D. J. McComas

49.4k citations
765 papers · 28.1k · 4 hit papers · h-index 81

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
    • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geophysics top 0.5%
    • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Papers in

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 705
    • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 605
    • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 481
    • Astro and Planetary Science 381
    • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 88
    • Planetary Science and Exploration 50
  • Molecular Biology 167
    • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies 167
Co-authors
S. J. Bame (72 shared papers)N. A. Schwadron (196 shared papers)G. Livadiotis (73 shared papers)J. T. Gosling (88 shared papers)M. F. Thomsen (77 shared papers)J. L. Phillips (50 shared papers)R. M. Skoug (55 shared papers)H. O. Funsten (111 shared papers)
Journals
The Astrophysical Journal (146 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (125 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (121 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (35 papers)Space Science Reviews (31 papers)
Partner nations
United StatesUnited KingdomPoland

In The Last Decade

D. J. McComas

726 papers receiving 25.5k citations

D. J. McComas's Hit Papers

The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity’s First Visit to Our Star 2015 · 773 citations
7730+11+23Years since publication250500750
What are hit papers?

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.
  1. 2015 Space Science Reviews
  2. 2013 Space Science Reviews
  3. 1998 Space Science Reviews
  4. 1991 Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Peers

D. J. McComas
Comparison fields: 5 of 121
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 26.6k
  • Geophysics 2.5k
  • Atmospheric Science 2.2k
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1.5k
  • Molecular Biology 7.1k
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N. F. Ness United States
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All Works

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Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) for the Advanced Composition Explorer
Space Science Reviews ·D. J. McComas, S. J. Bame, P. Barker, W. C. Feldman, J.L. Phillips, Pete Riley, J.W. Griffee
Hit paper breakdown →		1998791
2
The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity’s First Visit to Our Star
Space Science Reviews ·N. J. Fox, M. Velli, S. D. Bale, R. B. Decker, Andrew Driesman, R. A. Howard, J. C. Kasper, J.D. Kinnison, M. B. Kusterer, D. Lario, Mary Kae Lockwood, D. J. McComas, N. E. Raouafi, Á. Szabó
Hit paper breakdown →		2015773
3
Geomagnetic activity associated with earth passage of interplanetary shock disturbances and coronal mass ejections
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·J. T. Gosling, D. J. McComas, J. L. Phillips, S. J. Bame
Hit paper breakdown →		1991505
4
Electron velocity distributions near the Earth's bow shock
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·W. C. Feldman, R. C. Anderson, S. J. Bame, S. Peter Gary, J. T. Gosling, D. J. McComas, M. F. Thomsen, G. Paschmann, M. M. Hoppe
1983375
5
Solar wind observations over Ulysses' first full polar orbit
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·D. J. McComas, B. L. Barraclough, H. O. Funsten, J. T. Gosling, E. Santiago-Muñoz, R. M. Skoug, B. E. Goldstein, M. Neugebauer, Pete Riley, A. Balogh
2000352
6
Weaker solar wind from the polar coronal holes and the whole Sun
Geophysical Research Letters ·D. J. McComas, R. W. Ebert, H. A. Elliott, B. E. Goldstein, J. T. Gosling, N. A. Schwadron, R. M. Skoug
2008317
7
The Ulysses solar wind plasma experiment
S. J. Bame, D. J. McComas, B. L. Barraclough, J. L. Phillips, K. J. Sofaly, J. C. Chavez, B. E. Goldstein, R. Sakurai
1992309
8
Understanding Kappa Distributions: A Toolbox for Space Science and Astrophysics
Space Science Reviews ·G. Livadiotis, D. J. McComas
Hit paper breakdown →		2013295
9
Beyond kappa distributions: Exploiting Tsallis statistical mechanics in space plasmas
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·G. Livadiotis, D. J. McComas
2009285
10
Direct evidence for magnetic reconnection in the solar wind near 1 AU
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·J. T. Gosling, R. M. Skoug, D. J. McComas, C. W. Smith
2005268
11
Radial evolution of the electron distribution functions in the fast solar wind between 0.3 and 1.5 AU
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·M. Maksimović, I. Zouganelis, Jean‐Yves Chaufray, K. Issautier, Earl Scime, J. E. Littleton, E. Marsch, D. J. McComas, C. S. Salem, R. P. Lin, H. A. Elliott
2005254
12
Ulysses solar wind plasma observations from pole to pole
Geophysical Research Letters ·J. L. Phillips, S. J. Bame, Ashley T. Barnes, B. L. Barraclough, W. C. Feldman, B. E. Goldstein, J. T. Gosling, G. W. Hoogeveen, D. J. McComas, M. Neugebauer, S. T. Suess
1995249
13
Predicting interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) propagation delay times using the minimum variance technique
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·D. R. Weimer, D. M. Ober, N. C. Maynard, M. R. Collier, D. J. McComas, N. F. Ness, C. W. Smith, J. Watermann
2003240
14
Structure of the magnetotail at 220 RE and its response to geomagnetic activity
Geophysical Research Letters ·E. W. Hones, D. N. Baker, S. J. Bame, W. C. Feldman, J. T. Gosling, D. J. McComas, R. D. Zwickl, J. A. Slavin, E. J. Smith, B. T. Tsurutani
1984223
15
Coronal mass ejections and large geomagnetic storms
Geophysical Research Letters ·J. T. Gosling, S. J. Bame, D. J. McComas, J. L. Phillips
1990215
16
The three‐dimensional solar wind around solar maximum
Geophysical Research Letters ·D. J. McComas, H. A. Elliott, N. A. Schwadron, J. T. Gosling, R. M. Skoug, B. E. Goldstein
2003214
17
A magnetic reconnection X-line extending more than 390 Earth radii in the solar wind
Nature ·T. D. Phan, J. T. Gosling, Matthew Davis, R. M. Skoug, M. Øieroset, R. P. Lin, R. P. Lepping, D. J. McComas, C. W. Smith, H. Rème, A. Balogh
2006211
18
Magnetospheric plasma analyzer for spacecraft with constrained resources
Review of Scientific Instruments ·S. J. Bame, D. J. McComas, M. F. Thomsen, B. L. Barraclough, R. C. Elphic, J. P. Glore, J. T. Gosling, J. C. Chavez, E. P. Evans, F. J. Wymer
1993203
19
The heliospheric plasma sheet
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·D. Winterhalter, E. J. Smith, Michael Burton, Nicholas A. Murphy, D. J. McComas
1994199
20
Extremely high speed solar wind: 29–30 October 2003
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. M. Skoug, J. T. Gosling, J. T. Steinberg, D. J. McComas, C. W. Smith, N. F. Ness, Qiang Hu, L. F. Burlaga
2004193

About D. J. McComas

D. J. McComas is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 765 papers that have together received 28.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (605 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (481 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (381 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (167 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (88 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (64 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (50 papers) and Earthquake Detection and Analysis (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (26.6k citations), Geophysics (2.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.2k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (1.5k citations) and Molecular Biology (7.1k citations). D. J. McComas has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Poland. Frequent co-authors include S. J. Bame, N. A. Schwadron, G. Livadiotis, J. T. Gosling, M. F. Thomsen, J. L. Phillips, R. M. Skoug, H. O. Funsten, J. T. Gosling and W. C. Feldman. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series and Space Science Reviews.

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