Roy Torbert

Roy Torbert publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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Roy Torbert 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 Roy Torbert sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• SWE, A COMPREHENSIVE PLASMA INSTRUMENT FOR THE WIND SPACECRAFT

  K. W. Ogilvie;D. J. Chornay;R. J. Fritzenreiter;F. Hunsaker

  1502
  Citations

• Magnetospheric Multiscale Overview and Science Objectives

  J. L. Burch;T. E. Moore;R. B. Torbert;B. L. Giles

  1447
  Citations

• The Magnetospheric Multiscale Magnetometers

  C. T. Russell;B. J. Anderson;W. Baumjohann;K. R. Bromund

  1205
  Citations

• The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on RBSP

  C. A. Kletzing;W. S. Kurth;M. Acuna;R. J. MacDowall

  1196
  Citations

• Observations of paired electrostatic shocks in the polar magnetosphere

  F. S. Mozer;C. W. Carlson;M. K. Hudson;R. B. Torbert

  846
  Citations

• Electron-scale measurements of magnetic reconnection in space.

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

  721
  Citations

• The Spin-Plane Double Probe Electric Field Instrument for MMS

  P. A Lindqvist;G. Olsson;R. B. Torbert;B. King

  661
  Citations

• The Axial Double Probe and Fields Signal Processing for the MMS Mission

  R. E. Ergun;S. Tucker;J. Westfall;K. A. Goodrich

  594
  Citations

• Satellite measurements and theories of low altitude auroral particle acceleration

  F. S. Mozer;Cynthia A Cattell;M. K. Hudson;Robert L Lysak

  569
  Citations

• The FIELDS Instrument Suite on MMS: Scientific Objectives, Measurements, and Data Products

  R. B. Torbert;R. B. Torbert;C. T. Russell;W. Magnes;R. E. Ergun

  504
  Citations

• Electron magnetic reconnection without ion coupling in Earth's turbulent magnetosheath

  T. D. Phan;J. P. Eastwood;M. A. Shay;J. F. Drake

  381
  Citations

• The Search-Coil Magnetometer for MMS

  O. Le Contel;P. Leroy;A. Roux;C. Coillot

  334
  Citations

• On the origin and spatial extent of high-latitude F region irregularities

  Michael C. Kelley;James F. Vickrey;C. W. Carlson;R. Torbert

  291
  Citations

• Comparison of S3-3 polar cap potential drops with the interplanetary magnetic field and models of magnetopause reconnection

  J. R. Wygant;R. B. Torbert;F. S. Mozer

  272
  Citations

• Evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor type instability and upwelling of depleted density regions during equatorial spread F

  M. C. Kelley;G. Haerendel;H. Kappler;A. Valenzuela

  260
  Citations

• The occurrence and wave properties of H+-, He+-, and O+-band EMIC waves observed by the Van Allen Probes

  A. A. Saikin;J. C. Zhang;R. C. Allen;R. C. Allen;C. W. Smith

  254
  Citations

• Hydra — A 3-dimensional electron and ion hot plasma instrument for the POLAR spacecraft of the GGS mission

  J. Scudder;F. Hunsacker;G. Miller;J. Lobell

  245
  Citations

• Observations of the lunar plasma wake from the WIND spacecraft on December 27, 1994

  K. W. Ogilvie;J. T. Steinberg;R. J. Fitzenreiter;C. J. Owen

  231
  Citations

• Quasistatic electric field measurements with spherical double probes on the GEOS and ISEE satellites

  A. Pedersen;C.A. Cattell;Carl-Gunne Fälthammar;V. Formisano

  207
  Citations

• 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

  144
  Citations