Yoav Yair

4.4k total citations
128 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Yoav Yair is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoav Yair has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 67 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 34 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yoav Yair's work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (75 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (40 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (28 papers). Yoav Yair is often cited by papers focused on Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (75 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (40 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (28 papers). Yoav Yair collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Yoav Yair's co-authors include Colin Price, Zev Levin, Barry Lynn, Baruch Ziv, Efrat Morin, Mustafa Asfur, Roy Yaniv, Victor P. Pasko, Orit Altaratz and Vassiliki Kotroni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Yoav Yair

122 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoav Yair Israel 31 1.7k 1.7k 946 268 182 128 2.9k
Tao Li China 30 1.7k 1.0× 587 0.4× 1.2k 1.3× 275 1.0× 30 0.2× 164 2.8k
Michael Kühn Australia 35 494 0.3× 928 0.6× 726 0.8× 576 2.1× 399 2.2× 124 3.5k
Timothy J. Lang United States 28 1.1k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.7× 60 0.2× 65 0.4× 94 2.8k
Weiwei Zhu China 25 1.0k 0.6× 745 0.5× 228 0.2× 244 0.9× 440 2.4× 179 2.7k
J. M. Vaquero Spain 29 2.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 108 0.4× 90 0.5× 214 3.9k
John K. Hillier United Kingdom 27 516 0.3× 573 0.3× 658 0.7× 293 1.1× 117 0.6× 87 2.0k
Willie Soon United States 29 1.1k 0.7× 946 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 69 0.3× 39 0.2× 114 2.9k
Robert O. Green United States 24 331 0.2× 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 66 0.2× 50 0.3× 85 3.7k
M. R. Allen United Kingdom 11 115 0.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 167 0.6× 104 0.6× 17 2.9k
Suqin Wu China 25 826 0.5× 322 0.2× 560 0.6× 285 1.1× 47 0.3× 110 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoav Yair

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoav Yair

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yoav Yair. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yoav Yair 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 Yoav Yair. Yoav Yair 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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Yaniv, Roy, Yoav Yair, & Assaf Hochman. (2024). Understanding heavy precipitation events in southern Israel through atmospheric electric field observations. Atmospheric Research. 313. 107757–107757. 1 indexed citations
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Yair, Yoav, et al.. (2024). Space-based optical imaging of blue corona discharges on a cumulonimbus cloud top. Atmospheric Research. 305. 107445–107445.
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Yair, Yoav, et al.. (2024). Numerical simulations of the region of possible sprite inception in the mesosphere above winter thunderstorms under wind shear. Advances in Space Research. 74(11). 5548–5568. 2 indexed citations
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Gottlieb, Lee-Ad, et al.. (2023). Predicting Eastern Mediterranean Flash Floods Using Support Vector Machines with Precipitable Water Vapor, Pressure, and Lightning Data. Remote Sensing. 15(11). 2916–2916. 7 indexed citations
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Asfur, Mustafa, Colin Price, Yoav Yair, & Jacob Silverman. (2023). Spatial variability of lightning intensity over the Mediterranean sea correlates with seawater properties. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 5834–5834. 2 indexed citations
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Yair, Yoav & Roy Yaniv. (2023). The Effects of Fog on the Atmospheric Electrical Field Close to the Surface. Atmosphere. 14(3). 549–549. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Mengyu, Xiushu Qie, Edward R. Mansell, et al.. (2023). Aerosol Impacts on Storm Electrification and Lightning Discharges Under Different Thermodynamic Environments. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(8). 15 indexed citations
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Lu, Jingyu, Xiushu Qie, Xian Xiao, et al.. (2022). Effects of Convective Mergers on the Evolution of Microphysical and Electrical Activity in a Severe Squall Line Simulated by WRF Coupled With Explicit Electrification Scheme. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(16). 18 indexed citations
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Lynn, Barry, Yoav Yair, Jacob Shpund, et al.. (2020). Using Factor Separation to Elucidate the Respective Contributions of Desert Dust and Urban Pollution to the 4 January 2020 Tel Aviv Lightning and Flash Flood Disaster. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(24). 11 indexed citations
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Chanrion, Olivier, Torsten Neubert, Yoav Yair, et al.. (2016). Profuse activity of blue electrical discharges at the tops of thunderstorms. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(1). 496–503. 54 indexed citations
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Altaratz, Orit, et al.. (2015). Lightning characteristics over the eastern coast of the Mediterranean during different synoptic systems. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 15(11). 2449–2459. 13 indexed citations
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Panegrossi, Giulia, Daniele Casella, Stefano Dietrich, et al.. (2013). Using a cloud electrification model to study relationships between lightning activity and cloud microphysical structure. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 13(4). 1085–1104. 18 indexed citations
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Price, Colin, Yoav Yair, Alberto Mugnai, et al.. (2010). Results from the EU FLASH project: The link between flash floods and lightning flashes. EGUGA. 6369. 1 indexed citations
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Ziv, Baruch, et al.. (2010). Lightning and rain dynamic indices as predictors for flash floods events in the Mediterranean. Advances in geosciences. 23. 57–64. 19 indexed citations
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Nijdam, Sander, et al.. (2009). Laboratory experiments simulating sprites on Earth, Venus and Jupiter. TU/e Research Portal (Eindhoven University of Technology). 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Yair, Yoav, Barry Lynn, Colin Price, et al.. (2008). Predicting lightning density in Mediterranean storms based on the WRF model dynamic and microphysical fields. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 8 indexed citations
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Grefenstette, Brian W., B. J. Hazelton, Yoav Yair, et al.. (2007). Unusual RHESSI TGFs: Electron Beams and Others. AGUFM. 2007. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, David, et al.. (2004). Using A Virtual Solar System to Develop a Conceptual Understanding of Basic Astronomical Phenomena. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2004(1). 4344–4350. 2 indexed citations
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Yair, Yoav, et al.. (2001). 3D-Virtual Reality in Science Education: An Implication for Astronomy Teaching. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 20(3). 293–305. 89 indexed citations

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