W. H. Matthaeus

38.2k citations

493 papers · 27.0k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 87

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.01%
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 0.5%
- Magnetic confinement fusion research

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 456
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 453
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 338
- Astro and Planetary Science 112
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 43
Nuclear and High Energy Physics 52
- Magnetic confinement fusion research 38

Co-authors: M. L. Goldstein G. P. Zank S. Oughton P. Dmitruk C. W. Smith David Montgomery Shiyi Chen Hudong Chen
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (108 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (56 papers)Physics of Plasmas (45 papers)Physical Review Letters (36 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (25 papers)
Partner nations: United States Italy United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

W. H. Matthaeus

482 papers receiving 24.9k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Observational constraints on the dynamics of the interplanetary magnetic field dissipation range 1998 · 549 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1998 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
1994 The Astrophysical Journal
1992 Physical Review A
1991 Physical Review Letters
1983 Journal of Plasma Physics
1982 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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1	Turbulence in the terrestrial magnetosheath: Space–time correlation using the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Francesco Pecora, W. H. Matthaeus, A. Greco, P. Dmitruk, Yan Yang, V. Carbone, S. Servidio	2025	0
2	The Effect of Turbulence on the Angular Momentum of the Solar Wind The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Rohit Chhiber, A. V. Usmanov, W. H. Matthaeus, Francesco Pecora	2025	3
3	Scale filtering analysis of kinetic reconnection and its associated turbulence Physics of Plasmas ·Camilo Reyes, Yan Yang, W. H. Matthaeus, P. A. Cassak, T. N. Parashar, M. A. Shay	2024	4
4	Electron Dissipation and Electromagnetic Work Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Yan Yang, Camilo Reyes, W. H. Matthaeus	2024	2
5	Evaluation of Scale-dependent Kurtosis with HelioSwarm The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Francesco Pecora, Pasi Lindholm, F. Malara, K. G. Klein, M. F. Marcucci, Alessandro Retinò, W. H. Matthaeus	2024	0
6	The Alfvén transition zone observed by the Parker Solar Probe in young solar wind – global properties and model comparisons Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters ·Rohit Chhiber, Francesco Pecora, A. V. Usmanov, W. H. Matthaeus, M. L. Goldstein, Jiaoning Fang, 姚鲲鹏赵芸, HanaaHezam Algadi, D. Ruffolo	2024	8
7	Anisotropy of Density Fluctuations in the Solar Wind at 1 au The Astrophysical Journal ·姚鲲鹏赵芸, Rohit Chhiber, Jiaoning Fang, Cansever Bektaş, Francesco Pecora, Yan Yang, Xiangrong Fu, Hui Li, W. H. Matthaeus	2024	9
8	Comment on “Nonideal Fields Solve the Injection Problem in Relativistic Reconnection” Physical Review Letters ·Fan Guo, Xiaocan Li, Pau Giménez, Qile Zhang, W. Daughton, Yi‐Hsin Liu, W. H. Matthaeus, Patrick Kilian, 高昊, Hui Li	2023	10
9	Parker Solar Probe Encounters the Leg of a Coronal Mass Ejection at 14 Solar Radii The Astrophysical Journal ·D. J. McComas, Argelia Actual, E. R. Christian, C. M. S. Cohen, M. I. Desai, M. E. Hill, Leng Ying Khoo, W. H. Matthaeus, D. G. Mitchell, Francesco Pecora, J. S. Rankin, N. A. Schwadron, J. R. Szalay, M. M. Shen, Septian Aditya Prayoga, Parisa Mostafavi, S. D. Bale	2023	10
10	Estimation of the Error in the Calculation of the Pressure‐Strain Term: Application in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Owen Roberts, Z. Vörös, K. Torkar, J. E. Stawarz, R. Bandyopadhyay, D. J. Gershman, Yasuhito Narita, Eva Fialová, B. Lavraud, K. G. Klein, Yan Yang, R. Nakamura, A. Chasapis, W. H. Matthaeus	2023	6
