R. E. Ergun

33.7k citations

433 papers · 17.0k · 3 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.02%
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
Geophysics top 0.2%
- Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 417
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 379
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 330
- Astro and Planetary Science 99
- Planetary Science and Exploration 37
Molecular Biology 149
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies 149

Co-authors: C. W. Carlson (85 shared papers)R. J. Strangeway (127 shared papers)J. P. McFadden (66 shared papers)J. W. Bonnell (45 shared papers)F. S. Mozer (32 shared papers)C. C. Chaston (28 shared papers)L. Andersson (61 shared papers)I. Roth (19 shared papers)
Journals: Geophysical Research Letters (126 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (69 papers)Physics of Plasmas (21 papers)Physical Review Letters (21 papers)The Astrophysical Journal (18 papers)
Partner nations: United States Sweden France

In The Last Decade

R. E. Ergun

427 papers receiving 16.4k citations

R. E. Ergun's Hit Papers

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The Axial Double Probe and Fields Signal Processing for the MMS Mission 2014 · 454 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.

2014 Space Science Reviews
1998 Geophysical Research Letters
1995 Space Science Reviews

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1	A three-dimensional plasma and energetic particle investigation for the wind spacecraft Space Science Reviews ·R. P. Lin, K. A. Anderson, S. Ashford, C. W. Carlson, D. Curtis, R. E. Ergun, D. E. Larson, J. McFadden, M. McCarthy, G. K. Parks, H. R�me, J. M. Bosqued, J. Coutelier, F. Cotin, C. d’Uston, K.‐P. Wenzel, T. R. Sanderson, J. Henrion, J. C. Ronnet, G. Paschmann Hit paper breakdown →	1995	642
2	FAST satellite observations of large‐amplitude solitary structures Geophysical Research Letters ·R. E. Ergun, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, F. S. Mozer, G. T. Delory, W. J. Peria, C. C. Chaston, M. Temerin, I. Roth, L. Muschietti, R. C. Elphic, R. J. Strangeway, R. F. Pfaff, C. A. Cattell, D. M. Klumpar, E. G. Shelley, W. K. Peterson, E. Mœbius, L. M. Kistler Hit paper breakdown →	1998	493
3	The Axial Double Probe and Fields Signal Processing for the MMS Mission Space Science Reviews ·R. E. Ergun, S. C. Tucker, J. Westfall, K. Goodrich, D. Malaspina, Danny Summers, John Wallace, Magnus Karlsson, J. Mack, N. Brennan, B. Pyke, P. Withnell, R. B. Torbert, J. Macri, D. Rau, I. Dors, J. Needell, Peter Lindqvist, G. Olsson, C. M. Cully Hit paper breakdown →	2014	454
4	The Electric Field Instrument (EFI) for THEMIS Space Science Reviews ·J. W. Bonnell, F. S. Mozer, G. T. Delory, A. J. Hull, R. E. Ergun, C. M. Cully, V. Angelopoulos, P. Harvey	2008	405
5	FAST observations in the downward auroral current region: Energetic upgoing electron beams, parallel potential drops, and ion heating Geophysical Research Letters ·C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, R. E. Ergun, M. Temerin, W. J. Peria, F. S. Mozer, D. M. Klumpar, E. G. Shelley, W. K. Peterson, E. Mœbius, R. C. Elphic, R. J. Strangeway, C. A. Cattell, R. F. Pfaff	1998	245
6	Modulated electron‐acoustic waves in auroral density cavities: FAST observations Geophysical Research Letters ·R. Pottelette, R. E. Ergun, R. A. Treumann, M. Berthomier, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, I. Roth	1999	241
7	Identifying the Driver of Pulsating Aurora Science ·Y. Nishimura, Jacob Bortnik, Wen Li, R. M. Thorne, L. R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, S. B. Mende, J. W. Bonnell, O. Le Contel, C. M. Cully, R. E. Ergun, U. Auster	2010	237
8	FAST satellite observations of electric field structures in the auroral zone Geophysical Research Letters ·R. E. Ergun, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, F. S. Mozer, G. T. Delory, W. J. Peria, C. C. Chaston, M. Temerin, R. C. Elphic, R. J. Strangeway, R. F. Pfaff, C. A. Cattell, D. M. Klumpar, E. G. Shelley, W. K. Peterson, E. Mœbius, L. M. Kistler	1998	236
9	Factors controlling ionospheric outflows as observed at intermediate altitudes Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·R. J. Strangeway, R. E. Ergun, Y.‐J. Su, C. W. Carlson, R. C. Elphic	2005	236
