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About the Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics format

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics is a peer-reviewed journal published by AGU (American Geophysical Union), covering Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 10,028 papers, which have received 208,419 citations.

PublisherAGU (American Geophysical Union)
Reference styleAuthor–year (APA)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B., & Lee, C. (2023). A representative article title. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 12(3), 45–58.

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Publishes research inIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Earthquake Detection and Analysis Astro and Planetary Science
ISSN2169-9380
Citation impact (2-yr)2.51
h-index115
i10-index5,752
Article processing charge$3,700
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics per year

794
2014
805
2015
880
2016
805
2017
715
2018
766
2019
759
2020
762
2021
628
2022
609
2023
661
2024
710
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics by publication year

27.2K
2014
27.6K
2015
25.4K
2016
23.2K
2017
17.8K
2018
16.7K
2019
14.7K
2020
10.5K
2021
7.4K
2022
4.6K
2023
3.1K
2024
1.2K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Electron densities inferred from plasma wave spectra obtained by the Waves instrument on Van Allen Probes

W. S. Kŭrth, S. De Pascuale, J. B. Faden et al. · 10 Jan 2015

Abstract The twin Van Allen Probe spacecraft, launched in August 2012, carry identical scientific payloads. The Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science suite includes a plasma wave instrument (Waves) that measures three magnetic and three electric components of plasma waves in the frequency range of 10 Hz to 12 kHz using triaxial…

Ionospheric response to the 2015 St. Patrick's Day storm: A global multi‐instrumental overview

Elvira Astafyeva, Irina Zakharenkova, M. Förster · 25 Sep 2015

Abstract We present the first multi‐instrumental results on the ionospheric response to the geomagnetic storm of 17–18 March 2015 (the St. Patrick's Day storm) that was up to now the strongest in the 24th solar cycle (minimum SYM‐H value of −233 nT). The storm caused complex effects around the globe. The most dramatic positive ionospheric…

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

Jiang Liu, V. Angelopoulos, A. Runov et al. · 23 Apr 2013

Using Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms observations from four tail seasons, we study the three‐dimensional structure of the dipolarization front current sheet (DFCS), which demarcates the magnetic boundary of a dipolarizing flux bundle (DFB, the strong magnetic field region led by a dipolarization front) in Earth's magnetotail. An equatorial cross section…

Altitude‐adjusted corrected geomagnetic coordinates: Definition and functional approximations

Simon Shepherd · 16 Aug 2014

Abstract Analysis of the functional approximations used to transform between geographic and Altitude‐Adjusted Corrected Geomagnetic (AACGM) coordinates reveals that errors of >50 km can occur in the auroral and polar regions. These errors are the result of efforts to better approximate AACGM coordinates near the magnetic equator and the South Atlantic Anomaly. In these regions…

Source and seed populations for relativistic electrons: Their roles in radiation belt changes

A. N. Jaynes, D. N. Baker, H. J. Singer et al. · 22 Jul 2015

Abstract Strong enhancements of outer Van Allen belt electrons have been shown to have a clear dependence on solar wind speed and on the duration of southward interplanetary magnetic field. However, individual case study analyses also have demonstrated that many geomagnetic storms produce little in the way of outer belt enhancements and, in fact, may…

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