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Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics is a research topic within Astronomy and Astrophysics. Science Explorer counts 76k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of space weather, magnetospheric physics, and the interactions between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. It covers topics such as magnetospheric dynamics, ionospheric variability, radiation belt dynamics, magnetic reconnection, plasma waves, and the impact of geomagnetic storms on the near-Earth space environment.

  • Magnetosphere
  • Ionosphere
  • Solar Wind
  • Geomagnetic Storms
  • Radiation Belts
  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Plasma Waves
  • Space Environment Modeling
  • Electron Acceleration
  • Gravity Waves
Research works
76k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+35%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Which countries lead Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (6.2k and 2.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 6.2k works
  2. 2 China 2.1k works
  3. 3 Russia 768 works
  4. 4 India 540 works
  5. 5 Germany 396 works
  6. 6 Japan 340 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 327 works
  8. 8 France 312 works
  9. 9 Spain 281 works
  10. 10 Italy 203 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 54.4%China: 18.1%Russia: 6.7%India: 4.7%6 others listed: 16.2%54%largest
United States6,238 · 54.4%China2,073 · 18.1%Russia768 · 6.7%India540 · 4.7%6 others listed1,858 · 16.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics research, followed by University of California, Berkeley and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 491 works
  2. 2 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 479 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 432 works
  4. 4 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 370 works
  5. 5 Washington State UniversityUnited States 319 works
  6. 6 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 275 works
  7. 7 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 234 works
  8. 8 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 211 works
  9. 9 Donald Danforth Plant Science CenterUnited States 186 works
  10. 10 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 169 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics include M. Shoji, Xiaogang Wang and P. Jackson.

  1. 1 M. Shoji Japan 806k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  4. 4 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  7. 7 G. N. Taylor France 176k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics?

The most cited paper in Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics is "NRLMSISE‐00 empirical model of the atmosphere: Statistical comparisons and scientific issues" (J. Michael Picone, A. E. Hedin, Douglas P. Drob et al., 2002), with 3,852 citations. Next come "Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere" (2,823) and "GPS meteorology: Remote sensing of atmospheric water vapor using the global positioning system" (2,593).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NRLMSISE‐00 empirical model of the atmosphere: Statistical comparisons and scientific issues J. Michael Picone, A. E. Hedin, Douglas P. Drob et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Dec 2002 3,852
2 Gravity wave dynamics and effects in the middle atmosphere David C. Fritts, M. Joan Alexander · Reviews of Geophysics Open access Mar 2003 2,823
3 GPS meteorology: Remote sensing of atmospheric water vapor using the global positioning system Michael G. Bevis, Steven Businger, THOMAS A. HERRING et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres 20 Oct 1992 2,593
4 What is a geomagnetic storm? W. D. González, Jo Ann Joselyn, Y. Kamide et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Apr 1994 2,524
5 Dust-acoustic waves in dusty plasmas N. Nagesha Rao, P. K. Shukla, M. Y. Yu · Planetary and Space Science Apr 1990 2,262
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Berkeley (United States), Moscow (Russia) and West Lafayette (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Richland, Ellicott City and Kiruna.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 674 works
  2. 2 BerkeleyUnited States 570 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 371 works
  4. 4 West LafayetteUnited States 370 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 295 works
  6. 6 East LansingUnited States 275 works
  7. 7 BoulderUnited States 255 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 250 works
  9. 9 St LouisUnited States 234 works
  10. 10 Los AngelesUnited States 217 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RichlandUS · 169.5 works451×
  2. Ellicott CityUS · 20.1 works324×
  3. KirunaSE · 25.6 works323×
  4. NahantUS · 21.2 works305×
  5. BillericaUS · 92.1 works143×
  6. Plainsboro CenterUS · 39.0 works107×
  7. North LaurelUS · 68.5 works85×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Michigan State University, University of Idaho and University of California, Berkeley score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%50%100%mean 38.33%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of IdahoUniversity of KansasMichigan State Unive…University of Califo…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Michigan State UniversityUnited States 85.788.9%33.1×275 +6492.7%
2University of IdahoUnited States 74.996.3%71.3×92 -
3University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 60.315.4%44.4×479 +434.3%
4University of KansasUnited States 58.593.6%7.1×40 -
5Washington State UniversityUnited States 53.59.6%81.7×318 +4377.9%
6University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 53.013.0%16.1×211 +218.7%
7Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 50.50.1%34.2×370 +5471.1%
8Wuhan UniversityChina 49.915.2%10.2×165 +20.9%
9University of ArizonaUnited States 48.917.8%14.2×105 +888.6%
10Chinese University of Hong KongChina 47.133.4%4.8×40 -

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, country by country

Is Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.047% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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