2026 Mark B. Moldwin: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	50	3378	3093	1346	1198	310	9949

Overview

Mark B. Moldwin is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and specializes in the fields of physics and astronomy, with a strong focus on ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, geomagnetism, and solar and space plasma dynamics.

Their research spans several interconnected topics, including:

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies
Solar and space plasma dynamics
Earthquake detection and analysis
Geophysics and gravity measurements
Geophysical and geoelectrical methods
Atomic and subatomic physics research

Moldwin has published extensively in multiple scientific venues, including:

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
Space Weather
Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems
Earth and Space Science
Eos

Some of their recent papers include:

"SECS Analysis of Nighttime Magnetic Perturbation Events Observed in Arctic Canada," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
"Nighttime Magnetic Perturbation Events Observed in Arctic Canada: 3. Occurrence and Amplitude as Functions of Magnetic Latitude, Local Time, and Magnetic Disturbance Indices," 2021, Space Weather
"Interhemispheric Comparisons of Large Nighttime Magnetic Perturbation Events Relevant to GICs," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
"Superposed Epoch Analysis of Nighttime Magnetic Perturbation Events Observed in Arctic Canada," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
"Links of the Plasmapause With Other Boundary Layers of the Magnetosphere: Ionospheric Convection, Radiation Belt Boundaries, Auroral Oval," 2021, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Their frequent co-authors include:

M. J. Engebretson
J. M. Weygand
Vyacheslav Pilipenko
Erik S. Steinmetz
Alex Paul Hoffmann

Mark B. Moldwin has also authored a book titled An Introduction to Space Weather, published in 2022 by Cambridge University Press.

Best Publications

The Magnetospheric Multiscale Magnetometers

C. T. Russell;B. J. Anderson;W. Baumjohann;K. R. Bromund

1205
Citations
An empirical plasmasphere and trough density model: CRRES observations

B. W. Sheeley;M. B. Moldwin;M. B. Moldwin;H. K. Rassoul;R. R. Anderson

537
Citations
Empirical plasmapause models from magnetic indices

T. P. O'Brien;M. B. Moldwin

371
Citations
Geotail observations of magnetic flux ropes in the plasma sheet

J. A. Slavin;R. P. Lepping;J. Gjerloev;D. H. Fairfield

356
Citations
A new model of the location of the plasmapause: CRRES results

Mark B. Moldwin;L. Downward;H. K. Rassoul;R. Amin

306
Citations
Magnetospheric plasma analyzer: Initial three-spacecraft observations from geosynchronous orbit

D. J. McComas;S. J. Bame;B. L. Barraclough;J. R. Donart

224
Citations
The magnetospheric lobe at geosynchronous orbit

M. F. Thomsen;S. J. Bame;D. J. McComas;M. B. Moldwin

222
Citations
Electron scattering by whistler-mode ELF hiss in plasmaspheric plumes

Danny Summers;Binbin Ni;Nigel P. Meredith;Richard B. Horne

212
Citations
Small-scale magnetic flux ropes in the solar wind

M. B. Moldwin;S. Ford;R. Lepping;J. Slavin

211
Citations
On the formation and evolution of plasmoids: A survey of ISEE 3 geotail data

Mark B. Moldwin;W. Jeffrey Hughes

186
Citations
Global plasmaspheric TEC and its relative contribution to GPS TEC

E. Yizengaw;M.B. Moldwin;D. Galvan;B.A. Iijima

185
Citations
An Introduction to Space Weather

Mark Moldwin

179
Citations
Global response of the plasmasphere to a geomagnetic disturbance

M. Spasojević;J. Goldstein;D. L. Carpenter;U. S. Inan

176
Citations
Plasmaspheric Density Structures and Dynamics: Properties Observed by the CLUSTER and IMAGE Missions

Fabien Darrouzet;Dennis L. Gallagher;Nicolas André;Donald L. Carpenter

173
Citations
Hot proton anisotropies and cool proton temperatures in the outer magnetosphere

S. Peter Gary;Mark B. Moldwin;Michelle F. Thomsen;Dan Winske

134
Citations
Plasmoids as magnetic flux ropes

Mark B. Moldwin;W. Jeffrey Hughes

121
Citations
Heliospheric evolution of solar wind small-scale magnetic flux ropes

M. L. Cartwright;M. B. Moldwin

119
Citations
The longitudinal variability of equatorial electrojet and vertical drift velocity in the African and American sectors

E. Yizengaw;M. B. Moldwin;E. Zesta;C. M. Biouele

118
Citations
An examination of the structure and dynamics of the outer plasmasphere using multiple geosynchronous satellites

Mark B. Moldwin;Michelle F. Thomsen;Samuel J. Bame;David J. McComas

116
Citations
Ulysses observation of a noncoronal mass ejection flux rope: Evidence of interplanetary magnetic reconnection

M. B. Moldwin;J. L. Phillips;J. T. Gosling;E. E. Scime

116
Citations
Geomagnetic substorm association of plasmoids

Mark B. Moldwin;W. Jeffrey Hughes

112
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. McComas Princeton University

Aaron J. Ridley University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Michelle F. Thomsen Planetary Science Institute

Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles

Mark Engebretson Augsburg College

Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles

Roger R. Anderson University of Iowa

Bill R. Sandel University of Arizona

Yukitoshi Nishimura Boston University

James A. Slavin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

External Links

Personal website of Mark B. Moldwin

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