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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 75 3421 3252 1622 1509 355 14612

Dan Winske publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dan Winske between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dan Winske published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2012. 1 of the 359 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2012. 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 3 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 3 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 5 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 10 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 9 publications 1989: 7 publications 1990: 14 publications 1991: 11 publications 1992: 10 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 10 publications 1995: 12 publications 1996: 16 publications 1997: 6 publications 1998: 16 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1975 2025

359 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dan Winske: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 2
1976 2
1977 0
1978 1
1979 3
1980 1
1981 3
1982 1
1983 5
1984 5
1985 11
1986 10
1987 5
1988 9
1989 7
1990 14
1991 11
1992 10
1993 14
1994 10
1995 12
1996 16
1997 6
1998 16
1999 7
2000 13
2001 15
2002 7
2003 8
2004 6
2005 6
2006 7
2007 7
2008 0
2009 10
2010 7
2011 13
2012 18
2013 14
2014 9
2015 4
2016 7
2017 10
2018 4
2019 4
2020 3
2021 2
2022 2
2023 1
2024 0
2025 1
Total 359
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Dan Winske publications per year - data summary

  • Dan Winske, a Physics scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has 359 publications recorded across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1975 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2012, with 18 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1978, 1980, 1982, 2023 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 51 years in the span carry no publications at all (1977, 2008 and 2024).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.5 per year counting only the 48 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 6 publications, 2% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1975-1991: 90 publications (5.3 per year); 1992-2008: 160 publications (9.4 per year); 2009-2025: 109 publications (6.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is broadly steady.

Dan Winske 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 Dan Winske sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 343–362 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 355 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155 355
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Dan Winske publication distribution in Physics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,678 Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 70 ranges running from 103–122 to 1,469+ publications.
  • Dan Winske, a Physics scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 355 publications - the 29th percentile of the discipline.
  • 29% of ranked Physics scientists score the same or lower than Dan Winske, and about 71% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 463–482 publications range, and Dan Winske ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 323–342 publications, holding 162 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 49% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 443–462 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Dan Winske 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 Dan Winske sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 74–75 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143 75
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Dan Winske D-index placement in Physics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,678 Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 59 ranges running from 70–71 to 185+ D-Index.
  • Dan Winske, a Physics scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 75 D-Index - the 9th percentile of the discipline.
  • 9% of ranked Physics scientists score the same or lower than Dan Winske, and about 91% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 96–97 D-Index range, and Dan Winske ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 80–81 D-Index, holding 167 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 55% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 98–99 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1990 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For studies of electromagnetic instabilities in the foreshocks of planets and comets, and work on the structure of, and transport processes at collisionless shock waves in space

Overview

Dan Winske is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Physics and Astronomy, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis

Dan Winske has contributed to multiple recent papers, reflecting a breadth of research interests. Selected publications include:

  • Laboratory Observations of Ultra-low-frequency Analog Waves Driven by the Right-hand Resonant Ion Beam Instability, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astrophysical Explosions Revisited: Collisionless Coupling of Debris to Magnetized Plasma, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Scalings for the Alfvén-cyclotron instability: Linear dispersion theory and hybrid particle-in-cell simulations: Scalings of Alfven-Cyclotron Instability, 2021, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Laser-produced plasmas as drivers of laboratory collisionless quasi-parallel shocks, 2020, Physics of Plasmas
  • Hybrid particle-in-cell simulations of electromagnetic coupling and waves from streaming burst debris, 2022, Physics of Plasmas

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Dan Winske include:

  • Misa Cowee
  • A. Lê
  • R. S. Dorst
  • D. B. Schaeffer
  • S. Vincena

Winske's research has been published in several venues, most notably:

  • Physics of Plasmas
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

The scientist has received recognition through awards such as:

  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), awarded in 2003
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 1990 with a citation acknowledging studies of electromagnetic instabilities in the foreshocks of planets and comets, as well as work on the structure and transport processes at collisionless shock waves in space

Best Publications

  • The structure of perpendicular bow shocks

    M. M. Leroy;D. Winske;C. C. Goodrich;C. S. Wu

  • Coupling of newborn ions to the solar wind by electromagnetic instabilities and their interaction with the bow shock

    D. Winske;C. S. Wu;Y. Y. Li;Z. Z. Mou

  • Simulation of a perpendicular bow shock

    M. M. Leroy;C. C. Goodrich;D. Winske;C. S. Wu

  • The proton cyclotron instability and the anisotropy/β inverse correlation

    S. Peter Gary;Michael E. McKean;Dan Winske;Brian J. Anderson

  • A Grid-Based Coulomb Collision Model for PIC Codes

    Michael E. Jones;Don S. Lemons;Rodney J. Mason;Vincent A. Thomas

  • Proton temperature anisotropy upper bound

    S. Peter Gary;Joseph Wang;Dan Winske;Stephen A. Fuselier

  • Kinetic quasi-viscous and bulk flow inertia effects in collisionless magnetotail reconnection

    Masha M. Kuznetsova;Michael Hesse;Dan Winske

  • A kinetic cross‐field streaming instability

    C. S. Wu;Y. M. Zhou;Shih‐Tung Tsai;S. C. Guo

  • A source of the backstreaming ion beams in the foreshock region

    Motohiko Tanaka;C. C. Goodrich;D. Winske;K. Papadopoulos

  • Collisionless reconnection supported by nongyrotropic pressure effects in hybrid and particle simulations

    Masha M. Kuznetsova;Michael Hesse;Dan Winske

  • Electron dissipation in collisionless magnetic reconnection

    Michael Hesse;Dan Winske

  • Hybrid simulation of the formation of a hot flow anomaly

    V. A. Thomas;D. Winske;M. F. Thomsen;T. G. Onsager

  • Re‐forming supercritical quasi‐parallel shocks: 2. Mechanism for wave generation and front re‐formation

    D. Winske;N. Omidi;K. B. Quest;V. A. Thomas

  • Hybrid simulations of collisionless reconnection in current sheets

    Michael Hesse;Dan Winske

  • Nonlinear evolution of the lower‐hybrid drift instability

    J. U. Brackbill;D. W. Forslund;K. B. Quest;D. Winske

  • Ion heating in a dusty plasma due to the dust/ion acoustic instability

    D. Winske;S. Peter Gary;Michael E. Jones;M. Rosenberg

  • Re‐forming supercritical quasi‐parallel shocks: 1. One‐ and two‐dimensional simulations

    V. A. Thomas;D. Winske;N. Omidi

  • Proton resonant firehose instability: Temperature anisotropy and fluctuating field constraints

    S. Peter Gary;Hui Li;Sean O'Rourke;Dan Winske

  • Excitation of magnetosonic waves in the terrestrial magnetosphere: Particle-in-cell simulations

    Kaijun Liu;S. Peter Gary;Dan Winske

  • Whistler anisotropy instabilities as the source of banded chorus: Van Allen Probes observations and particle-in-cell simulations

    Xiangrong Fu;Misa M. Cowee;Reinhard H. Friedel;Herbert O. Funsten

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Peter Gary
S. Peter Gary Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael Hesse
Michael Hesse Ames Research Center
Michelle F. Thomsen
Michelle F. Thomsen Planetary Science Institute
Tamas I. Gombosi
Tamas I. Gombosi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nathan A. Schwadron
Nathan A. Schwadron University of New Hampshire
Joachim Birn
Joachim Birn Los Alamos National Laboratory
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
J. T. Gosling
J. T. Gosling University of Colorado Boulder
Brian J. Anderson
Brian J. Anderson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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