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11719
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4902
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John T. Steinberg 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 John T. Steinberg sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 178 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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John T. Steinberg 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 John T. Steinberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John T. Steinberg is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Computational Mechanics.

The main topics covered by their work include:

  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Steinberg has published frequently in several scientific venues. Key publication venues include:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Space Science Reviews
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

The scientist's recent papers highlight topics related to turbulence, solar wind phenomena, and magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. Some of these publications are:

  • "HelioSwarm: A Multipoint, Multiscale Mission to Characterize Turbulence," 2023, Space Science Reviews
  • "Nature and Scalings of Density Fluctuations of Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence with Applications to the Solar Wind," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Compressible Turbulence in the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Parker Solar Probe's First Eight Perihelia," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Simultaneous Observation of Ion-scale Wave Packets with Opposite Polarizations and Their Implications on the Generation Region in the Inner Heliosphere," 2025, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "HelioSwarm: A Multipoint, Multiscale Mission to Characterize Turbulence," 2023, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Xiangrong Fu
  • L. K. Jian
  • W. H. Matthaeus
  • R. M. Skoug
  • Hui Li

Best Publications

  • SWE, A COMPREHENSIVE PLASMA INSTRUMENT FOR THE WIND SPACECRAFT

    K. W. Ogilvie;D. J. Chornay;R. J. Fritzenreiter;F. Hunsaker

  • Magnetopause location under extreme solar wind conditions

    J.-H. Shue;P. Song;C. T. Russell;J. T. Steinberg

  • Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus

    Justin C. Kasper;Justin C. Kasper;Robert Abiad;Gerry Austin;Marianne Balat-Pichelin

  • Alfvénic velocity spikes and rotational flows in the near-Sun solar wind

    Justin C. Kasper;Justin C. Kasper;Stuart D. Bale;Stuart D. Bale;John W. Belcher;Matthieu Berthomier

  • Evidence for water ice near the lunar poles

    W. C. Feldman;S. Maurice;D. J. Lawrence;R. C. Little

  • Solar wind control of density and temperature in the near-Earth plasma sheet: WIND/GEOTAIL collaboration

    T. Terasawa;M. Fujimoto;T. Mukai;I. Shinohara

  • Geotail observations of the Kelvin‐Helmholtz instability at the equatorial magnetotail boundary for parallel northward fields

    D. H. Fairfield;A. Otto;T. Mukai;S. Kokubun

  • A magnetic cloud containing prominence material: January 1997

    L. Burlaga;R. Fitzenreiter;R. Lepping;K. Ogilvie

  • Extremely high speed solar wind: 29–30 October 2003

    R. M. Skoug;J. T. Gosling;J. T. Steinberg;D. J. McComas

  • Spatial structure of the solar wind and comparisons with solar data and models

    M. Neugebauer;R. J. Forsyth;A. B. Galvin;K. L. Harvey

  • Observations of the lunar plasma wake from the WIND spacecraft on December 27, 1994

    K. W. Ogilvie;J. T. Steinberg;R. J. Fitzenreiter;C. J. Owen

  • Physics-based Tests to Identify the Accuracy of Solar Wind Ion Measurements: A Case Study with the Wind Faraday Cups

    J. C. Kasper;A. J. Lazarus;J. T. Steinberg;K. W. Ogilvie

  • Solar wind helium abundance as a function of speed and heliographic latitude: Variation through a solar cycle

    Justin C. Kasper;Michael L. Stevens;Alan J. Lazarus;John T. Steinberg

  • Major geomagnetic storms (Dst ≤ −100 nT) generated by corotating interaction regions

    I. G. Richardson;I. G. Richardson;D. F. Webb;J. Zhang;D. B. Berdichevsky

  • The solar wind helium abundance: Variation with wind speed and the solar cycle

    Matthias R. Aellig;Alan J. Lazarus;John T. Steinberg

  • The Wind magnetic cloud and events of October 18–20, 1995: Interplanetary properties and as triggers for geomagnetic activity

    R. P. Lepping;L. F. Burlaga;A. Szabo;K. W. Ogilvie

  • Proton temperature anisotropy constraint in the solar wind: ACE observations

    S. Peter Gary;Ruth M. Skoug;John T. Steinberg;Charles W. Smith

  • The “calm before the storm” in CIR/magnetosphere interactions: Occurrence statistics, solar wind statistics, and magnetospheric preconditioning

    Joseph E. Borovsky;John T. Steinberg

  • A simple simulation of a plasma void: Applications to Wind observations of the lunar wake

    W. M. Farrell;M. L. Kaiser;J. T. Steinberg;S. D. Bale

  • Solar wind dynamic pressure and electric field as the main factors controlling Saturn's aurorae

    Frank J. Crary;John T. Clarke;Michele K. Dougherty;P. G. Hanlon

  • October 1995 magnetic cloud and accompanying storm activity: Ring current evolution

    V. K. Jordanova;Charlie J. Farrugia;L. Janoo;J. M. Quinn

  • A prolonged He+ enhancement within a coronal mass ejection in the solar wind

    R. M. Skoug;S. J. Bame;W. C. Feldman;J. T. Gosling

  • Geotail observations of substorm onset in the inner magnetotail

    D. H. Fairfield;T. Mukai;A. T. Y. Lui;C. A. Cattell

  • The global plasma environment of Titan as observed by Cassini Plasma Spectrometer during the first two close encounters with Titan

    K. Szego;Z. Bebesi;G. Erdos;L. Foldy

Frequent Co-Authors

J. T. Gosling
J. T. Gosling University of Colorado Boulder
David J. McComas
David J. McComas Princeton University
Justin C. Kasper
Justin C. Kasper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
Andrew J. Coates
Andrew J. Coates University College London
Roger C. Wiens
Roger C. Wiens Los Alamos National Laboratory
Robert E. Johnson
Robert E. Johnson The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
T. W. Hill
T. W. Hill Rice University
Michelle F. Thomsen
Michelle F. Thomsen Planetary Science Institute
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles

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