Joachim Birn

Joachim Birn 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 Joachim Birn sits on this spectrum.

Joachim Birn 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 Joachim Birn sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) magnetic reconnection challenge

  J. Birn;J. F. Drake;M. A. Shay;B. N. Rogers

  1424
  Citations

• General magnetic reconnection, parallel electric fields, and helicity

  K. Schindler;M. Hesse;J. Birn

  514
  Citations

• The diffusion region in collisionless magnetic reconnection

  Michael Hesse;Karl Schindler;Joachim Birn;Masha Kuznetsova

  466
  Citations

• Three‐dimensional magnetic reconnection and the magnetic topology of coronal mass ejection events

  J. T. Gosling;J. Birn;M. Hesse

  368
  Citations

• Reconnection of magnetic fields : magnetohydrodynamics and collisionless theory and observations

  J. Birn;E. R. Priest

  351
  Citations

• Three‐dimensional computer modeling of dynamic reconnection in the geomagnetic tail

  Joachim Birn;Edward W. Hones

  317
  Citations

• On the propagation of bubbles in the geomagnetic tail

  J. Birn;J. Raeder;J. Raeder;Y. L. Wang;Y. L. Wang;R. A. Wolf

  273
  Citations

• Bursty bulk flows and dipolarization in MHD simulations of magnetotail reconnection

  J. Birn;R. Nakamura;E. V. Panov;M. Hesse

  263
  Citations

• Characteristic plasma properties during dispersionless substorm injections at geosynchronous orbit

  J. Birn;M. F. Thomsen;J. E. Borovsky;G. D. Reeves

  256
  Citations

• Collisionless magnetic reconnection: Electron processes and transport modeling

  Michael Hesse;Joachim Birn;Masha Kuznetsova

  237
  Citations

• A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLUX ROPE MODEL FOR CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS BASED ON A LOSS OF EQUILIBRIUM

  Ilia I. Roussev;Terry G. Forbes;Tamas I. Gombosi;Igor V. Sokolov

  237
  Citations

• Substorm electron injections: Geosynchronous observations and test particle simulations

  J. Birn;M. F. Thomsen;J. E. Borovsky;G. D. Reeves

  223
  Citations

• Details of current disruption and diversion in simulations of magnetotail dynamics

  Joachim Birn;Michael Hesse

  220
  Citations

• Particle acceleration in dipolarization events

  J. Birn;M. Hesse;R. Nakamura;S. Zaharia

  208
  Citations

• What determines the reconnection rate at the dayside magnetosphere

  Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael Hesse;Joachim Birn;Maria M. Kuznetsova

  207
  Citations

• Evidence for slow-mode shocks in the deep geomagnetic tail

  W. C. Feldman;S. J. Schwartz;S. J. Bame;D. N. Baker

  203
  Citations

• Particle Acceleration in the Magnetotail and Aurora

  J. Birn;J. Birn;A. V. Artemyev;D. N. Baker;M. Echim

  201
  Citations

• Substorm ion injections: Geosynchronous observations and test particle orbits in three-dimensional dynamic MHD fields

  J. Birn;M. F. Thomsen;J. E. Borovsky;G. D. Reeves

  193
  Citations

• Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) magnetic reconnection challenge: Resistive tearing, anisotropic pressure and Hall effects

  Joachim Birn;Michael Hesse

  176
  Citations

• On dipolarization and its relation to the substorm current wedge

  Michael Hesse;Joachim Birn

  175
  Citations