Sofiane Bourouaine

907 total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 519 citations indexed

About

Sofiane Bourouaine is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofiane Bourouaine has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 519 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Sofiane Bourouaine's work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (27 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (19 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers). Sofiane Bourouaine is often cited by papers focused on Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (27 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (19 papers) and Astro and Planetary Science (9 papers). Sofiane Bourouaine collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Sofiane Bourouaine's co-authors include E. Marsch, Jean C. Perez, N. E. Raouafi, J. C. Kasper, F. M. Neubauer, M. Maksimović, Olga Alexandrova, C. Vocks, Christopher H. K. Chen and S. D. Bale and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Sofiane Bourouaine

30 papers receiving 452 citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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.

  1. Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind
    2023 85 citations N. E. Raouafi, G. Stenborg et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofiane Bourouaine United States 13 496 152 57 52 29 32 519
Trevor A. Bowen United States 17 674 1.4× 210 1.4× 55 1.0× 43 0.8× 11 0.4× 42 689
A. Dosch United States 12 641 1.3× 110 0.7× 57 1.0× 116 2.2× 14 0.5× 22 650
Bhola N. Dwivedi India 11 492 1.0× 94 0.6× 23 0.4× 20 0.4× 11 0.4× 34 515
Anna Tenerani United States 14 485 1.0× 140 0.9× 18 0.3× 118 2.3× 12 0.4× 43 526
P. L. Whittlesey United States 17 552 1.1× 128 0.8× 66 1.2× 21 0.4× 10 0.3× 46 565
Masaru Nakanotani United States 14 521 1.1× 128 0.8× 55 1.0× 50 1.0× 10 0.3× 30 535
Jaroslav Dudík Czechia 13 522 1.1× 99 0.7× 37 0.6× 21 0.4× 8 0.3× 44 559
M. B. Kusterer United States 3 826 1.7× 226 1.5× 81 1.4× 38 0.7× 10 0.3× 3 849
I. Ballai United Kingdom 13 636 1.3× 177 1.2× 18 0.3× 82 1.6× 10 0.3× 77 671
Marco Velli Italy 16 900 1.8× 260 1.7× 59 1.0× 120 2.3× 11 0.4× 33 928

Countries citing papers authored by Sofiane Bourouaine

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofiane Bourouaine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofiane Bourouaine

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sofiane Bourouaine. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sofiane Bourouaine 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 Sofiane Bourouaine. Sofiane Bourouaine is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jagarlamudi, V. K., Parisa Mostafavi, Juan C. Palacios, et al.. (2025). Probing the Evolution of Solar Wind Temperature Anisotropies in the Inner Heliosphere. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 995(2). L68–L68.
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Perez, Jean C., et al.. (2024). Space–time structure of weak magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Journal of Plasma Physics. 90(1). 1 indexed citations
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Perez, Jean C., et al.. (2024). The low-frequency power spectrum of slow solar wind turbulence. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A117–A117. 3 indexed citations
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Mostafavi, Parisa, Robert C. Allen, V. K. Jagarlamudi, et al.. (2024). Parker Solar Probe observations of collisional effects on thermalizing the young solar wind. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 682. A152–A152. 13 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, et al.. (2024). On the 1/f Spectrum in Slow Solar Wind Turbulence: The Role of Alfvénicity. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 974(2). L34–L34. 1 indexed citations
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Palacios, Juan C., Jean C. Perez, & Sofiane Bourouaine. (2024). Parametric description of intermittent probability distribution functions in solar wind and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(1). 24–34. 1 indexed citations
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Raouafi, N. E., G. Stenborg, Daniel B. Seaton, et al.. (2023). Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 945(1). 28–28. 85 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vichare, Geeta, et al.. (2023). Nature of Turbulence inside Small-scale Magnetic Flux Ropes near the Sun: Parker Solar Probe Observations. The Astrophysical Journal. 959(1). 50–50. 2 indexed citations
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Jagarlamudi, V. K., et al.. (2023). Occurrence and Evolution of Switchbacks in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 950(1). L7–L7. 18 indexed citations
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Chen, Christopher H. K., Benjamin D. G. Chandran, L. D. Woodham, et al.. (2021). The near-Sun streamer belt solar wind: turbulence and solar wind acceleration. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650. L3–L3. 25 indexed citations
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Perez, Jean C., Sofiane Bourouaine, Christopher H. K. Chen, & N. E. Raouafi. (2021). Applicability of Taylor’s hypothesis during Parker Solar Probe perihelia. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 650. A22–A22. 29 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, Jean C. Perez, K. G. Klein, et al.. (2020). Turbulence Characteristics of Switchback and Nonswitchback Intervals Observed by Parker Solar Probe. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 904(2). L30–L30. 26 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, E. Marsch, & F. M. Neubauer. (2011). Temperature anisotropy and differential streaming of solar wind ions. Correlations with transverse fluctuations. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 536. A39–A39. 17 indexed citations
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Marsch, E. & Sofiane Bourouaine. (2011). Velocity-space diffusion of solar wind protons in oblique waves and weak turbulence. Annales Geophysicae. 29(11). 2089–2099. 17 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane & E. Marsch. (2009). MULTI-STRAND CORONAL LOOP MODEL AND FILTER-RATIO ANALYSIS. The Astrophysical Journal. 708(2). 1281–1289. 2 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, C. Vocks, & E. Marsch. (2008). Multi-Ion Kinetic Model for Coronal Loop. The Astrophysical Journal. 680(1). L77–L80. 6 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, E. Marsch, & C. Vocks. (2008). On the Efficiency of Nonresonant Ion Heating by Coronal Alfvén Waves. The Astrophysical Journal. 684(2). L119–L122. 37 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, et al.. (2007). MHD waves within noncommutative Maxwell theory. Physics Letters B. 650(1). 90–96. 2 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane. (2005). Dirac particle in the presence of a plane waveand constant magnetic fields: path integral approach. The European Physical Journal C. 44(1). 131–137. 2 indexed citations
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Bourouaine, Sofiane, et al.. (2005). INFLUENCE OF GRAVITY ON NONCOMMUTATIVE DIRAC EQUATION. Modern Physics Letters A. 20(26). 1997–2005. 3 indexed citations

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