Heliophysics

THEMIS-ARTEMIS

986 tracked publications and 34,998 citations from 2007–2026. Time History of Events and Macroscale Magnetospheric Processes / Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun. Launched 2007. Life-cycle cost: $301M in 2025 dollars. Active Mission Window March 1, 2007 to January 1, 2024: 875 publications, 62 top-10% credit.

Constellation · h-index 85 · 63 papers with 100+ citations · prime mission ended 2009

Lifetime

Scope Papers published from the first full month after science operations begin through 2 years after the mission ends. Citations are counted through the third calendar year after each paper appears. Methods Papers published from the first full month after science operations begin through 2 years after the prime mission ends. Citations are counted through the third calendar year after each paper appears. Methods Every tracked publication to date, with every citation to date. Methods

Key measures

Active Mission Window · papers March 1, 2007 to January 1, 2024
Tracked publicationsTracked publications: peer-reviewed research papers we found for the mission. The list may not be complete. Methods875
CitationsCitations received by the tracked publications in the selected scope. The two windowed scopes count each paper’s citations only within its citation window. Methods9,935
Mean citations per publicationMean citations: total citations divided by tracked publications in the selected scope. One blockbuster paper can lift it. Methods11
Median citations per publicationMedian citations: the middle paper’s citation count in the selected scope; half the papers have more, half fewer. A single blockbuster sways it less than the mean. Methods8
Uncited publicationsUncited publications: papers with no citations in the selected scope. Methods26 (3.0%)
Top-10% creditTop 10%: among the 10% most-cited papers from this division’s missions, ranked against papers published around the same time. A paper naming several missions is split evenly among the missions in this division that claim it, so counts can be fractional. Methods62 · 4.3% of division
Top-1% creditTop 1%: among the 1% most-cited papers from this division’s missions within the selected window. Not adjusted for publication year. A paper naming several missions is split evenly among the missions in this division that claim it, so counts can be fractional. Methods13 · 9.1% of division
Lifetime indices · every tracked publication to date, in any scope
h-indexh-index: the largest h such that h papers have at least h citations each. It only grows with time, so older missions score higher. Methods85
g-indexg-index: the largest g for which the g most-cited papers together hold at least g² citations. Like the h-index, but it lets the most-cited papers count for more. Methods144
m-index, as of October 4, 2026m-index: a mission’s h-index divided by the years since its first peer-reviewed paper. It falls every 1 January even when nothing else changes, so it belongs to the date shown; it also discounts the long operating life that larger missions paid for. Methods4.3
toritori (total research impact, from ADS): for every paper citing one of the mission’s papers, 1 divided by the citing paper’s reference count times the cited paper’s author count, summed, with self-citations removed. It favors citations from papers with short reference lists and from outside the mission’s own authors. Computed over the tracked citation graph, which can be slightly incomplete. Methods127
riqriq (research impact quotient): 1,000 times the square root of tori, divided by the years since the mission’s first paper. A rate, not a total, so it does not keep growing with age the way the h-index and tori do. Methods563

Tracked publications

  1. The THEMIS Mission

    Angelopoulos, V., 2008, SSRv

    1,323 citations

  2. The THEMIS Fluxgate Magnetometer

    Auster, H. U., 2008, SSRv

    1,207 citations

  3. The THEMIS ESA Plasma Instrument and In-flight Calibration

    McFadden, J. P., 2008, SSRv

    1,043 citations

  4. Tail Reconnection Triggering Substorm Onset

    Angelopoulos, Vassilis, 2008, Sci

    614 citations

  5. THEMIS observations of an earthward-propagating dipolarization front

    Runov, A., 2009, GeoRL

    546 citations

  6. The Electric Field Instrument (EFI) for THEMIS

    Bonnell, J. W., 2008, SSRv

    451 citations

  7. The ARTEMIS Mission

    Angelopoulos, V., 2011, SSRv

    333 citations

  8. Global distribution of whistler-mode chorus waves observed on the THEMIS spacecraft

    Li, W., 2009, GeoRL

    328 citations

  9. A THEMIS multicase study of dipolarization fronts in the magnetotail plasma sheet

    Runov, A., 2011, JGRA

    321 citations

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

    Liu, J., 2013, JGRA

    305 citations

  11. The THEMIS Array of Ground-based Observatories for the Study of Auroral Substorms

    Mende, S. B., 2008, SSRv

    293 citations

  12. Identifying the Driver of Pulsating Aurora

    Nishimura, Y., 2010, Sci

    285 citations

  13. Global distribution of EMIC waves derived from THEMIS observations

    Min, Kyungguk, 2012, JGRA

    261 citations

  14. Electromagnetic Energy Conversion at Reconnection Fronts

    Angelopoulos, V., 2013, Sci

    256 citations

  15. THEMIS observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron wave occurrence: Dependence on AE, SYMH, and solar wind dynamic pressure

