Wayne Pryor

5.5k citations

146 papers · 4.5k · 1 hit paper · h-index 38

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Atmospheric Science top 5%
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 140
- Astro and Planetary Science 121
- Planetary Science and Exploration 68
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 50
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 42
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies 15
Aerospace Engineering 24
- Space Exploration and Technology 18

Co-authors: Jean-Claude M. Gerard (29 shared papers)Denis C. Grodent (31 shared papers)A. I. F. Stewart (15 shared papers)J. M. Ajello (24 shared papers)L. W. Esposito (18 shared papers)Randy Gladstone (41 shared papers)J. E. Colwell (11 shared papers)Robert A. West (9 shared papers)
Journals: Icarus (22 papers)Geophysical Research Letters (18 papers)Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (14 papers)Science (7 papers)Planetary and Space Science (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Belgium United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Wayne Pryor

142 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Wayne Pryor's Hit Papers

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Enceladus' Water Vapor Plume 2006 · 483 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.

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1	Enceladus' Water Vapor Plume Science ·Candice Hansen, L. W. Esposito, A. I. F. Stewart, J. E. Colwell, Amanda Hendrix, Wayne Pryor, D. E. Shemansky, Robert A. West Hit paper breakdown →	2006	483
2	Ultraviolet emissions from the magnetic footprints of Io, Ganymede and Europa on Jupiter Nature ·John Thacher Clarke, J. M. Ajello, Gilda E. Ballester, Lotfi Ben Jaffel, J. E. P. Connerney, Jean-Claude M. Gerard, Randy Gladstone, Denis C. Grodent	2002	205
3	Response of Jupiter's and Saturn's auroral activity to the solar wind Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John Thacher Clarke, Jonathan D. Nichols, Jean-Claude M. Gerard, Denis C. Grodent, K. C. Hansen, William S. Kurth, Randy Gladstone, Julia Christine Roman-Duval	2009	182
4	Hubble Space Telescope imaging of Jupiter's UV aurora during the Galileo orbiter mission Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·John Thacher Clarke, Gilda E. Ballester, John T. Trauger, J. M. Ajello, Wayne Pryor, W. Kent Tobiska, J. E. P. Connerney, Randy Gladstone	1998	181
5	Control of Jupiter's radio emission and aurorae by the solar wind Nature ·Don Gurnett, William S. Kurth, George Blair Hospodarsky, A. M. Persoon, P. Zarka, Alain Lecacheux, S. J. Bolton, MICHAEL D. DESCH	2002	145
6	Far‐ultraviolet reflectance properties of the Moon's permanently shadowed regions Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Randy Gladstone, Kurt Retherford, Anthony F. Egan, D. E. Kaufmann, Paul F. Miles, Joel Wm. Parker, D. G. Horvath, Maarten H. Versteeg	2011	140
7	LRO-LAMP Observations of the LCROSS Impact Plume Science ·Randy Gladstone, Dana M. Hurley, Kurt Retherford, P. D. Feldman, Wayne Pryor, Jean‐Yves Chaufray, Maarten H. Versteeg, Thomas Greathouse	2010	138
8	Recurrent energization of plasma in the midnight-to-dawn quadrant of Saturn's magnetosphere, and its relationship to auroral UV and radio emissions Planetary and Space Science ·Donald Mitchell, Stamatios Mike Krimigis, Christopher P. Paranicas, Pontus Brandt, James F. Carbary, Edmond C. Roelof, William S. Kurth, Don Gurnett	2009	131
9	Water vapour jets inside the plume of gas leaving Enceladus Nature ·C. J. Hansen, L. W. Esposito, A. I. F. Stewart, Bonnie K. Meinke, B. Wallis, J. E. Colwell, Amanda Hendrix, K. Larsen	2008	118
10	Ultraviolet Imaging Spectroscopy Shows an Active Saturnian System Science ·L. W. Esposito, J. E. Colwell, Kristopher W. Larsen, W. E. McClintock, A. I. F. Stewart, J. T. Hallett, Donald E. Shemansky, J. M. Ajello	2004	115
11	Galileo ultraviolet spectrometer observations of atomic hydrogen in the atmosphere of Ganymede Geophysical Research Letters ·C. A. Barth, Charles W. Hord, A. I. F. Stewart, Wayne Pryor, K. E. Simmons, W. E. McClintock, J. M. Ajello, K. L. Naviaux	1997	82
12	LAMP: The Lyman Alpha Mapping Project on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Space Science Reviews ·Randy Gladstone, S. A. Stern, Kurt Retherford, Ronald K. Black, D. C. Slater, Michael Davis, Maarten H. Versteeg, Kristian B. Persson	2009	82
13	Simple ultraviolet calibration source with reference spectra and its use with the Galileo orbiter ultraviolet spectrometer Applied Optics ·J. M. Ajello, Donald E. Shemansky, B. J. Franklin, Jordyn M. Watkins, S. K. Srivastava, Geoffrey K. James, W. T. Simms, Charles W. Hord	1988	81
14	Multispectral simultaneous diagnosis of Saturn's aurorae throughout a planetary rotation Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·Laurent Lamy, Renée Prangé, Wayne Pryor, Jacques Gustin, Sarah Victoria Badman, Henrik Melin, Tom Stallard, Donald Mitchell	2013	77
15	The auroral footprint of Enceladus on Saturn Nature ·Wayne Pryor, Abigail Mary Rymer, Donald Mitchell, Thomas W. Hill, David Young, Joachim Saur, Geraint H. Jones, Sven Jacobsen	2011	77
16	Bifurcations of the main auroral ring at Saturn: ionospheric signatures of consecutive reconnection events at the magnetopause Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) ·Aikaterini Radioti, Denis C. Grodent, Jean-Claude M. Gerard, Steve E. Milan, Bertrand Bonfond, Jacques Gustin, Wayne Pryor	2011	70
17	A study of photopolarimeter system UV absorption data on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune: Implications for auroral haze formation Icarus ·Wayne Pryor, Charles W. Hord	1991	70
18	The lunar far‐UV albedo: Indicator of hydration and weathering Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Kurt Retherford, Randy Gladstone, Dana M. Hurley, P. D. Feldman, Anthony F. Egan, D. E. Kaufmann, Paul F. Miles, Joel Wm. Parker	2012	70
19	Bifurcations of the main auroral ring at Saturn: ionospheric signatures of consecutive reconnection events at the magnetopause Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Aikaterini Radioti, Denis C. Grodent, Jean-Claude M. Gerard, Steve E. Milan, Bertrand Bonfond, Jacques Gustin, Wayne Pryor	2011	70
20	Response of Jupiter's UV auroras to interplanetary conditions as observed by the Hubble Space Telescope during the Cassini flyby campaign Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Jonathan D. Nichols, E. J. Bunce, J. T. Clarke, Stanley Cowley, Jean-Claude M. Gerard, Denis C. Grodent, Wayne Pryor	2007	70

About Wayne Pryor

Wayne Pryor is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Molecular Biology and Mechanics of Materials, having authored 146 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (121 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (68 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (50 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (42 papers), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (28 papers), Space Exploration and Technology (18 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (15 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.3k citations), Atmospheric Science (601 citations), Molecular Biology (1.3k citations), Aerospace Engineering (276 citations) and Geophysics (84 citations). Wayne Pryor has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jean-Claude M. Gerard, Denis C. Grodent, A. I. F. Stewart, J. M. Ajello, L. W. Esposito, Randy Gladstone, J. E. Colwell, Robert A. West, Charles W. Hord and Amanda Hendrix. Their work appears in journals such as Icarus, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Science and Planetary and Space Science.

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