2026 Simon Wing: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	41	7743	7441	2756	2564	167	6238

Overview

Simon Wing is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Within this broad area, they have contributed extensively to studies on ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, and geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies. Other research topics include astro and planetary science, earthquake detection and analysis, atmospheric ozone and climate, and global energy and sustainability research.

Wing has a significant publication record, having authored research articles featured notably in these venues:

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Geophysical Research Letters
Space Weather
The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Wing are:

"Untangling the Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Drivers of the Radiation Belt Electrons" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
"Complex Systems Methods Characterizing Nonlinear Processes in the Near-Earth Electromagnetic Environment: Recent Advances and Open Challenges" (2023), published in Space Science Reviews
"Field-Aligned Currents in Auroral Vortices" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
"Periodic Narrowband Radio Wave Emissions and Inward Plasma Transport at Saturn's Magnetosphere" (2020), published in The Astronomical Journal
"Information Theoretical Approach to Understanding Flare Waiting Times" (2020), published in The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent collaborators in Wing's research include J. R. Johnson, Xuanye Ma, P. A. Delamere, K. Nykyri, and P. A. Damiano. Collaboration with these researchers spans multiple publications, indicating ongoing scientific partnerships.

The main focus of Wing's work is the dynamics of near-Earth space environments, including the complex interactions between solar wind, magnetospheric processes, and radiation belt behavior. Their studies often address nonlinear processes and plasma transport mechanisms relevant to space physics and planetary magnetospheres.

Best Publications

A new magnetic coordinate system for conjugate studies at high latitudes

K. B. Baker;S. Wing

774
Citations
Diffuse, monoenergetic, and broadband aurora: The global precipitation budget

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

557
Citations
Seasonal variations in diffuse, monoenergetic, and broadband aurora

Patrick T. Newell;Thomas Sotirelis;Simon Wing

221
Citations
Central plasma sheet ion properties as inferred from ionospheric observations

Simon Wing;Patrick T. Newell

196
Citations
The auroral oval position, structure, and intensity of precipitation from 1984 onward: An automated on-line data base

Patrick T. Newell;Simon Wing;Ching-I. Meng;Vincent Sigillito

183
Citations
Kp forecast models

S. Wing;J. R. Johnson;J. Jen;C.-I. Meng

179
Citations
Characterizing the state of the magnetosphere: Testing the ion precipitation maxima latitude (b2i) and the ion isotropy boundary

Patrick T. Newell;V. A. Sergeev;G. R. Bikkuzina;S. Wing

144
Citations
Kelvin Helmholtz Instability in Planetary Magnetospheres

Jay R. Johnson;Simon Wing;Peter A. Delamere

137
Citations
Dawn‐dusk asymmetries, ion spectra, and sources in the northward interplanetary magnetic field plasma sheet

S. Wing;J. R. Johnson;P. T. Newell;C.-I. Meng

131
Citations
Double cusp: Model prediction and observational verification

Simon Wing;Patrick T. Newell;J. Michael Ruohoniemi

129
Citations
Magnetic dipolarization with substorm expansion onset

K. Liou;C.-I. Meng;A. T. Y. Lui;P. T. Newell

120
Citations
Dawn–dusk asymmetries in the coupled solar wind–magnetosphere–ionosphere system: a review

Andrew P. Walsh;Stein Haaland;Colin Forsyth;Amy M. Keesee

113
Citations
2D plasma sheet ion density and temperature profiles for northward and southward IMF

Simon Wing;Patrick T. Newell

105
Citations
Review of Solar Wind Entry into and Transport Within the Plasma Sheet

S. Wing;J. R. Johnson;C. C. Chaston;C. C. Chaston;M. Echim

101
Citations
Global cooling and densification of the plasma sheet during an extended period of purely northward IMF on October 22–24, 2003

M. Øieroset;J. Raeder;T. D. Phan;S. Wing

101
Citations
Information theoretical approach to discovering solar wind drivers of the outer radiation belt

Simon Wing;Jay R. Johnson;Jay R. Johnson;Enrico Camporeale;Geoffrey D. Reeves

99
Citations
A large statistical study of the entry of interplanetary magnetic field Y-component into the magnetosphere

S. Wing;P. T. Newell;D. G. Sibeck;K. B. Baker

97
Citations
Auroral particle precipitation characterized by the substorm cycle

Simon Wing;Matina Gkioulidou;Jay R. Johnson;Patrick T. Newell

94
Citations
Effects of interplanetary magnetic field z component and the solar wind dynamic pressure on the geosynchronous magnetic field

Simon Wing;David G. Sibeck

92
Citations
Imaging Plasma Density Structures in the Soft X-Rays Generated by Solar Wind Charge Exchange with Neutrals

David G. Sibeck;R. Allen;Homayon Aryan;Dennis Bodewits

75
Citations
Dawn-dusk asymmetries in the coupled Solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere system

A. P. Walsh;S. Haaland;C. Forsyth;A. M. Keesee

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick T. Newell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Shinichi Ohtani Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Kan Liou Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Jesper Gjerloev Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

David G. Sibeck Goddard Space Flight Center

Yongliang Zhang Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Joachim Raeder University of New Hampshire

J. M. Ruohoniemi Virginia Tech

C.-I. Meng Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Stephen A. Billings University of Sheffield

External Links

Personal website of Simon Wing

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