2026 Vassilis Angelopoulos: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	104	106	88	54	44	968	47272
Physics	104	1423	1348	746	695	1124	48759

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
2001 - James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Vassilis Angelopoulos is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States, where their research focuses on physics and astronomy. Their contributions span multiple subfields including astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, molecular biology, aerospace engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their work is primarily concentrated on several scientific topics:

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Solar and space plasma dynamics
Earthquake detection and analysis
Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism studies
Astro and planetary science
GNSS positioning and interference
Lightning and electromagnetic phenomena

Angelopoulos has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
Geophysical Research Letters
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Physics of Plasmas

Selected recent papers include:

"Magnetotail reconnection onset caused by electron kinetics with a strong external driver," 2020, Nature Communications
"Near-Earth magnetotail reconnection powers space storms," 2020, Nature Physics
"The ELFIN Mission," 2020, Space Science Reviews
"Phase Decoherence Within Intense Chorus Wave Packets Constrains the Efficiency of Nonlinear Resonant Electron Acceleration," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
"Energetic Electron Precipitation Driven by Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves from ELFIN's Low Altitude Perspective," 2023, Space Science Reviews

Angelopoulos collaborates regularly with a group of frequent coauthors, including:

Anton Artemyev
Xiao-Jia Zhang
A. Runov
Y. Nishimura
D. Mourenas

Recognition for their scientific work includes being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2001 and receiving the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union in the same year.

Best Publications

The THEMIS Mission

V. Angelopoulos

1680
Citations
Bursty Bulk Flows in the Inner Central Plasma Sheet

V. Angelopoulos;W. Baumjohann;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti

1307
Citations
Neutral line model of substorms: Past results and present view

D. N. Baker;T. I. Pulkkinen;V. Angelopoulos;W. Baumjohann

1229
Citations
The THEMIS ESA Plasma Instrument and In-flight Calibration

J. P. McFadden;C. W. Carlson;D. Larson;M. Ludlam

1189
Citations
Statistical characteristics of bursty bulk flow events

V. Angelopoulos;C. F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti;R. Pellat

869
Citations
Tail reconnection triggering substorm onset.

Vassilis Angelopoulos;James P. McFadden;Davin Larson;Charles W. Carlson

781
Citations
THEMIS observations of an earthward-propagating dipolarization front

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

619
Citations
The Space Physics Environment Data Analysis System (SPEDAS)

V. Angelopoulos;P. Cruce;A. Drozdov;E. W. Grimes

543
Citations
The Electric Field Instrument (EFI) for THEMIS

J. W. Bonnell;F. S. Mozer;G. T. Delory;A. J. Hull

523
Citations
Explaining sudden losses of outer radiation belt electrons during geomagnetic storms

Drew L. Turner;Yuri Shprits;Michael Hartinger;Vassilis Angelopoulos

488
Citations
The ARTEMIS Mission

V. Angelopoulos

403
Citations
Substorm onset observations by IMAGE-FUV

H. U. Frey;S. B. Mende;V. Angelopoulos;E. F. Donovan

394
Citations
Global distribution of whistler‐mode chorus waves observed on the THEMIS spacecraft

W. Li;R. M. Thorne;V. Angelopoulos;J. Bortnik

375
Citations
The THEMIS Array of Ground-based Observatories for the Study of Auroral Substorms

S. B. Mende;S. E. Harris;H. U. Frey;V. Angelopoulos

371
Citations
A THEMIS multicase study of dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail plasma sheet

A. Runov;V. Angelopoulos;X.-Z. Zhou;X.-J. Zhang

364
Citations
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

361
Citations
Identifying the Driver of Pulsating Aurora

Y. Nishimura;Y. Nishimura;J. Bortnik;W. Li;R. M. Thorne

352
Citations
On the current sheets surrounding dipolarizing flux bundles in the magnetotail: The case for wedgelets

J. Liu;V. Angelopoulos;A. Runov;X.-Z. Zhou

338
Citations
The Upgraded CARISMA Magnetometer Array in the THEMIS Era

I. R. Mann;D. K. Milling;I. J. Rae;L. G. Ozeke

330
Citations
Global distribution of wave amplitudes and wave normal angles of chorus waves using THEMIS wave observations

W. Li;J. Bortnik;R. M. Thorne;V. Angelopoulos

294
Citations
Bursty bulk flows in the inner central plasma sheet: An effective means of earthward transport in the magnetotail

Vassilis Angelopoulos;Charles F. Kennel;F. V. Coroniti;R. Pellat

8
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrei Runov University of California, Los Angeles

J. P. McFadden University of California, Berkeley

Yukitoshi Nishimura Boston University

Christopher T. Russell University of California, Los Angeles

Eric Donovan University of Calgary

John W. Bonnell University of California, Berkeley

Richard M. Thorne University of California, Los Angeles

Xuzhi Zhou Peking University

David G. Sibeck Goddard Space Flight Center

V. A. Sergeev Saint Petersburg State University

External Links

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