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Best female scientists D-index 100 Citations 31,525 529 World Ranking 905 National Ranking 569
Physics D-index 97 Citations 29,866 493 World Ranking 1246 National Ranking 662

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Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2021 - James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society For groundbreaking discoveries in space plasma physics and for seminal theoretical contributions to understanding space plasma processes and magnetohydrodynamics.

2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For numerous pioneering contributions connecting fundamental principles of plasma physics to spacecraft observations ranging from geomagnetic field line resonances to the discovery of the magnetic topology of Jupiters moons

1999 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1992 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

1989 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Magnetic field

Margaret G. Kivelson mainly focuses on Magnetosphere, Geophysics, Magnetic field, Computational physics and Solar wind. Margaret G. Kivelson has researched Magnetosphere in several fields, including Astronomy, Earth's magnetic field and Jovian. Her Geophysics study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Magnetopause, Mechanics, Plasma sheet and Substorm.

Her Magnetic field research includes elements of Astrophysics, Plasma and Jupiter. As a part of the same scientific family, Margaret G. Kivelson mostly works in the field of Jupiter, focusing on Astrobiology and, on occasion, Field. Her Computational physics study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Charged particle, Magnetohydrodynamics, Amplitude, Magnetosphere particle motion and Standing wave.

Her most cited work include:

  • Bursty Bulk Flows in the Inner Central Plasma Sheet (890 citations)
  • Introduction to Space Physics (606 citations)
  • Statistical characteristics of bursty bulk flow events (592 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Magnetosphere, Geophysics, Magnetic field, Computational physics and Solar wind are her primary areas of study. Her studies in Magnetosphere integrate themes in fields like Astronomy, Astrophysics and Jovian, Jupiter. In her research on the topic of Geophysics, Magnetic reconnection is strongly related with Magnetopause.

Her research integrates issues of Field, Dipole and Plasma in her study of Magnetic field. Her research investigates the connection between Computational physics and topics such as Classical mechanics that intersect with problems in Quantum electrodynamics. Her research in Solar wind intersects with topics in Dynamic pressure and Mechanics.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Magnetosphere (56.97%)
  • Geophysics (46.22%)
  • Magnetic field (29.92%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Magnetosphere (56.97%)
  • Geophysics (46.22%)
  • Jupiter (26.22%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Margaret G. Kivelson mainly investigates Magnetosphere, Geophysics, Jupiter, Magnetic field and Astronomy. Her work deals with themes such as Ionosphere and Saturn, which intersect with Magnetosphere. The study incorporates disciplines such as Rotation period, Magnetohydrodynamics, Current sheet, Magnetic flux and Substorm in addition to Geophysics.

Her Jupiter study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Magnetopause, Astrobiology, Energetic neutral atom and Equator. The various areas that she examines in her Magnetic field study include Computational physics, Magnetic dip and Astrophysics. Her Astronomy research focuses on Waves in plasmas and how it relates to Radio wave.

Between 2012 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Evidence of a plume on Europa from Galileo magnetic and plasma wave signatures (93 citations)
  • Evidence of a plume on Europa from Galileo magnetic and plasma wave signatures (93 citations)
  • The magnetopause: Surface waves and instabilities and their possible dynamical consequences (81 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Quantum mechanics
  • Electron
  • Magnetic field

Her primary areas of study are Magnetosphere, Geophysics, Jupiter, Saturn and Magnetic field. Her work on Magnetosphere deals in particular with Plasma sheet and Magnetopause. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Rotation period, Magnetic flux, Computational physics and Current sheet.

Her Jupiter study combines topics in areas such as Field line and Equator. She combines subjects such as Magnetic dip and Plasma with her study of Magnetic field. Her research investigates the connection between Magnetohydrodynamics and topics such as Solar wind that intersect with issues in Space physics.

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Best Publications

Introduction to Space Physics

Margaret G. Kivelson;Christopher T. Russell.
Introduction to Space Physics (1995)

1576 Citations

Bursty Bulk Flows in the Inner Central Plasma Sheet

V. Angelopoulos;W. Baumjohann;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti.
Journal of Geophysical Research (1992)

1162 Citations

Statistical characteristics of bursty bulk flow events

V. Angelopoulos;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti;R. Pellat.
Journal of Geophysical Research (1994)

774 Citations

Galileo Magnetometer Measurements: A Stronger Case for a Subsurface Ocean at Europa

Margaret G. Kivelson;Krishan K. Khurana;Christopher T. Russell;Martin Volwerk.
Science (2000)

644 Citations

Induced magnetic fields as evidence for subsurface oceans in Europa and Callisto

K. K. Khurana;M. G. Kivelson;D. J. Stevenson;G. Schubert.
Nature (1998)

614 Citations

THE CLUSTER MAGNETIC FIELD INVESTIGATION

A. Balogh;M. W. Dunlop;S. W. H. Cowley;D. J. Southwood.
Space Science Reviews (1997)

509 Citations

Coupling of global magnetospheric MHD eigenmodes to field line resonances

Margaret G. Kivelson;David J. Southwood.
Journal of Geophysical Research (1986)

474 Citations

PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES IN PLASMAS

Donald F. DuBois;Victor Gilinsky;Margaret G. Kivelson.
Physical Review (1963)

441 Citations

Resonant ULF waves: A new interpretation

Margaret G. Kivelson;David J. Southwood.
Geophysical Research Letters (1985)

416 Citations

Subsurface Oceans on Europa and Callisto: Constraints from Galileo Magnetometer Observations

Christophe Zimmer;Krishan K. Khurana;Margaret G. Kivelson.
Icarus (2000)

405 Citations

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