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2026

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Earth Science

D-Index
67
Citations
13778
World Ranking
1255
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Russia Leader Award

Overview

V. A. Sergeev is affiliated with St Petersburg University in the Russian Federation. Their research spans multiple domains within physics and engineering, focusing particularly on space and atmospheric sciences.

The primary fields of study encompass Physics and Astronomy and Engineering. Within these, Sergeev's work delves deeply into the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Aerospace Engineering.

Sergeev's research interests center around several main topics:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization

Their scholarly output includes a significant number of publications in key scientific venues. The most frequent publication outlets for Sergeev are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics (14 publications)
  • Space Science Reviews (3 publications)
  • Acoustical Physics (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (3 publications)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (2 publications)

Some recent representative papers authored by Sergeev illustrate the scope and focus of their work:

  • Unusual Magnetospheric Dynamics During Intense Substorm Initiated by Strong Magnetospheric Compression, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Toward the Reconstruction of Substorm-Related Dynamical Pattern of the Radiowave Auroral Absorption, 2020, Space Weather
  • Superthermal Proton and Electron Fluxes in the Plasma Sheet Transition Region and Their Dependence on Solar Wind Parameters, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • The ELFIN Mission, 2020, Space Science Reviews
  • Physical Processes of Meso-Scale, Dynamic Auroral Forms, 2020, Space Science Reviews

Sergeev has collaborated frequently with several researchers, indicating an active research network. Prominent coauthors include:

  • V. Angelopoulos
  • Anton Artemyev
  • A. Runov
  • M. A. Shukhtina
  • Weiqin Sun

Best Publications

  • THEMIS observations of an earthward-propagating dipolarization front

    A. Runov;V. Angelopoulos;M. I. Sitnov;V. A. Sergeev

  • Structure of the tail plasma/current sheet at ∼11 RE and its changes in the course of a substorm

    V. A. Sergeev;D. G. Mitchell;C. T. Russell;D. J. Williams

  • Detection of localized, plasma‐depleted flux tubes or bubbles in the midtail plasma sheet

    V. A. Sergeev;V. Angelopoulos;J. T. Gosling;C. A. Cattell

  • Pitch-angle scattering of energetic protons in the magnetotail current sheet as the dominant source of their isotropic precipitation into the nightside ionosphere

    V.A. Sergeev;E.M. Sazhina;N.A. Tsyganenko;J.Å. Lundblad

  • Earthward flow bursts, auroral streamers, and small expansions

    R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann;R. Schödel;M. Brittnacher

  • Current sheet flapping motion and structure observed by Cluster

    V. Sergeev;A. Runov;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

  • Steady magnetospheric convection: A review of recent results

    V. A. Sergeev;R. J. Pellinen;T. I. Pulkkinen

  • Local structure of the magnetotail current sheet: 2001 Cluster observations

    A. Runov;V. A. Sergeev;R. Nakamura;W. Baumjohann

  • Substorm Current Wedge Revisited

    Larry. Kepko;R. L. McPherron;O. Amm;S. Apatenkov

  • First Results from the THEMIS Mission

    V. Angelopoulos;D. Sibeck;C. W. Carlson;J. P. McFadden

  • Testing the isotropic boundary algorithm method to evaluate the magnetic field configuration in the tail

    V. A. Sergeev;M. Malkov;K. Mursula

  • Kinetic structure of the sharp injection/dipolarization front in the flow-braking region

    V. Sergeev;V. Angelopoulos;S. Apatenkov;J. Bonnell

  • Electric current and magnetic field geometry in flapping magnetotail current sheets

    A. Runov;V. A. Sergeev;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

  • 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

  • Recent advances in understanding substorm dynamics

    V. A. Sergeev;V. Angelopoulos;R. Nakamura

  • 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

  • Current sheet thickness in the near-earth plasma sheet during substorm growth phase

    V. A. Sergeev;P. Tanskanen;K. Mursula;A. Korth

  • Orientation and propagation of current sheet oscillations

    V. Sergeev;A. Runov;W. Baumjohann;R. Nakamura

  • Current sheet measurements within a flapping plasma sheet

    V. Sergeev;V. Angelopoulos;C. Carlson;P. Sutcliffe

  • Accelerated ions ahead of earthward propagating dipolarization fronts

    X.-Z. Zhou;V. Angelopoulos;V. A. Sergeev;A. Runov

Frequent Co-Authors

Rumi Nakamura
Rumi Nakamura Austrian Academy of Sciences
Wolfgang Baumjohann
Wolfgang Baumjohann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Vassilis Angelopoulos
Vassilis Angelopoulos University of California, Los Angeles
Andrei Runov
Andrei Runov University of California, Los Angeles
Howard J. Singer
Howard J. Singer National Weather Service
J. A. Sauvaud
J. A. Sauvaud Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier
Karl-Heinz Glassmeier Technische Universität Braunschweig
Roy Torbert
Roy Torbert University of New Hampshire
Tuija Pulkkinen
Tuija Pulkkinen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nikolai A. Tsyganenko
Nikolai A. Tsyganenko Saint Petersburg State University

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