 indexed citations

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Sterling, Alphonse C., Ronald L. Moore, D. A. Falconer, et al.. (2016). MINIFILAMENT ERUPTIONS THAT DRIVE CORONAL JETS IN A SOLAR ACTIVE REGION. The Astrophysical Journal. 821(2). 100–100. 64 indexed citations

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Moore, Ronald L.. (1976). Information on Heating and Cooling in Solar Flares from Broad-Band Observations of the X-Ray and EUV Spectrum.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 8. 549. 1 indexed citations

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