Ryan O. Milligan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ryan O. Milligan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan O. Milligan has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 9 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ryan O. Milligan's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (48 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (32 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers). Ryan O. Milligan is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (48 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (32 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (19 papers). Ryan O. Milligan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Ryan O. Milligan's co-authors include B. R. Dennis, P. T. Gallagher, M. Mathioudakis, F. P. Keenan, L. Fletcher, H. S. Hudson, M. Battaglia, Amir Caspi, Säm Krucker and L. Bone and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Space Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ryan O. Milligan

48 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Observational Overview of Solar Flares 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. An Observational Overview of Solar Flares
    2011 464 citations B. R. Dennis, H. S. Hudson et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryan O. Milligan United Kingdom 17 1.3k 213 139 41 36 51 1.3k
Durgesh Tripathi India 25 1.8k 1.4× 138 0.6× 357 2.6× 54 1.3× 22 0.6× 78 1.8k
S. Dalla United Kingdom 20 1.2k 1.0× 211 1.0× 108 0.8× 47 1.1× 50 1.4× 88 1.3k
Weiqun Gan China 18 1.3k 1.0× 149 0.7× 214 1.5× 55 1.3× 15 0.4× 114 1.3k
K. E. Korreck United States 20 1.0k 0.8× 91 0.4× 202 1.5× 43 1.0× 21 0.6× 41 1.0k
Haisheng Ji China 21 2.0k 1.6× 206 1.0× 404 2.9× 38 0.9× 56 1.6× 114 2.1k
N. G. Shchukina Ukraine 15 969 0.8× 79 0.4× 117 0.8× 90 2.2× 60 1.7× 51 1.0k
S. Patsourakos United States 26 2.3k 1.8× 197 0.9× 418 3.0× 62 1.5× 18 0.5× 66 2.3k
Katharine K. Reeves United States 27 2.2k 1.7× 160 0.8× 418 3.0× 51 1.2× 40 1.1× 99 2.2k
D. A. Biesecker United States 21 1.9k 1.5× 171 0.8× 368 2.6× 64 1.6× 29 0.8× 49 2.0k
J. G. Doyle United Kingdom 24 1.9k 1.5× 106 0.5× 267 1.9× 35 0.9× 68 1.9× 102 1.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan O. Milligan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Milligan, Ryan O., et al.. (2025). Observations of Flare Induced Doppler Shifts in the Si iii 1206 Å Line. Solar Physics. 300(9).
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Milligan, Ryan O., et al.. (2024). The Influence of Different Phases of a Solar Flare on Changes in the Total Electron Content in the Earth’s Ionosphere. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(2). 188–188. 5 indexed citations
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Chamberlin, Phillip C., Adrian Daw, Ryan O. Milligan, et al.. (2024). The Solar EruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph. Solar Physics. 299(8). 120–120. 2 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O., et al.. (2024). On the Instrumental Discrepancies in Lyman-Alpha Observations of Solar Flares. Solar Physics. 299(11). 162–162. 3 indexed citations
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Chamberlin, Phillip C., et al.. (2023). Spicules in IRIS Mg ii Observations: Automated Identification. The Astrophysical Journal. 946(2). 103–103. 2 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O., et al.. (2023). Observational Analysis of Lyα Emission in Equivalent-magnitude Solar Flares. The Astrophysical Journal. 954(2). 120–120. 8 indexed citations
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Kerr, Graham S., Joel C. Allred, Adam F. Kowalski, et al.. (2023). Prospects of Detecting Nonthermal Protons in Solar Flares via Lyman Line Spectroscopy: Revisiting the Orrall–Zirker Effect. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(2). 118–118. 10 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O., et al.. (2022). Call and Response: A Time-resolved Study of Chromospheric Evaporation in a Large Solar Flare. The Astrophysical Journal. 936(1). 85–85. 5 indexed citations
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Jess, D. B., et al.. (2021). Flare Induced Sunquake Signatures in the Ultraviolet as Observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 1 indexed citations
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Mathioudakis, M., et al.. (2021). Flare-induced Photospheric Velocity Diagnostics. The Astrophysical Journal. 915(1). 16–16. 12 indexed citations
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Chamberlin, Phillip C., D. J. Schmit, Adrian Daw, et al.. (2020). The Solar eruptioN Integral Field Spectrograph (SNIFS) Sounding Rocket. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2020. 1 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O. & J. Ireland. (2018). On the Performance of Multi-Instrument Solar Flare Observations During Solar Cycle 24. Solar Physics. 293(2). 18–18. 12 indexed citations
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Young, Peter R., F. P. Keenan, Ryan O. Milligan, & Hardi Peter. (2018). A Si iv/O iv Electron Density Diagnostic for the Analysis of IRIS Solar Spectra. The Astrophysical Journal. 857(1). 5–5. 18 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O., et al.. (2018). Nettersexuality: The Impact of Internet Pornography on Gay Male Sexual Expression and Identity. Sexuality & Culture. 22(4). 1189–1204. 6 indexed citations
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Kennedy, M., Ryan O. Milligan, Joel C. Allred, M. Mathioudakis, & F. P. Keenan. (2015). Radiative hydrodynamic modelling and observations of the X-class solar flare on 2011 March 9. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 24 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O.. (2015). Extreme Ultra-Violet Spectroscopy of the Flaring Solar Chromosphere. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Gallagher, P. T., et al.. (2013). Solar flare X-ray source motion as a response to electron spectral hardening. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Dennis, B. R. & Ryan O. Milligan. (2010). Solar Satellites. Scholarpedia. 5(7). 6139–6139.
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Raftery, C. L., P. T. Gallagher, Ryan O. Milligan, & J. A. Klimchuk. (2008). Multi-wavelength observations and modelling of a canonical solar flare. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 29 indexed citations
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Milligan, Ryan O. & James Underwood. (1973). Evolution of X-Ray Structures.. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 5. 419. 2 indexed citations

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