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D-Index
75
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16591
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736
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348

Patrick T. Newell publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick T. Newell sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 260 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Patrick T. Newell D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patrick T. Newell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Patrick T. Newell is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. As a researcher connected to this institution, their work is situated within a leading environment for applied physics and related scientific investigations.

In 2012, Patrick T. Newell was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an acknowledgment that reflects their contributions in related scientific domains.

There are no listed recent papers, frequent co-authors, publication venues, book publications, main fields or subfields of study, or main topics of work available for this individual. Therefore, detailed specifics regarding their research output, collaboration networks, or research focus areas cannot be provided at this time.

Best Publications

  • A nearly universal solar wind-magnetosphere coupling function inferred from 10 magnetospheric state variables

    P. T. Newell;T. Sotirelis;K. Liou;C.-I. Meng

  • Evaluation of SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices as indicators of substorms and auroral power

    P. T. Newell;J. W. Gjerloev

  • Diffuse, monoenergetic, and broadband aurora: The global precipitation budget

    P. T. Newell;T. Sotirelis;S. Wing

  • The cusp and the cleft/boundary layer: Low-altitude identification and statistical local time variation

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng

  • Mapping the dayside ionosphere to the magnetosphere according to particle precipitation characteristics

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng

  • The double oval UV auroral distribution. 1: Implications for the mapping of auroral arcs

    R. D. Elphinstone;J. S. Murphree;D. J. Hearn;L. L. Cogger

  • Some low-altitude cusp dependencies on the interplanetary magnetic field

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng;David G. Sibeck;Ronald Lepping

  • Morphology of nightside precipitation

    Patrick T. Newell;Yasha I. Feldstein;Yuri I. Galperin;Ching-I. Meng

  • Suppression of discrete aurorae by sunlight

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng;Kevin M. Lyons

  • HF radar signatures of the cusp and low-latitude boundary layer

    K. B. Baker;J. R. Dudeney;R. A. Greenwald;M. Pinnock

  • The low‐latitude boundary layer and the boundary plasma sheet at low altitude: Prenoon precipitation regions and convection reversal boundaries

    Patrick T. Newell

  • Proton aurora and substorm intensifications

    J. C. Samson;L. R. Lyons;P. T. Newell;F. Creutzberg

  • Substorm and magnetosphere characteristic scales inferred from the SuperMAG auroral electrojet indices

    P. T. Newell;J. W. Gjerloev

  • Seasonal variations in diffuse, monoenergetic, and broadband aurora

    Patrick T. Newell;Thomas Sotirelis;Simon Wing

  • Multiple-spacecraft observation of a narrow transient plasma jet in the Earth's plasma sheet

    V. A. Sergeev;J. A. Sauvaud;D. Popescu;R. A. Kovrazhkin

  • Is the dynamic magnetosphere an avalanching system

    A. T. Y. Lui;S. C. Chapman;K. Liou;P. T. Newell

  • Identification and observations of the plasma mantle at low altitude

    Patrick T. Newell;William J. Burke;Ching-I. Meng;Ennio R. Sanchez

  • Development of auroral streamers in association with localized impulsive injections to the inner magnetotail

    V. A. Sergeev;K. Liou;C. I. Meng;P. T. Newell

  • Central plasma sheet ion properties as inferred from ionospheric observations

    Simon Wing;Patrick T. Newell

  • Observations of an enhanced convection channel in the cusp ionosphere

    Michael Pinnock;Alan S. Rodger;J. R. Dudeney;K. B. Baker

Frequent Co-Authors

Kan Liou
Kan Liou Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
C.-I. Meng
C.-I. Meng Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Simon Wing
Simon Wing Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Shinichi Ohtani
Shinichi Ohtani Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
J. M. Ruohoniemi
J. M. Ruohoniemi Virginia Tech
Jesper Gjerloev
Jesper Gjerloev Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Larry J. Paxton
Larry J. Paxton Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Yongliang Zhang
Yongliang Zhang Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center

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