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76
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21752
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1195
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77

B. Klecker publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where B. Klecker sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 577 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

B. Klecker D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

B. Klecker is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and concentrates research efforts primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work encompasses a range of subfields, including Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. The scientist's research topics are notably concentrated in areas such as ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, astro and planetary science, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, earthquake detection and analysis, laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, and radiation therapy and dosimetry.

Among the recent papers attributed to B. Klecker, the following are notable:

  • "A Possible Enrichment of Heavy and Ultraheavy Ions in Solar Energetic Particle Events Due to a Combined Effect of Stochastic Acceleration and Coulomb Losses" (2020), published in The Astrophysical Journal
  • "The Variation of Ionospheric O+ and H+ Outflow on Storm Timescales" (2023), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Energetic Charged Particles in the Terrestrial Magnetosphere: Cluster/RAPID Results" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Unusually low density regions in the compressed slow wind: Solar wind transients of small coronal hole origin" (2020), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • "Escape of O + through the distant tail plasma sheet" (2021), published in Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with B. Klecker include:

  • L. M. Kistler
  • N. Nowrouzi
  • Kai Zhao
  • E. J. Lund
  • C. Mouikis

B. Klecker has published articles extensively in several key scientific journals, such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics (4 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal (3 publications)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (1 publication)
  • Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern) (1 publication)
  • Review of Scientific Instruments (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • First multispacecraft ion measurements in and near the Earth's magnetosphere with the identical Cluster ion spectrometry (CIS) experiment

    H. Rème;C. Aoustin;J. M. Bosqued;I. Dandouras

  • Charge states of energetic (≈0.5 MeV/n) ions in corotating interaction regions at 1 AU and implications on source populations

    E. Möbius;D. Morris;M. A. Popecki;B. Klecker

  • The Plasma and Suprathermal Ion Composition (PLASTIC) Investigation on the STEREO Observatories

    A. B. Galvin;L. M. Kistler;M. A. Popecki;C. J. Farrugia

  • Direct observation of He + pick-up ions of interstellar origin in the solar wind

    E. Möbius;D. Hovestadt;B. Klecker;M. Scholer

  • Motion of the dipolarization front during a flow burst event observed by Cluster

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;B. Klecker;Y. Bogdanova

  • Spatial scale of high‐speed flows in the plasma sheet observed by Cluster

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;C. Mouikis;L. M. Kistler

  • CELIAS — Charge, Element and Isotope Analysis System for SOHO

    D. Hovestadt;M. Hilchenbach;A. Bürgi;B. Klecker

  • The Cluster Ion Spectrometry (CIS) Experiment

    H. Rème;J. M. Bosqued;J. A. Sauvaud;A. Cros

  • Current sheet structure near magnetic X-line observed by Cluster

    A. Runov;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;R. A. Treumann

  • Current sheet flapping motion and structure observed by Cluster

    V. Sergeev;A. Runov;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

  • Relativistic Electron Acceleration and Decay Time Scales in the Inner and Outer Radiation Belts: SAMPEX

    D. N. Baker;J. B. Blake;L. B. Callis;J. R. Cummings

  • First solar EUV irradiances obtained from SOHO by the CELIAS/SEM

    D. L. Judge;D. R. McMullin;H. S. Ogawa;D. Hovestadt

  • Extended magnetic reconnection at the Earth's magnetopause from detection of bi-directional jets

    T. D. Phan;L. M. Kistler;B. Klecker;G. Haerendel

  • The mean ionic charge of silicon in 3He-rich solar flares

    A. Luhn;B. Klecker;D. Hovestadt;E. Moebius

  • Electric current and magnetic field geometry in flapping magnetotail current sheets

    A. Runov;V. A. Sergeev;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

  • ANISOTROPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOCUSED TRANSPORT OF SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN THE INNER HELIOSPHERE

    W. Dröge;Y. Y. Kartavykh;B. Klecker;G. A. Kovaltsov

  • Recurrent geomagnetic storms and relativistic electron enhancements in the outer magnetosphere: ISTP coordinated measurements

    D N Baker;X Li;Niescja E Turner;J H Allen

  • NEW HIGH TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS BY SAMPEX OF THE PRECIPITATION OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS

    J.B Blake;M.D Looper;D.N Baker;R Nakamura

  • Dynamics of thin current sheets associated with magnetotail reconnection

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;Y. Asano;Y. Asano;A. Runov

  • A statistical study of EMIC waves observed by Cluster : 1. Wave properties

    R. C. Allen;R. C. Allen;R. C. Allen;J. C Zhang;L. M. Kistler;H. E. Spence

  • The Energetic Particle Detector - Energetic particle instrument suite for the Solar Orbiter mission

    J. Rodríguez-Pacheco;R. F. Wimmer-Schweingruber;G. M. Mason;G. C. Ho

  • Simultaneous Cluster and IMAGE observations of cusp reconnection and auroral proton spot for northward IMF

    T. Phan;H. U. Frey;S. Frey;L. Peticolas

  • Comet giacobini-zinner: in situ observations of energetic heavy ions.

    F. M. Ipavich;A. B. Galvin;G. Gloeckler;D. Hovestadt

  • Four-spacecraft determination of magnetopause orientation, motion and thickness: comparison with results from single-spacecraft methods

    S. E. Haaland;B. U. Ö. Sonnerup;M. W. Dunlop;A. Balogh

  • Fast flow during current sheet thinning

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;A. Runov;M. Volwerk

  • Fast moving plasma structures in the distant magnetotail

    M. Scholer;G. Gloeckler;B. Klecker;F. M. Ipavich

  • Contribution of nonadiabatic ions to the cross-tail current in an O+ dominated thin current sheet

    L. M. Kistler;C. Mouikis;E. Möbius;B. Klecker

Frequent Co-Authors

L. M. Kistler
L. M. Kistler University of New Hampshire
Manfred Scholer
Manfred Scholer Max Planck Society
H. Rème
H. Rème Paul Sabatier University
Iannis Dandouras
Iannis Dandouras British Antarctic Survey
George Gloeckler
George Gloeckler University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. Korth
A. Korth Max Planck Society
J. A. Sauvaud
J. A. Sauvaud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
André Balogh
André Balogh Imperial College London
C. W. Carlson
C. W. Carlson University of California, Berkeley
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences

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