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Alexander Schekochihin

Alexander Schekochihin

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Physics

D-Index
77
Citations
18402
World Ranking
3257
National Ranking
288

Alexander Schekochihin publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Schekochihin sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 317 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Alexander Schekochihin D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Schekochihin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 77 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For elucidating fundamental aspects of turbulence in magnetized plasma with application to magnetic field amplification, heating, and transport in astrophysical, space, and laboratory plasmas

Overview

Alexander Schekochihin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the overarching field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Molecular Biology, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The main topics of Schekochihin's work encompass Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics, Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

Frequent publication venues where Schekochihin's work has appeared include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Plasma Physics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nature Astronomy

Notable recent papers authored by Schekochihin or featuring their contributions are:

  • MHD turbulence: a biased review, 2022, Journal of Plasma Physics
  • High-frequency heating of the solar wind triggered by low-frequency turbulence, 2022, Nature Astronomy
  • On the violation of the zeroth law of turbulence in space plasmas, 2021, Journal of Plasma Physics
  • HelioSwarm: A Multipoint, Multiscale Mission to Characterize Turbulence, 2023, Space Science Reviews
  • Time-resolved turbulent dynamo in a laser plasma, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors in Schekochihin's publications include:

  • A. F. A. Bott
  • Matthew W. Kunz
  • Robert J. Ewart
  • Brian Reville
  • G. Gregori

In 2012, Schekochihin was awarded the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) distinction, recognized for elucidating fundamental aspects of turbulence in magnetized plasma with applications relating to magnetic field amplification, heating, and transport in astrophysical, space, and laboratory plasmas.

Best Publications

  • Astrophysical Gyrokinetics: Kinetic and Fluid Turbulent Cascades in Magnetized Weakly Collisional Plasmas

    A. A. Schekochihin;A. A. Schekochihin;S. C. Cowley;S. C. Cowley;W. Dorland;G. W. Hammett

  • Instability of current sheets and formation of plasmoid chains

    N. F. Loureiro;N. F. Loureiro;A. A. Schekochihin;A. A. Schekochihin;S. C. Cowley

  • Simulations of small-scale turbulent dynamo

    A. A. Schekochihin;S. C. Cowley;S. C. Cowley;S. F. Taylor;J. L. Maron;J. L. Maron

  • Simulations of the Small-Scale Turbulent Dynamo

    Alexander A. Schekochihin;Alexander A. Schekochihin;Steven C. Cowley;Steven C. Cowley;Samuel F. Taylor;Samuel F. Taylor;Jason L. Maron;Jason L. Maron

  • Fast Magnetic Reconnection in the Plasmoid-Dominated Regime

    D. A. Uzdensky;D. A. Uzdensky;N. F. Loureiro;N. F. Loureiro;A. A. Schekochihin;A. A. Schekochihin

  • A Model of Turbulence in Magnetized Plasmas: Implications for the Dissipation Range in the Solar Wind

    G. G. Howes;S. C. Cowley;S. C. Cowley;W. Dorland;G. W. Hammett

  • Kinetic Simulations of Magnetized Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas

    G. G. Howes;W. Dorland;S. C. Cowley;S. C. Cowley;G. W. Hammett

  • Astrophysical Gyrokinetics: Basic Equations and Linear Theory

    Gregory G. Howes;Steven C. Cowley;Steven C. Cowley;William Dorland;Gregory W. Hammett

  • Turbulent heating in galaxy clusters brightest in X-rays

    I. Zhuravleva;E. Churazov;A. A. Schekochihin;S. W. Allen;S. W. Allen

  • Gyrokinetic simulations of solar wind turbulence from ion to electron scales.

    Gregory G. Howes;Gregory G. Howes;Jason M. TenBarge;William Dorland;William Dorland;Eliot Quataert

  • Formation of Plasmoid Chains in Magnetic Reconnection

    R. Samtaney;N. F. Loureiro;D. A. Uzdensky;A. A. Schekochihin

  • Firehose and Mirror Instabilities in a Collisionless Shearing Plasma

    Matthew Walter Kunz;Alexander A. Schekochihin;James McLellan Stone

  • X-Ray surface brightness and gas density fluctuations in the Coma cluster

    E. Churazov;A. Vikhlinin;I. Zhuravleva;A. Schekochihin

  • Plasma Instabilities and Magnetic Field Growth in Clusters of Galaxies

    A. A. Schekochihin;S. C. Cowley;R. M. Kulsrud;G. W. Hammett

  • Anisotropy of solar wind turbulence between ion and electron scales.

    C. H. K. Chen;T. S. Horbury;A. A. Schekochihin;R. T. Wicks

  • Magnetic reconnection and stochastic plasmoid chains in high-Lundquist-number plasmas

    N. F. Loureiro;Ravi Samtaney;A. A. Schekochihin;D. A. Uzdensky

  • Fluctuation dynamo and turbulent induction at low magnetic Prandtl numbers

    A A Schekochihin;A A Schekochihin;A B Iskakov;S C Cowley;S C Cowley;J C McWilliams

  • Anisotropy of Alfv'enic Turbulence in the Solar Wind and Numerical Simulations

    C. H. K. Chen;A. Mallet;T. A. Yousef;A. A. Schekochihin

  • A model of nonlinear evolution and saturation of the turbulent MHD dynamo

    A A Schekochihin;S C Cowley;G W Hammett;G W Hammett;J L Maron;J L Maron

  • Interplanetary and interstellar plasma turbulence

    A A Schekochihin;A A Schekochihin;S C Cowley;S C Cowley;W Dorland

Frequent Co-Authors

Eliot Quataert
Eliot Quataert Princeton University
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Donald Q. Lamb
Donald Q. Lamb University of Chicago
E. Churazov
E. Churazov Max Planck Society
Dongsu Ryu
Dongsu Ryu Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Norbert Werner
Norbert Werner Masaryk University
Steven W. Allen
Steven W. Allen Stanford University
Bruce Remington
Bruce Remington Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Alexey Vikhlinin
Alexey Vikhlinin Harvard University

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