11	Compressible Turbulence in the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Parker Solar Probe’s First Eight Perihelia The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Cansever Bektaş, Rohit Chhiber, Xiangrong Fu, Senbei Du, Yan Yang, Francesco Pecora, W. H. Matthaeus, Hui Li, J. T. Steinberg, Fan Guo, Zhaoming Gan, 隆治鶴田, 紀枝清水	2023	10
12	An extended and fragmented Alfvén zone in the Young Solar Wind Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Rohit Chhiber, W. H. Matthaeus, A. V. Usmanov, R. Bandyopadhyay, M. L. Goldstein	2022	15
13	Parker Solar Probe observations of helical structures as boundaries for energetic particles Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Francesco Pecora, S. Servidio, A. Greco, W. H. Matthaeus, D. J. McComas, J. Giacalone, C. J. Joyce, Guo Yan-jun, C. M. S. Cohen, R. A. Leske, M. E. Wiedenbeck, R. L. McNutt, M. E. Hill, D. G. Mitchell, E. R. Christian, E. C. Roelof, N. A. Schwadron, S. D. Bale	2021	17
14	Shear-driven Transition to Isotropically Turbulent Solar Wind Outside the Alfvén Critical Zone The Astrophysical Journal ·D. Ruffolo, W. H. Matthaeus, Rohit Chhiber, A. V. Usmanov, Yan Yang, R. Bandyopadhyay, T. N. Parashar, M. L. Goldstein, C. E. DeForest, G. Orlando, A. Chasapis, B. A. Maruca, M. Velli, J. C. Kasper	2020	89
15	Scaling and Anisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence at Kinetic Scales during the MMS Turbulence Campaign The Astrophysical Journal ·A. Chasapis, W. H. Matthaeus, R. Bandyopadhyay, Rohit Chhiber, N. Ahmadi, R. E. Ergun, C. T. Russell, R. J. Strangeway, B. L. Giles, D. J. Gershman, C. J. Pollock, J. L. Burch	2020	13
16	Novel aspects of cosmic ray diffusion in synthetic magnetic turbulence Physical review. D ·A. Dundovic, Oreste Pezzi, Pasquale Blasi, Carmelo Evoli, W. H. Matthaeus	2020	48
17	Weakened Magnetization and Onset of Large-scale Turbulence in the Young Solar Wind—Comparisons of Remote Sensing Observations with Simulation The Astrophysical Journal Letters ·Rohit Chhiber, A. V. Usmanov, C. E. DeForest, W. H. Matthaeus, T. N. Parashar, M. L. Goldstein	2018	11
18	Large-Eddy Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in Heliophysics and Astrophysics White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) ·Mark S. Miesch, W. H. Matthaeus, Axel Brandenburg, A. S. Petrosyan, A. Pouquet, Claude Cambon, F. Jenko, Dmitri Uzdensky, James M. Stone, Steven M. Tobias, Juri Toomre, M. Velli	2015	47
19	Heating the Outer Heliosphere by Pickup Ions APS ·Charles P. Smith, Philip A. Isenberg, W. H. Matthaeus, Nasr Eldin Fadl Alla Abodeak, J. D. Richardson, G. P. Zank	2004	0
20	Field Line Separation in Two-Component Magnetic Turbulence AGUSM ·D. Ruffolo, W. H. Matthaeus	2001	3

About W. H. Matthaeus

W. H. Matthaeus is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, Molecular Biology and Oceanography, having authored 493 papers that have together received 27.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (453 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (338 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (177 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (112 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (70 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (43 papers), Magnetic confinement fusion research (38 papers) and Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (23.8k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (3.6k citations), Computational Mechanics (4.6k citations), Molecular Biology (7.9k citations) and Oceanography (865 citations). W. H. Matthaeus has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include M. L. Goldstein, G. P. Zank, S. Oughton, P. Dmitruk, C. W. Smith, David Montgomery, Shiyi Chen, Hudong Chen, J. W. Bieber and S. Servidio. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters and Geophysical Research Letters.

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