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47
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5802
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Kan Liou 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 Kan Liou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 190 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Kan Liou 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 Kan Liou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kan Liou is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant number of publications in subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics. They have also contributed to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as related subfields including Molecular Biology and Oceanography.

The principal topics covered in Liou's work include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods

Liou has authored and co-authored numerous scientific papers. Among the recent publications are:

  • "Hemispheric asymmetry of the dayside aurora due to imbalanced solar insolation," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Characteristics of the Heliospheric Current Sheets at the Sector Boundaries: Wind Observations from 1995-2020," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Control of the East-West Component of the Interplanetary Magnetic Field on the Occurrence of Magnetic Substorms," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Investigation of geomagnetic reference models based on the Iridium® constellation," 2022, Earth Planets and Space
  • "Modeling inner boundary values at 18 solar radii during solar quiet time for global three-dimensional time-dependent magnetohydrodynamic numerical simulation," 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

The frequent co-authors identified in Liou's publications include:

  • Chin-Chun Wu
  • Brian E. Wood
  • Keiji Hayashi
  • Lynn Hutting
  • E. J. Mitchell

Liou's work appears often in scientific venues such as:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Earth Planets and Space

Best Publications

  • A nearly universal solar wind-magnetosphere coupling function inferred from 10 magnetospheric state variables

    P. T. Newell;T. Sotirelis;K. Liou;C.-I. Meng

  • Earthward flow bursts, auroral streamers, and small expansions

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;R. Schödel;M. Brittnacher

  • Estimation of global field aligned currents using the iridium® System magnetometer data

    C. L. Waters;B. J. Anderson;K. Liou

  • Comprehensive study of the magnetospheric response to a hot flow anomaly

    D. G. Sibeck;N. L. Borodkova;S. J. Schwartz;C. J. Owen

  • Multiple-spacecraft observation of a narrow transient plasma jet in the Earth's plasma sheet

    V. A. Sergeev;J. A. Sauvaud;D. Popescu;R. A. Kovrazhkin

  • Is the dynamic magnetosphere an avalanching system

    A. T. Y. Lui;S. C. Chapman;K. Liou;P. T. Newell

  • Development of auroral streamers in association with localized impulsive injections to the inner magnetotail

    V. A. Sergeev;K. Liou;C. I. Meng;P. T. Newell

  • Seasonal effects on auroral particle acceleration and precipitation

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;C.-I Meng

  • Synoptic auroral distribution: A survey using Polar ultraviolet imagery

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;C.-I. Meng;M. Brittnacher

  • Observation of IMF and seasonal effects in the location of auroral substorm onset

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;D. G. Sibeck;C.-I Meng

  • Flow bursts and auroral activations: Onset timing and foot point location

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;M. Brittnacher;V. A. Sergeev

  • Characteristics of the solar wind controlled auroral emissions

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;C.-I. Meng;M. Brittnacher

  • Ballooning mode waves prior to substorm‐associated dipolarizations: Geotail observations

    M. H. Saito;Y. Miyashita;M. Fujimoto;I. Shinohara

  • OVATION Prime-2013: Extension of auroral precipitation model to higher disturbance levels

    P. T. Newell;K. Liou;Y. Zhang;T. Sotirelis

  • Annual TEC variation in the equatorial anomaly region during the solar minimum: September 1996–August 1997

    Chin-Chun Wu;C. D. Fry;J. Y. Liu;K. Liou

  • A state‐of‐the‐art picture of substorm‐associated evolution of the near‐Earth magnetotail obtained from superposed epoch analysis

    Y. Miyashita;S. Machida;Y. Kamide;D. Nagata

  • Pairs of solar wind‐magnetosphere coupling functions: Combining a merging term with a viscous term works best

    P. T. Newell;T. Sotirelis;K. Liou;F. J. Rich

  • The first super geomagnetic storm of solar cycle 24: “The St. Patrick’s day event (17 March 2015)”

    Chin-Chun Wu;Kan Liou;Ronald P. Lepping;Lynn Hutting

  • Magnetic dipolarization with substorm expansion onset

    K. Liou;C.-I. Meng;A. T. Y. Lui;P. T. Newell

  • Auroral streamers: characteristics of associated precipitation, convection and field-aligned currents

    V. A. Sergeev;K. Liou;P. T. Newell;S.-I. Ohtani

  • Plasmoid ejection and auroral brightenings

    A. Ieda;D. H. Fairfield;T. Mukai;Y. Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick T. Newell
Patrick T. Newell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
C.-I. Meng
C.-I. Meng Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Toshifumi Mukai
Toshifumi Mukai Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Shinichi Ohtani
Shinichi Ohtani Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
V. A. Sergeev
V. A. Sergeev Saint Petersburg State University
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
Geoffrey D. Reeves
Geoffrey D. Reeves Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kazue Takahashi
Kazue Takahashi Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Susumu Kokubun
Susumu Kokubun Nagoya University
Yongliang Zhang
Yongliang Zhang Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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