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92
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2121
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1084

Nat Gopalswamy 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 Nat Gopalswamy sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 867 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nat Gopalswamy 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 Nat Gopalswamy sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nat Gopalswamy is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a concentrated focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their scholarly contributions cover 112 publications in Physics and Astronomy, including 110 specifically in Astronomy and Astrophysics, and additional works in Molecular Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics

Gopalswamy has published extensively across several scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets for their research are:

  • The Astrophysical Journal (14 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (7 publications)
  • Solar Physics (4 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics (4 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters (3 publications)

Frequent collaborators in their work include S. Yashiro (21 coauthored papers), S. Akiyama (19), H. Xie (10), P. Mäkelä (10), and G. Michałek (6).

Examples of recent papers authored or coauthored by Nat Gopalswamy include the following:

  • "A Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft Discoveries," 2021, Reviews of Geophysics
  • "ICME Evolution in the Inner Heliosphere," 2020, Solar Physics
  • "The Sun and Space Weather," 2022, Atmosphere
  • "What Is Unusual About the Third Largest Geomagnetic Storm of Solar Cycle 24?", 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • "Predictability of variable solar-terrestrial coupling," 2021, Annales Geophysicae

Best Publications

  • A catalog of white light coronal mass ejections observed by the SOHO spacecraft

    S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;N. Gopalswamy;G. Michalek;G. Michalek;G. Michalek;O. C. St. Cyr;O. C. St. Cyr

  • Corotating solar wind streams and recurrent geomagnetic activity: A review

    Bruce T. Tsurutani;Bruce T. Tsurutani;Walter D. Gonzalez;Alicia L. C. Gonzalez;Fernando L. Guarnieri

  • Solar and interplanetary sources of major geomagnetic storms (Dst ≤ −100 nT) during 1996–2005

    J. Zhang;I. G. Richardson;I. G. Richardson;D. F. Webb;N. Gopalswamy

  • The SOHO/LASCO CME Catalog

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;G. Michalek;G. Stenborg

  • Interplanetary acceleration of coronal mass ejections

    N. Gopalswamy;A. Lara;R. P. Lepping;M. L. Kaiser

  • Predicting the 1‐AU arrival times of coronal mass ejections

    Nat Gopalswamy;Alejandro Lara;Seiji Yashiro;Mike L. Kaiser

  • Prominence Eruptions and Coronal Mass Ejection: A Statistical Study Using Microwave Observations

    N. Gopalswamy;M. Shimojo;W. Lu;W. Lu;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro

  • Understanding space weather to shield society: A global road map for 2015-2025 commissioned by COSPAR and ILWS

    Carolus J. Schrijver;Kirsti Kauristie;Alan D. Aylward;Clezio M. Denardini

  • Radio Signatures of Coronal Mass Ejection Interaction: Coronal Mass Ejection Cannibalism?

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;M. L. Kaiser;R. A. Howard

  • Properties of Ground Level Enhancement Events and the Associated Solar Eruptions During Solar Cycle 23

    N. Gopalswamy;H. Xie;H. Xie;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;S. Akiyama;S. Akiyama

  • Intensity variation of large solar energetic particle events associated with coronal mass ejections

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;S. Krucker;G. Stenborg;G. Stenborg

  • Different Power-Law Indices in the Frequency Distributions of Flares with and without Coronal Mass Ejections

    S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;S. Akiyama;S. Akiyama;N. Gopalswamy;R. A. Howard

  • Energy partition in two solar flare/CME events

    A. G. Emslie;A. G. Emslie;H. Kucharek;B. R. Dennis;N. Gopalswamy

  • Geoeffectiveness of halo coronal mass ejections

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;S. Akiyama;S. Akiyama

  • Interacting Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Energetic Particles

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;G. Michałek;G. Michałek;M. L. Kaiser

  • Characteristics of coronal mass ejections associated with long-wavelength type II radio bursts

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;M. L. Kaiser;R. A. Howard

  • Coronal mass ejections and other extreme characteristics of the 2003 October–November solar eruptions

    N. Gopalswamy;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;Y. Liu;G. Michalek;G. Michalek;G. Michalek

  • A Statistical Study of Two Classes of Coronal Mass Ejections

    Y.-J. Moon;G. S. Choe;Haimin Wang;Y. D. Park

  • Type II radio bursts and energetic solar eruptions

    N. Gopalswamy;E. Aguilar-Rodriguez;E. Aguilar-Rodriguez;S. Yashiro;S. Yashiro;S. Nunes;S. Nunes

  • Prominence eruptions and coronal mass ejection: a statistical study using microwave observations

    N. Gopalswamy;W. Lu;S. Yashiro;M. Shimojo

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell A. Howard
Russell A. Howard United States Naval Research Laboratory
Markus J. Aschwanden
Markus J. Aschwanden Advanced Technology Center
Stuart D. Bale
Stuart D. Bale University of California, Berkeley
Justin C. Kasper
Justin C. Kasper University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Angelos Vourlidas
Angelos Vourlidas Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
Hugh S. Hudson
Hugh S. Hudson University of Glasgow
Ilya Usoskin
Ilya Usoskin University of Oulu
Kazunari Shibata
Kazunari Shibata Kyoto University
Bruce T. Tsurutani
Bruce T. Tsurutani California Institute of Technology

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