S. Tomczyk

10.2k citations

109 papers · 5.2k · 2 hit papers · h-index 30

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 0.5%
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Molecular Biology top 5%
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 96
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 90
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 55
- Astro and Planetary Science 23
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 16
Oceanography 13
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements 13

Co-authors: J. Schou (17 shared papers)Scott W. McIntosh (9 shared papers)Y. Liu (4 shared papers)P. H. Scherrer (4 shared papers)Rock I. Bush (4 shared papers)J. T. Hoeksema (5 shared papers)Alan M. Title (2 shared papers)T. L. Duvall (2 shared papers)
Journals: The Astrophysical Journal (18 papers)Solar Physics (17 papers)Astronomy and Astrophysics (4 papers)Science (3 papers)The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom France

In The Last Decade

S. Tomczyk

101 papers receiving 4.8k citations

S. Tomczyk's Hit Papers

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The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) 2011 · 1.6k citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2011 Solar Physics
2007 Science

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1	The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Investigation for the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Solar Physics ·P. H. Scherrer, J. Schou, Rock I. Bush, Alexander G. Kosovichev, Ralph Bogart, J. T. Hoeksema, Y. Liu, T. L. Duvall, Junwei Zhao, Alan M. Title, Carolus J. Schrijver, T. D. Tarbell, S. Tomczyk Hit paper breakdown →	2011	1623
2	Alfven Waves in the Solar Corona Science ·S. Tomczyk, Scott W. McIntosh, Stephen L. Keil, P. G. Judge, Thomas A. Schad, DANIEL H. SEELEY, J. K. Edmondson Hit paper breakdown →	2007	583
3	VFISV: Very Fast Inversion of the Stokes Vector for the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager Solar Physics ·J. M. Borrero, S. Tomczyk, Masahito Kubo, H. Socas‐Navarro, J. Schou, S. Couvidat, R. S. Bogart	2010	236
4	TIME-DISTANCE SEISMOLOGY OF THE SOLAR CORONA WITH CoMP The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Tomczyk, Scott W. McIntosh	2009	199
5	An Instrument to Measure Coronal Emission Line Polarization Solar Physics ·S. Tomczyk, G. Card, T. Darnell, D. Elmore, Ron Lull, Peter G. Nelson, Kim V. Streander, J. Burkepile, R. Casini, P. G. Judge	2008	173
6	A New Precise Measurement of the Coronal Magnetic Field Strength The Astrophysical Journal ·H. Lin, Matthew J. Penn, S. Tomczyk	2000	172
7	Helioseismic Constraints on the Structure of the Solar Tachocline The Astrophysical Journal ·Paul Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, R. Henning, R. M. Larsen, J. Schou, M. J. Thompson, S. Tomczyk	1999	154
8	Advanced Stokes polarimeter: a new instrument for solar magnetic field research Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·D. Elmore, B. W. Lites, S. Tomczyk, A. Skumanich, Richard B. Dunn, Jeffrey A. Schuenke, Kim V. Streander, Terry W. Leach, C. W. Chambellan, Howard K. Hull, L. B. Lacey	1992	130
9	Global maps of the magnetic field in the solar corona Science ·Zihao Yang, Christian Bethge, Hui Tian, S. Tomczyk, R. J. Morton, G. Del Zanna, Scott W. McIntosh, Bidya Binay Karak, S. E. Gibson, Tanmoy Samanta, Jiansen He, Yajie Chen, L. Wang	2020	118
10	Magnetic Maps of Prominences from Full Stokes Analysis of the He i D3 Line The Astrophysical Journal ·R. Casini, A. Lpez Ariste, S. Tomczyk, B. W. Lites	2003	109
11	Investigating Alfvénic wave propagation in coronal open-field regions Nature Communications ·R. J. Morton, S. Tomczyk, Rui Ferreira Pinto	2015	108
12	Spectral Line Selection for HMI: A Comparison of Fe I 6173 Å and Ni I 6768 Å Solar Physics ·Aimee A. Norton, Jonathan Pietarila Graham, R. K. Ulrich, J. Schou, S. Tomczyk, Y. Liu, B. W. Lites, A. López Ariste, Rock I. Bush, H. Socas‐Navarro, P. H. Scherrer	2006	100
13	Polarization Calibration of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Solar Physics ·J. Schou, J. M. Borrero, Aimee A. Norton, S. Tomczyk, D. Elmore, G. Card	2010	98
14	Measurement of the Rotation Rate in the Deep Solar Interior The Astrophysical Journal ·S. Tomczyk, J. Schou, M. J. Thompson	1995	86
15	An instrument to observe low-degree solar oscillations Solar Physics ·S. Tomczyk, Kim V. Streander, G. Card, D. Elmore, Howard K. Hull, A. Cacciani	1995	86
16	Solar internal sound speed as inferred from combined BiSON and LOWL oscillation frequencies Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Sarbani Basu, W. J. Chaplin, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Y. Elsworth, G. R. Isaak, Roger New, J. Schou, M. J. Thompson, S. Tomczyk	1997	75
17	Spinor: Visible and Infrared Spectro-Polarimetry at the National Solar Observatory Solar Physics ·H. Socas‐Navarro, D. Elmore, Anna Pietarila, Anthony Darnell, B. W. Lites, S. Tomczyk, Steven L. Hegwer	2006	61
18	A global view of velocity fluctuations in the corona below 1.3r⊙ with comp Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University) ·R. J. Morton, S. Tomczyk, Rui Ferreira Pinto	2016	58
19	Rotation of the solar core from BiSON and LOWL frequency observations Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·W. J. Chaplin, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Y. Elsworth, R. Howe, G. R. Isaak, R. M. Larsen, R. New, J. Schou, M. J. Thompson, S. Tomczyk	1999	53
20	Mapping the magnetic field in the solar corona through magnetoseismology Science China Technological Sciences ·Zihao Yang, Hui Tian, S. Tomczyk, R. J. Morton, Xianyong Bai, Tanmoy Samanta, Yajie Chen	2020	50

About S. Tomczyk

S. Tomczyk is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Instrumentation and Atmospheric Science, having authored 109 papers that have together received 5.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (90 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (55 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (29 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (23 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (16 papers), Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (13 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (9 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.0k citations), Molecular Biology (1.5k citations), Artificial Intelligence (613 citations), Oceanography (191 citations) and Instrumentation (53 citations). S. Tomczyk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include J. Schou, Scott W. McIntosh, Y. Liu, P. H. Scherrer, Rock I. Bush, J. T. Hoeksema, Alan M. Title, T. L. Duvall, Carolus J. Schrijver and T. D. Tarbell. Their work appears in journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Solar Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Science and The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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