T. D. Phan

23.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
269 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

T. D. Phan is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, T. D. Phan has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 262 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 106 papers in Molecular Biology and 49 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in T. D. Phan's work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (246 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (243 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (106 papers). T. D. Phan is often cited by papers focused on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (246 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (243 papers) and Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (106 papers). T. D. Phan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. T. D. Phan's co-authors include M. Øieroset, G. Paschmann, J. P. Eastwood, R. P. Lin, M. Fujimoto, S. D. Bale, F. S. Mozer, M. A. Shay, J. F. Drake and V. Angelopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

T. D. Phan

262 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Tail Reconnection Triggering Substorm Onset

2008 520 citations T. D. Phan, C. T. Russell et al. profile →
Transport of solar wind into Earth's magnetosphere through rolled-up Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices

2004 502 citations Hiroshi Hasegawa, T. D. Phan et al. Nature profile →
Magnetic Reconnection as the Driver of the Solar Wind

2023 85 citations N. E. Raouafi, S. D. Bale et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
T. D. Phan	11.7k	4.5k	1.7k	1.4k	697	269	12.0k
S. D. Bale	10.9k 0.9×	2.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	423 0.6×	379	11.3k
A. Balogh	17.0k 1.4×	7.9k 1.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	618 0.9×	445	17.4k
D. E. Larson	11.4k 1.0×	4.0k 0.9×	663 0.4×	2.1k 1.6×	461 0.7×	270	11.8k
R. B. Torbert	11.6k 1.0×	4.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	2.9k 2.2×	463 0.7×	355	12.0k
M. André	11.4k 1.0×	4.1k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	527 0.8×	270	11.7k
R. Nakamura	14.3k 1.2×	7.4k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	3.3k 2.5×	414 0.6×	480	14.9k
B. L. Giles	7.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	829 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	374 0.5×	316	7.6k
R. J. Strangeway	10.3k 0.9×	3.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.7×	477 0.7×	374	10.6k
J. Birn	11.0k 0.9×	4.2k 0.9×	2.9k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	192 0.3×	230	11.2k
B. U. Ö. Sonnerup	10.1k 0.9×	5.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	529 0.8×	175	10.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fargette, Naïs, et al.. (2026). Fluid and Kinetic Properties of the Near-Sun Heliospheric Current Sheet. The Astrophysical Journal. 997(2). 174–174.

Liu, Yi‐Hsin, Michael Hesse, K. J. Genestreti, et al.. (2025). Ohm’s Law, the Reconnection Rate, and Energy Conversion in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection. Space Science Reviews. 221(1). 16–16. 7 indexed citations

Sun, W., M. Oka, M. Øieroset, et al.. (2025). Relativistic Electron Acceleration and the “Ankle” Spectral Feature in Earth’s Magnetotail Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 978(2). L28–L28. 3 indexed citations

Vasko, I. Y., et al.. (2024). Solar Wind Current Sheets: MVA Inaccuracy and Recommended Single‐Spacecraft Methodology. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(2). 9 indexed citations

Øieroset, M., T. D. Phan, J. F. Drake, et al.. (2024). Scaling of Ion Bulk Heating in Magnetic Reconnection Outflows for the High-Alfvén-speed and Low-β Regime in Earth’s Magnetotail. The Astrophysical Journal. 971(2). 144–144. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Qile, Fan Guo, W. Daughton, et al.. (2024). Multispecies Ion Acceleration in 3D Magnetic Reconnection with Hybrid-Kinetic Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 132(11). 115201–115201. 10 indexed citations

Fargette, Naïs, J. P. Eastwood, M. Øieroset, et al.. (2024). Statistical Study of Energy Transport and Conversion in Electron Diffusion Regions at Earth's Dayside Magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 129(10). 5 indexed citations

Fargette, Naïs, B. Lavraud, A. P. Rouillard, et al.. (2023). Clustering of magnetic reconnection exhausts in the solar wind: An automated detection study. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674. A98–A98. 8 indexed citations

Bale, S. D., J. F. Drake, Michael D. McManus, et al.. (2023). Interchange reconnection as the source of the fast solar wind within coronal holes. Nature. 618(7964). 252–256. 66 indexed citations

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Gershman, D. J., et al.. (2023). Differentiating EDRs From the Background Magnetopause Current Sheet: A Statistical Study. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 128(11). 1 indexed citations

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Oka, M., T. D. Phan, M. Øieroset, et al.. (2022). Electron energization and thermal to non-thermal energy partition during earth's magnetotail reconnection. Physics of Plasmas. 29(5). 17 indexed citations

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Agapitov, O. V., J. F. Drake, M. Swisdak, et al.. (2022). Flux Rope Merging and the Structure of Switchbacks in the Solar Wind. The Astrophysical Journal. 925(2). 213–213. 19 indexed citations

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Phan, T. D., M. Øieroset, Naïs Fargette, et al.. (2022). Investigation of the Diamagnetic Drift Condition for the Suppression of Magnetic Reconnection in 3D Interlinked Reconnection Events with Magnetic Flux Pileup. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(2). 177–177. 3 indexed citations

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Madanian, Hadi, Terry Z. Liu, T. D. Phan, et al.. (2022). Asymmetric Interaction of a Solar Wind Reconnecting Current Sheet and Its Magnetic Hole With Earth's Bow Shock and Magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 127(4). 3 indexed citations

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Paschmann, G., B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, T. D. Phan, et al.. (2021). Anomalous Reconnection Layer at Earth's Dayside Magnetopause. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(9). 2 indexed citations

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Eastwood, J. P., J. E. Stawarz, Heli Hietala, et al.. (2021). Electron Trapping in Magnetic Mirror Structures at the Edge of Magnetopause Flux Ropes. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(4). 5 indexed citations

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Paschmann, G., B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, S. Haaland, T. D. Phan, & R. E. Denton. (2020). Comparison of Quality Measures for Walén Relation. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 125(7). 4 indexed citations

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Denton, R. E., B. U. Ö. Sonnerup, C. T. Russell, et al.. (2018). Determining L‐M‐N Current Sheet Coordinates at the Magnetopause From Magnetospheric Multiscale Data. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(3). 2274–2295. 34 indexed citations

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Eastwood, J. P., R. Mistry, T. D. Phan, et al.. (2018). Guide Field Reconnection: Exhaust Structure and Heating. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(10). 4569–4577. 32 indexed citations

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Stawarz, J. E., J. P. Eastwood, Ali Varsani, et al.. (2017). Magnetospheric Multiscale analysis of intense field‐aligned Poynting flux near the Earth's plasma sheet boundary. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(14). 7106–7113. 20 indexed citations

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