Most-cited papers on belt radiation plasma structure multiscale

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1. Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission

   2013 · Space Science Reviews · Spence, H. E., Reeves, G. D., Baker, D. N. et al.

   545 cited

2. Gyroresonant wave-particle interactions with chorus waves during extreme depletions of plasma density in the Van Allen radiation belts

   2021 · Science Advances · Allison, Hayley, Shprits, Yuri, Zhelavskaya, Irina et al.

   101 cited

3. Hot Plasma Effects on the Cyclotron‐Resonant Pitch‐Angle Scattering Rates of Radiation Belt Electrons Due to EMIC Waves

   2017 · Geophysical Research Letters · Ni, Binbin, Cao, Xing, Shprits, Yuri et al.

   83 cited

4. Interaction of EMIC Waves With Thermal Plasma and Radiation Belt Particles

   2006 · Geophysical monograph · Horne, R. B., Horne, R. B., Jordanova, V. K. et al.

   83 cited

5. Magnetic field at geosynchronous orbit during high‐speed stream‐driven storms: Connections to the solar wind, the plasma sheet, and the outer electron radiation belt

   2010 · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · Borovsky, Joseph E., Denton, M. H.

   75 cited

6. Scattering of Ultra-relativistic Electrons in the Van Allen Radiation Belts Accounting for Hot Plasma Effects

   2017 · Scientific Reports · Cao, Xing, Shprits, Yuri, Ni, Binbin et al.

   47 cited

7. The Effect of Plasma Boundaries on the Dynamic Evolution of Relativistic Radiation Belt Electrons

   2020 · Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · Wang, Dedong, Shprits, Yuri, Zhelavskaya, Irina et al.

   43 cited

8. Effect of ion temperature and plasma density on an ion-acoustic soliton in a collisionless relativistic plasma: An application to radiation belts

   1990 · Physics of Fluids B Plasma Physics · Singh, Sanjay, Dahiya, R.P.

   37 cited

9. Very Oblique Whistler Mode Propagation in the Radiation Belts: Effects of Hot Plasma and Landau Damping

   2017 · Geophysical Research Letters · Ma, Qianli, Artemyev, Anton, Mourenas, D. et al.

   34 cited

10. The “zebra stripes”: An effect of <i>F</i> region zonal plasma drifts on the longitudinal distribution of radiation belt particles

    2016 · Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · Lejosne, Solène, Roederer, Juan G.

    33 cited

11. Recent Updates to the AE9/AP9/SPM Radiation Belt and Space Plasma Specification Model

    2015 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · Johnston, W. R., O’Brien, T. P., Huston, S. L. et al.

    33 cited

12. Can Earth's Magnetotail Plasma Sheet Produce a Source of Relativistic Electrons for the Radiation Belts?

    2021 · Geophysical Research Letters · Turner, D. L., Cohen, I. J., Michael, Adam et al.

    32 cited

13. Survey of ELF-VLF plasma waves in outer radiation belt observed by Cluster STAFF-SA experiment

    2008 · Annales Geophysicae · Pokhotelov, Dimitry, Lefeuvre, F., Horne, R. B. et al.

    30 cited

14. Energetic Electron Distributions Near the Magnetic Equator in the Jovian Plasma Sheet and Outer Radiation Belt Using Juno Observations

    2021 · Geophysical Research Letters · Ma, Qianli, Li, Wen, Zhang, Xiao‐Jia et al.

    26 cited

15. AE9/AP9/SPM: new models for radiation belt and space plasma specification

    2014 · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · Johnston, W. R., O’Brien, T. P., Ginet, G. P. et al.

    24 cited

16. Modeling of the cold electron plasma density for radiation belt physics

    2023 · Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences · Ripoll, Jean‐François, Pierrard, Viviane, Cunningham, G. et al.

    23 cited

17. Dynamic Responses of Radiation Belt Electron Fluxes to Magnetic Storms and their Correlations with Magnetospheric Plasma Wave Activities

    2020 · The Astrophysical Journal · Gu, Xudong, Xia, Shanjiao, Fu, Song et al.

    22 cited

18. Effects of Solar Wind Plasma Flow and Interplanetary Magnetic Field on the Spatial Structure of Earth's Radiation Belts

    2019 · Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · Li, L.Y., Yang, Shangbin, Cao, Jinbin et al.

    19 cited

19. Hot Plasma Effects on the Pitch-angle Scattering Rates of Radiation Belt Electrons Due to Plasmaspheric Hiss

    2020 · The Astrophysical Journal · Cao, Xing, Ni, Binbin, Summers, Danny et al.

    19 cited

20. Vortex‐like plasma flow structures observed by Cluster at the boundary of the outer radiation belt and ring current: A link between the inner and outer magnetosphere

    2009 · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · Zong, Qiugang, Wang, Yongfu, Yang, B. et al.

    19 cited

21. Effects of plasma density irregularities on the pitch angle scattering of radiation belt electrons by signals from ground based VLF transmitters

    2008 · Geophysical Research Letters · Bell, T. F., Inan, U. S., Piddyachiy, D. et al.

    18 cited

22. Complementary and Catalytic Roles of Man‐Made VLF Waves and Natural Plasma Waves in the Loss of Radiation Belt Electrons

    2021 · Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · Li, L. Y., Wang, Zhenyu, Yu, Jiang et al.

    16 cited

23. Evidence for dust-driven, radial plasma transport in Saturn’s inner radiation belts

    2016 · Icarus · Roussos, E., Krupp, N., Kollmann, P. et al.

    13 cited

24. Pitch angle distribution of relativistic electrons in the inner radiation belt and its relation to equatorial plasma wave turbulence phenomena

    2001 · Geophysical Research Letters · Morioka, Akira, Misawa, Hiroaki, Miyoshi, Yoshizumi et al.

    10 cited

25. The magnetospheric radiation belt and tail plasma sheet

    1968 · Planetary and Space Science · Piddington, J. H.

    9 cited

26. Toward the development of new standard radiation belt and space plasma models for spacecraft engineering

    2005 · Space Weather · Lauenstein, Jean‐Marie, Barth, J.L., Sibeck, D. G.

    9 cited

27. Using MEPED observations to infer plasma density and chorus intensity in the radiation belts

    2022 · Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences · Longley, William, Chan, A. A., Jaynes, Allison N. et al.

    8 cited

28. Plasma processes in the earth's radiation belts

    1979 · Lyons, L. R.

    7 cited

29. Dynamics of Magnetically Trapped Particles: Foundations of the Physics of Radiation Belts and Space Plasmas

    2013 · Roederer, Juan G., Zhang, Hui

    7 cited