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Jøran Moen publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jøran Moen sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 280 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Jøran Moen D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jøran Moen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jøran Moen is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and primarily conducts research in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a considerable focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their scientific work also spans Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Aerospace Engineering, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Science.

The core topics of Moen's research include ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, and geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies. Additional areas of study cover GNSS positioning and interference, earthquake detection and analysis, astro and planetary science, as well as tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

Moen has contributed to a range of journals, with frequent publications in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics and Geophysical Research Letters. Other publication venues include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University), and Nature Communications.

The scientist has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Andres Spicher, L. B. N. Clausen, C. Feltman, D. J. Knudsen, and K. A. McWilliams.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Moen include:

  • A space hurricane over the Earth's polar ionosphere, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Multiple transpolar auroral arcs reveal insight about coupling processes in the Earth's magnetotail, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • On the Production of Ionospheric Irregularities Via Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability Associated with Cusp Flow Channels, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Sequential Observations of Flux Transfer Events, Poleward-Moving Auroral Forms, and Polar Cap Patches, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Latitudinal, Diurnal, and Seasonal Variations in the Accuracy of an RTK Positioning System and Its Relationship With Ionospheric Irregularities, 2021, Space Weather

Best Publications

  • The solar flux influence on quiet time conductances in the auroral ionosphere

    Jøran Moen;Asgeir Brekke

  • A classification of dayside auroral forms and activities as a function of interplanetary magnetic field orientation

    Per Even Sandholt;Charles J. Farrugia;Jøran Moen;Øystein Noraberg

  • Direct Observations of the Evolution of Polar Cap Ionization Patches

    Qing-He Zhang;Bei-Chen Zhang;Michael Lockwood;Hong-Qiao Hu

  • On the importance of interplanetary magnetic field B on polar cap patch formation

    Q-H. Zhang;B-C. Zhang;R-Y. Liu;H-G. Yang

  • Meridian-scanning photometer, coherent HF radar, and magnetometer observations of the cusp: a case study

    S. E. Milan;M. Lester;S. W. H. Cowley;J. Moen

  • GPS scintillation effects associated with polar cap patches and substorm auroral activity: direct comparison

    Yaqi Jin;Jøran I. Moen;Jøran I. Moen;Wojciech J. Miloch

  • Space weather challenges of the polar cap ionosphere

    Jøran Moen;Kjellmar Oksavik;Lucilla Alfonsi;Yvonne Daabakk

  • On the importance of interplanetary magnetic field ∣By∣ on polar cap patch formation

    Q.-H. Zhang;B.-C. Zhang;R.-Y. Liu;M. W. Dunlop

  • On the MLT distribution of F region polar cap patches at night

    J. Moen;J. Moen;N. Gulbrandsen;D. A. Lorentzen;H. C. Carlson;H. C. Carlson

  • Auroral event sequences at the dayside polar cap boundary for positive and negative interplanetary magnetic field BY

    P. E. Sandholt;J. Moen;A. Rudland;D. Opsvik

  • On the entry and transit of high-density plasma across the polar cap

    K. Oksavik;V. L. Barth;J. Moen;M. Lester

  • Events of enhanced convection and related dayside auroral activity

    J. Moen;P. E. Sandholt;Mike Lockwood;W. F. Denig

  • Reconfiguration and closure of lobe flux by reconnection during northward IMF: possible evidence for signatures in cusp/cleft auroral emissions

    Mike Lockwood;J. Moen

  • First in‐situ measurements of HF radar echoing targets

    J. Moen;J. Moen;K. Oksavik;K. Oksavik;T. Abe;Mark Lester

  • Dayside auroral configurations: Responses to southward and northward rotations of the interplanetary magnetic field

    Per Even Sandholt;Charles J. Farrugia;Jøran Moen;Stanley W. H. Cowley

  • On the diurnal variability in F2-region plasma density above the EISCAT Svalbard radar

    J. Moen;J. Moen;X. C. Qiu;H. C. Carlson;R. Fujii

  • Variability of dayside convection and motions of the cusp/cleft aurora

    Mike Lockwood;J. Moen;S. W. H. Cowley;A. D. Farmer

  • In situ measurements of plasma irregularity growth in the cusp ionosphere

    K. Oksavik;J. Moen;J. Moen;M. Lester;T. A. Bekkeng

  • THEMIS observations of extreme magnetopause motion caused by a hot flow anomaly

    K. S. Jacobsen;T. D. Phan;J. P. Eastwood;D. G. Sibeck

  • Scintillation and loss of signal lock from poleward moving auroral forms in the cusp ionosphere

    Kjellmar Oksavik;Kjellmar Oksavik;Christer van der Meeren;Dag Arne Lorentzen;Dag Arne Lorentzen;Lisa Baddeley;Lisa Baddeley

  • Drifting airglow patches in relation to tail reconnection

    D. A. Lorentzen;N. Shumilov;J. Moen

  • Simultaneous observations of the cusp in optical, DMSP and HF radar data

    T. K. Yeoman;M. Lester;S. W. H. Cowley;S. E. Milan

Frequent Co-Authors

Kjellmar Oksavik
Kjellmar Oksavik University of Bergen
Lasse Boy Novock Clausen
Lasse Boy Novock Clausen University of Oslo
Mike Lockwood
Mike Lockwood University of Reading
Per Even Sandholt
Per Even Sandholt University of Oslo
Mark Lester
Mark Lester University of Leicester
Charles J. Farrugia
Charles J. Farrugia University of New Hampshire
Tim K. Yeoman
Tim K. Yeoman University of Leicester
P. T. Jayachandran
P. T. Jayachandran University of New Brunswick
Stanley W. H. Cowley
Stanley W. H. Cowley University of Leicester

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