2026 Charles F. Kennel: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	76	3300	3137	1562	1454	259	25643

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Research.com Recognitions

1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1997 - James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society For his fundamental contributions to the basic plasma physics of collisionless shocks, magnetic reconnection and quasilinear theory, and to plasma astrophysics - including the Van Allen radiation belt and the Crab Nebula.
1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1991 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1978 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1978 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
1968 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Charles F. Kennel is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with work spanning nine publications in this area. Subfields they have contributed to include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Sociology and Political Science.

The research topics Charles F. Kennel has focused on encompass several areas, notably:

Climate Change and Health Impacts
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Climate variability and models
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Ecosystem dynamics and resilience

Kennel's frequent coauthors include:

Jim Falk
A.S. El-Beltagy
Rita R. Colwell
Cherry A. Murray
Ismaïl Serageldin

The most common publication venues for Kennel's work are:

Sustainability Science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Anthropocene Review
Nature
Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists

Notable recent papers authored by Charles F. Kennel include:

"Influence of Arctic sea-ice variability on Pacific trade winds," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"The gathering anthropocene crisis," 2020, The Anthropocene Review

Other recent papers in relevant venues, although not authored by Kennel, appear alongside their frequent coauthor Jim Falk's contributions in Sustainability Science, indicating collaboration in overlapping research areas.

Throughout their career, Kennel has been recognized with several awards and fellowships. These include:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, 1997, awarded for fundamental contributions to plasma physics and plasma astrophysics
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1991
Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1987
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1978
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), 1978
Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1968

Charles F. Kennel's research demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach, integrating environmental science with astrophysics and policy studies. Their collaborative works and publication record reflect sustained contributions to understanding climate processes, environmental challenges, and their global impacts.

Best Publications

LIMIT ON STABLY TRAPPED PARTICLE FLUXES

C. F. Kennel;H. E. Petschek

3404
Citations
Bursty Bulk Flows in the Inner Central Plasma Sheet

V. Angelopoulos;W. Baumjohann;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti

1307
Citations
Confinement of the Crab pulsar's wind by its supernova remnant

C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti

1282
Citations
Velocity Space Diffusion from Weak Plasma Turbulence in a Magnetic Field

C. F. Kennel;F. Engelmann

1242
Citations
Topside current instabilities

J. M. Kindel;C. F. Kennel

1070
Citations
Pitch-angle diffusion of radiation belt electrons within the plasmasphere.

Lawrence R. Lyons;Richard Mansergh Thorne;Charles F. Kennel

900
Citations
Statistical characteristics of bursty bulk flow events

V. Angelopoulos;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti;R. Pellat

869
Citations
Magnetohydrodynamic model of Crab nebula radiation

C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti

770
Citations
Consequences of a magnetospheric plasma

Charles F. Kennel

560
Citations
Relativistic electron precipitation during magnetic storm main phase

R. M. Thorne;C. F. Kennel

482
Citations
A quarter century of collisionless shock research

C. F. Kennel;J. P. Edmiston;Tohru Hada

424
Citations
VLF electric field observations in the magnetosphere

C. F. Kennel;F. L. Scarf;R. W. Fredricks;J. H. McGehee

389
Citations
Electron precipitation pulsations

F. V. Coroniti;C. F. Kennel

377
Citations
Nonconvective and convective electron cyclotron harmonic instabilities

M. Ashour-Abdalla;C. F. Kennel

326
Citations
Can the ionosphere regulate magnetospheric convection

F. V. Coroniti;C. F. Kennel

322
Citations
LOW-FREQUENCY WHISTLER MODE.

C. Kennel

307
Citations
Changes in magnetospheric configuration during the substorm growth phase

F. V. Coroniti;C. F. Kennel

257
Citations
Collisionless shock waves in high β plasmas: 1

C. F. Kennel;R. Z. Sagdeev

257
Citations
Plasma and energetic particle structure upstream of a quasi-parallel interplanetary shock

C. F. Kennel;F. L. Scarf;F. V. Coroniti;C. T. Russell

247
Citations
Bursty bulk flows in the inner central plasma sheet: An effective means of earthward transport in the magnetotail

Vassilis Angelopoulos;Charles F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti;R. Pellat

8
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