2026 Martin Volwerk: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	54	4036	3860	34	34	339	10886

Martin Volwerk 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 Martin Volwerk sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 339 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin Volwerk 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 Martin Volwerk sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Martin Volwerk is affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Austria and has a research focus that spans physics and astronomy, with a particular emphasis on subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, molecular biology, geophysics, aerospace engineering, and nuclear and high-energy physics.

Their work primarily concentrates on topics such as solar and space plasma dynamics, astro and planetary science, planetary science and exploration, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies, earthquake detection and analysis, and stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Among recent papers authored by Martin Volwerk are the following:

The BepiColombo Planetary Magnetometer MPO-MAG: What Can We Learn from the Hermean Magnetic Field? (2021), published in Space Science Reviews
BepiColombo Science Investigations During Cruise and Flybys at the Earth, Venus and Mercury (2021), published in Space Science Reviews
Magnetic Holes in the Solar Wind and Magnetosheath Near Mercury (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
On the magnetic characteristics of magnetic holes in the solar wind between Mercury and Venus (2020), published in Annales Geophysicae
The Comet Interceptor Mission (2024), published in Space Science Reviews

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin Volwerk include:

Cyril Simon Wedlund
Daniel Schmid
Ferdinand Plaschke
Charlotte Goetz
R. Nakamura

The most common venues where Martin Volwerk's research appears are:

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Annales Geophysicae
Space Science Reviews
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Best Publications

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

Margaret G. Kivelson;Krishan K. Khurana;Christopher T. Russell;Martin Volwerk

811
Citations
The Permanent and Inductive Magnetic Moments of Ganymede

M.G. Kivelson;K.K. Khurana;M. Volwerk

496
Citations
Spatial scale of high‐speed flows in the plasma sheet observed by Cluster

R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;C. Mouikis;L. M. Kistler

392
Citations
Current sheet structure near magnetic X-line observed by Cluster

A. Runov;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;R. A. Treumann

354
Citations
Current sheet flapping motion and structure observed by Cluster

V. Sergeev;A. Runov;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

313
Citations
Local structure of the magnetotail current sheet: 2001 Cluster observations

A. Runov;V. A. Sergeev;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann

297
Citations
Electric current and magnetic field geometry in flapping magnetotail current sheets

A. Runov;V. A. Sergeev;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

245
Citations
Cluster observation of a bifurcated current sheet

A. Runov;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;T. L. Zhang

220
Citations
Multiple overshoot and rebound of a bursty bulk flow

E. V. Panov;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;V. Angelopoulos

185
Citations
Evolution of dipolarization in the near-Earth current sheet induced by Earthward rapid flux transport

R. Nakamura;A. Retino;W. Baumjohann;M. Volwerk

153
Citations
Fast flow during current sheet thinning

R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;A. Runov;M. Volwerk

153
Citations
Evidence for a flux transfer event generated by multiple X-line reconnection at the magnetopause

H. Hasegawa;J. Wang;M. W. Dunlop;Z. Y. Pu

153
Citations
A statistical and event study of magnetotail dipolarization fronts

Daniel Schmid;Daniel Schmid;Martin Volwerk;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann

149
Citations
Birth of a comet magnetosphere: A spring of water ions

Hans Nilsson;Hans Nilsson;Gabriella Stenberg Wieser;Etienne Behar;Etienne Behar;Cyril Simon Wedlund

143
Citations
How typical are atypical current sheets

Y. Asano;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;A. Runov

137
Citations
First detection of a diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

C Goetz;C Koenders;I Richter;Kathrin Altwegg

129
Citations
Solitary kinetic Alfvén waves: A study of the Poynting flux

Martin Volwerk;Philippe Louarn;Thomas Chust;Alain Roux

123
Citations
Characteristic size and shape of the mirror mode structures in the solar wind at 0.72 AU

T. L. Zhang;T. L. Zhang;C. T. Russell;W. Baumjohann;L. K. Jian

113
Citations
Magnetic turbulence in the plasma sheet

Z. Vörös;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura;M. Volwerk

112
Citations
Structure and evolution of the diamagnetic cavity at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

C. Goetz;C. Koenders;K. C. Hansen;J. Burch

108
Citations
Evolution of the ion environment of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Observations between 3.6 and 2.0 AU

H Nilsson;H Nilsson;G Stenberg Wieser;E Behar;E Behar;C. Simon Wedlund

105
Citations
Measurements: A Stronger Case for a Subsurface Ocean at Europa

Margaret G. Kivelson;Krishan K. Khurana;Christopher T. Russell;Martin Volwerk

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences

Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences

Karl-Heinz Glassmeier Technische Universität Braunschweig

Andrei Runov University of California, Los Angeles

Tielong Zhang Austrian Academy of Sciences

André Balogh Imperial College London

Hans Nilsson Swedish Institute of Space Physics

Andrew Fazakerley University College London

B. Klecker Max Planck Society

James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute

External Links

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