2026 Nat Gopalswamy: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	92	2121	2015	1084	1012	867	28050

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

2121

2015

1084

1012

867

28050

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

1171
Citations
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

776
Citations
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

686
Citations
The SOHO/LASCO CME Catalog

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

627
Citations
Interplanetary acceleration of coronal mass ejections

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

598
Citations
Predicting the 1‐AU arrival times of coronal mass ejections

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

551
Citations
Prominence Eruptions and Coronal Mass Ejection: A Statistical Study Using Microwave Observations

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

410
Citations
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

377
Citations
Radio Signatures of Coronal Mass Ejection Interaction: Coronal Mass Ejection Cannibalism?

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

361
Citations
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

329
Citations
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

322
Citations
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

313
Citations
Energy partition in two solar flare/CME events

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

305
Citations
Geoeffectiveness of halo coronal mass ejections

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

291
Citations
Interacting Coronal Mass Ejections and Solar Energetic Particles

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

279
Citations
Characteristics of coronal mass ejections associated with long-wavelength type II radio bursts

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

269
Citations
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

261
Citations
A Statistical Study of Two Classes of Coronal Mass Ejections

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

257
Citations
Type II radio bursts and energetic solar eruptions

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

250
Citations
Prominence eruptions and coronal mass ejection: a statistical study using microwave observations

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

5
Citations