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Michael Hesse publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael Hesse sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 590 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Michael Hesse D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Michael Hesse is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Molecular Biology, Geophysics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics, including:

  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Plasma Diagnostics and Applications

Michael Hesse has contributed to numerous research publications, appearing frequently in venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal

Recent papers authored include:

  • "Impacts of Ionospheric Ions on Magnetic Reconnection and Earth's Magnetosphere Dynamics", 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "Particle Acceleration in Strong Turbulence in the Earth's Magnetotail", 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "HelioSwarm: A Multipoint, Multiscale Mission to Characterize Turbulence", 2023, Space Science Reviews
  • "Electron Inflow Velocities and Reconnection Rates at Earth's Magnetopause and Magnetosheath", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Magnetic reconnection and kinetic waves generated in the Earth's quasi-parallel bow shock", 2020, Physics of Plasmas

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Li-Jen Chen
  • C. Norgren
  • P. Tenfjord
  • J. L. Burch
  • T. D. Phan

Michael Hesse was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Geospace Environmental Modeling (GEM) magnetic reconnection challenge

    J. Birn;J. F. Drake;M. A. Shay;B. N. Rogers

  • Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space.

    J. L. Burch;R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;T. D. Phan;L. J Chen

  • General magnetic reconnection, parallel electric fields, and helicity

    K. Schindler;M. Hesse;J. Birn

  • The diffusion region in collisionless magnetic reconnection

    Michael Hesse;Karl Schindler;Joachim Birn;Masha Kuznetsova

  • A theoretical foundation of general magnetic reconnection

    M. Hesse;K. Schindler

  • Three‐dimensional magnetic reconnection and the magnetic topology of coronal mass ejection events

    J. T. Gosling;J. Birn;M. Hesse

  • Geotail observations of magnetic flux ropes in the plasma sheet

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

  • Substorm dipolarization and recovery

    W. Baumjohann;M. Hesse;S. Kokubun;T. Mukai

  • On the propagation of bubbles in the geomagnetic tail

    J. Birn;J. Raeder;J. Raeder;Y. L. Wang;Y. L. Wang;R. A. Wolf

  • Cluster observations of an intense normal component of the electric field at a thin reconnecting current sheet in the tail and its role in the shock-like acceleration of the ion fluid into the separatrix region

    J. R. Wygant;C. A. Cattell;R. Lysak;Y. Song

  • Bursty bulk flows and dipolarization in MHD simulations of magnetotail reconnection

    J. Birn;R. Nakamura;E. V. Panov;M. Hesse

  • Flow braking and the substorm current wedge

    J. Birn;M. Hesse;G. Haerendel;W. Baumjohann

  • New Measure of the Dissipation Region in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection

    Seiji Zenitani;Michael Hesse;Alex Klimas;Masha Kuznetsova

  • Collisionless magnetic reconnection: Electron processes and transport modeling

    Michael Hesse;Joachim Birn;Masha Kuznetsova

  • Substorm electron injections: Geosynchronous observations and test particle simulations

    J. Birn;M. F. Thomsen;J. E. Borovsky;G. D. Reeves

  • Details of current disruption and diversion in simulations of magnetotail dynamics

    Joachim Birn;Michael Hesse

  • Particle acceleration in dipolarization events

    J. Birn;M. Hesse;R. Nakamura;S. Zaharia

  • What determines the reconnection rate at the dayside magnetosphere

    Joseph E. Borovsky;Michael Hesse;Joachim Birn;Maria M. Kuznetsova

  • Substorm ion injections: Geosynchronous observations and test particle orbits in three-dimensional dynamic MHD fields

    J. Birn;M. F. Thomsen;J. E. Borovsky;G. D. Reeves

  • Electron-scale dynamics of the diffusion region during symmetric magnetic reconnection in space

    R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;J. L. Burch;T. D. Phan;M. Hesse;M. Hesse

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Birn
Joachim Birn Los Alamos National Laboratory
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
James L. Burch
James L. Burch Southwest Research Institute
Robert E. Ergun
Robert E. Ergun University of Colorado Boulder
Tamas I. Gombosi
Tamas I. Gombosi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christopher T. Russell
Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles
Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
Benoit Lavraud
Benoit Lavraud Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
James Drake
James Drake University of Maryland, College Park
Antti Pulkkinen
Antti Pulkkinen Goddard Space Flight Center

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