2026 Bruce M. Jakosky: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	88	305	261	161	135	714	28907

Research.com Recognitions

2014 - NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Bruce M. Jakosky is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to physics and astronomy, with a substantial emphasis on astro and planetary science and space exploration.

Jakosky has contributed extensively to the study of planetary atmospheres and the loss of atmospheric components to space, particularly concerning Mars. Their recent notable publications include:

Martian water loss to space enhanced by regional dust storms, 2021, Nature Astronomy
Atmospheric Loss to Space and the History of Water on Mars, 2020, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Martian Hydrated Minerals: A Significant Water Sink, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
The Emirates Mars Mission, 2022, Space Science Reviews
In-Situ Measurements of Ion Density in the Martian Ionosphere: Underlying Structure and Variability Observed by the MAVEN-STATIC Instrument, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Jakosky frequently collaborates with several researchers, including D. A. Brain, J. S. Halekas, Justin Deighan, Sonal Jain, and D. L. Mitchell.

The scientist's work appears across numerous publication venues, with a consistent presence in journals focusing on space physics and planetary science. The most frequent venues include:

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
Icarus
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
Space Science Reviews
Geophysical Research Letters

Jakosky's research encompasses various subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, atmospheric science, molecular biology, and physiology. The main topics of their work cover astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, space science and extraterrestrial life, space exploration and technology, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, and geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies.

In addition to journal articles, Bruce M. Jakosky has authored scientific books. One such publication is Science, Society, and the Search for Life in the Universe, released in 2022 by the University of Arizona Press.

Recognition of Jakosky's contributions to science includes awards such as the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal received in 2014 and designation as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2012.

Best Publications

Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer experiment: Investigation description and surface science results

Philip Christensen;J. L. Bandfield;V. E. Hamilton;Steven Ruff

1142
Citations
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey mission

Philip R. Christensen;Bruce M. Jakosky;Hugh H. Kieffer;Michael C. Malin

1063
Citations
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission

Bruce M. Jakosky;R. P. Lin;J. M. Grebowsky;J. G. Luhmann

844
Citations
Thermal and albedo mapping of Mars during the Viking primary mission

Hugh H. Kieffer;T. Z. Martin;Alan R. Peterfreund;Bruce M. Jakosky

821
Citations
The Thermal Emission Imaging System (Themis) for the Mars 2001 Odyssey Mission

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657
Citations
The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite

Paul R. Mahaffy;Christopher R. Webster;Michel Cabane;Pamela G. Conrad

626
Citations
High-Resolution Thermal Inertia Mapping from the Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer

Michael T Mellon;Bruce M Jakosky;Hugh H Kieffer;Philip R Christensen

575
Citations
The distribution and behavior of Martian ground ice during past and present epochs

Michael T. Mellon;Bruce M. Jakosky

560
Citations
Ancient Geodynamics and Global-Scale Hydrology on Mars

Roger J. Phillips;Maria T. Zuber;Maria T. Zuber;Sean C. Solomon;Matthew P. Golombek

560
Citations
Mars' volatile and climate history.

Bruce M. Jakosky;Roger J. Phillips;Roger J. Phillips

538
Citations
The Clementine Mission to the Moon: Scientific Overview

Stewart Nozette;P. Rustan;L. P. Pleasance;D. M. Horan

528
Citations
The seasonal and global behavior of water vapor in the Mars atmosphere: Complete global results of the Viking Atmospheric Water Detector Experiment

Bruce M. Jakosky;Crofton B. Farmer

500
Citations
Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

474
Citations
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment

D. A. Paige;M. C. Foote;B. T. Greenhagen;J. T. Schofield

472
Citations
Geographic variations in the thermal and diffusive stability of ground ice on Mars

Michael T. Mellon;Bruce M. Jakosky

444
Citations
The Solar Wind Ion Analyzer for MAVEN

J. S. Halekas;E. R. Taylor;G. Dalton;G. Johnson

434
Citations
Morphology and Composition of the Surface of Mars: Mars Odyssey THEMIS Results

Philip R. Christensen;Joshua L. Bandfield;James F. Bell;Noel Gorelick

425
Citations
The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap.

David J. Des Marais;Louis J. Allamandola;Steven A. Benner;Alan P. Boss

391
Citations
The NASA Astrobiology Roadmap.

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350
Citations
Loss of the Martian atmosphere to space: Present-day loss rates determined from MAVEN observations and integrated loss through time

Bruce Jakosky;David Brain;Michael Chaffin;Shannon M. Curry

329
Citations
The MAVEN Solar Wind Electron Analyzer

D. L. Mitchell;C. Mazelle;J.-A. Sauvaud;J.-J. Thocaven

317
Citations
MAVEN SupraThermal and Thermal Ion Compostion (STATIC) Instrument

J. P. McFadden;O. Kortmann;D. Curtis;G. Dalton

313
Citations
Mars atmospheric loss and isotopic fractionation by solar-wind-induced sputtering and photochemical escape

Bruce M. Jakosky;Robert O. Pepin;Robert E. Johnson;Jane L. Fox

302
Citations
New Perspectives on Ancient Mars

Sean C. Solomon;Oded Aharonson;Jonathan M. Aurnou;W. Bruce Banerdt

298
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jasper Halekas University of Iowa

John E. P. Connerney Goddard Space Flight Center

David A. Brain University of Colorado Boulder

Christian Mazelle Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

John Clarke University of California, Berkeley

Janet G. Luhmann University of California, Berkeley

Jared Espley Goddard Space Flight Center

J. P. McFadden University of California, Berkeley

Paul R. Mahaffy Goddard Space Flight Center

Mehdi Benna Goddard Space Flight Center

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