10	Discovery of very large amplitude whistler‐mode waves in Earth's radiation belts Geophysical Research Letters ·C. A. Cattell, J. R. Wygant, K. Goetz, K. Kersten, P. J. Kellogg, Tycho von Rosenvinge, S. D. Bale, I. Roth, M. Temerin, M. K. Hudson, R. A. Mewaldt, M. Wiedenbeck, M. Maksimović, R. E. Ergun, M. H. Acuña, C. T. Russell	2008	219
11	Debye-Scale Plasma Structures Associated with Magnetic-Field-Aligned Electric Fields Physical Review Letters ·R. E. Ergun, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, F. S. Mozer, L. Muschietti, I. Roth, R. J. Strangeway	1998	212
12	Kinetic structure of the sharp injection/dipolarization front in the flow‐braking region Geophysical Research Letters ·В. А. Сергеев, V. Angelopoulos, S. Apatenkov, J. W. Bonnell, R. E. Ergun, R. Nakamura, J. McFadden, D. E. Larson, A. Runov	2009	207
13	New Features of Time Domain Electric-Field Structures in the Auroral Acceleration Region Physical Review Letters ·F. S. Mozer, R. E. Ergun, M. Temerin, C. A. Cattell, J. Dombeck, J. R. Wygant	1997	205
14	The Langmuir Probe and Waves (LPW) Instrument for MAVEN Space Science Reviews ·L. Andersson, R. E. Ergun, G. T. Delory, A. I. Eriksson, J. Westfall, H. Reed, J. McCauly, D. Summers, D. Meyers	2015	202
15	FAST Observations of Inertial Alfven Waves in the Dayside Aurora Geophysical Research Letters ·C. C. Chaston, C. W. Carlson, W. J. Peria, R. E. Ergun, J. P. McFadden	1999	159
16	FAST satellite wave observations in the AKR source region Geophysical Research Letters ·R. E. Ergun, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, F. S. Mozer, G. T. Delory, W. J. Peria, C. C. Chaston, M. Temerin, R. C. Elphic, R. J. Strangeway, R. F. Pfaff, C. A. Cattell, D. M. Klumpar, E. G. Shelley, W. K. Peterson, E. Mœbius, L. M. Kistler	1998	156
17	Properties of small‐scale Alfvén waves and accelerated electrons from FAST Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·C. C. Chaston, J. W. Bonnell, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, R. E. Ergun, R. J. Strangeway	2003	152
18	Wave and particle characteristics of earthward electron injections associated with dipolarization fronts Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Xiaohua Deng, M. Ashour‐Abdalla, Meng Zhou, R. J. Walker, M. El‐Alaoui, V. Angelopoulos, R. E. Ergun, D. Schriver	2010	148
19	Direct Observation of Localized Parallel Electric Fields in a Space Plasma Physical Review Letters ·R. E. Ergun, Y. J. Su, L. Andersson, C. W. Carlson, J. P. McFadden, F. S. Mozer, D. L. Newman, M. V. Goldman, R. J. Strangeway	2001	146
20	WindSpacecraft Observations of Solar Impulsive Electron Events Associated with Solar Type III Radio Bursts The Astrophysical Journal ·R. E. Ergun, D. E. Larson, R. P. Lin, J. P. McFadden, C. W. Carlson, K. A. Anderson, L. Muschietti, M. McCarthy, G. K. Parks, H. Rème, J. M. Bosqued, C. d’Uston, T. R. Sanderson, K.‐P. Wenzel, Michael Kaiser, R. P. Lepping, S. D. Bale, P. J. Kellogg, J.‐L. Bougeret	1998	146

About R. E. Ergun

R. E. Ergun is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, having authored 433 papers that have together received 17.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (379 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (330 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (149 papers), Earthquake Detection and Analysis (117 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (99 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (37 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (29 papers) and Magnetic confinement fusion research (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (16.4k citations), Geophysics (4.2k citations), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (2.3k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (2.8k citations) and Molecular Biology (4.5k citations). R. E. Ergun has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Sweden and France. Frequent co-authors include C. W. Carlson, R. J. Strangeway, J. P. McFadden, J. W. Bonnell, F. S. Mozer, C. C. Chaston, L. Andersson, I. Roth, J. L. Burch and C. M. Cully. Their work appears in journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Physics of Plasmas, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

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