    Usanova, M. E., 2012, JGRA

    254 citations

  16. Substorm triggering by new plasma intrusion: THEMIS all-sky imager observations

    Nishimura, Y., 2010, JGRA

    228 citations

  17. Bursty bulk flows and dipolarization in MHD simulations of magnetotail reconnection

    Birn, J., 2011, JGRA

    227 citations

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

    Sergeev, V., 2009, GeoRL

    220 citations

  19. Statistical characteristics of particle injections throughout the equatorial magnetotail

    Gabrielse, C., 2014, JGRA

    216 citations

  20. First Results from the THEMIS Mission

    Angelopoulos, V., 2008, SSRv

    197 citations

How we found these papers

We searched NASA’s Astrophysics Data System (ADS) for peer-reviewed articles naming THEMIS-ARTEMIS in the title, abstract or keywords; standard filters drop articles that are not peer-reviewed and magazine pieces. SciX is ADS’s current interface.

((abs:"Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms" OR abs:"Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of Moon's Interaction with the Sun" OR (title:THEMIS AND title:substorm) OR (abs:"THEMIS" AND (abs:"mission" OR abs:"spacecraft" OR abs:"probe") AND (abs:"substorm" OR abs:"magnetosphere" OR abs:"reconnection" OR abs:"aurora")) OR (abs:"ARTEMIS mission" AND (abs:"P1" OR abs:"P2" OR abs:"probes" OR abs:"libration" OR abs:"magnetotail")) OR (abs:"Fluxgate Magnetometer" AND (abs:THEMIS OR abs:ARTEMIS)) OR (abs:"Electrostatic Analyzer" AND (abs:THEMIS OR abs:ARTEMIS)) ) AND ( abs:"plasma" OR abs:"magnetic field" OR abs:"dipolarization" OR abs:"ion" OR abs:"electron" ) AND NOT title:("Mars" OR "Thermal Emission" OR "Odyssey" OR "geology" OR "crater") NOT title:("Artemis I" OR "Artemis II" OR "Artemis III" OR "human" OR "crew" OR "landing system" OR "Gateway" OR "SLS" OR "Orion" OR "astronaut")) AND property:refereed AND doctype:article AND pubdate:[2007-03 TO 2040-01] AND NOT bibstem:("A&R" OR "AIASJ" OR "AeAm" OR "AirSp" OR "AsNow" OR "AsUAI" OR "AvWST" OR "C&E" OR "C&T" OR "CAPJ" OR "E&S" OR "ENews" OR "IrAJ" OR "JCos" OR "JRASC" OR "LAstr" OR "MNSSA" OR "Met" OR "NewSc" OR "Orion" OR "PhT" OR "PhTea" OR "PhuZ" OR "PhyOJ" OR "PhyW" OR "PlR" OR "SciAm" OR "SpFl" OR "ZemVs")

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Added after review (3)

  1. Tail Reconnection Triggering Substorm Onset THEMIS discovery paper showing tail reconnection triggers substorm onset. Decision 🤖
  2. Electromagnetic Energy Conversion at Reconnection Fronts THEMIS and ARTEMIS discovery paper on energy conversion at reconnection fronts. Decision 🤖
  3. An Observation Linking the Origin of Plasmaspheric Hiss to Discrete Chorus Emissions THEMIS discovery paper linking plasmaspheric hiss to chorus emissions. Decision 🤖

Removed after review (22)

  1. 2009AdSpR..43..600C ARTEMIS here is the Greek ARTEMIS IV radioheliograph; not the lunar probes. Decision 🤖
  2. 2010SoPh..262...35G THEMIS here is a ground-based solar telescope; not the spacecraft. Decision 🤖
  3. 2011ITCE...57.1612B ARTEMIS here is a European research funding programme; unrelated lighting study. Decision 🤖
  4. 2011SSRv..165....1R Foreword to a journal special issue; not a research paper. Decision 🤖
  5. 2011SpWea...9.3003K Magazine interview with a scientist; not a research paper. Decision 🤖
  6. 2012A&A...547A..38M THEMIS here is a ground-based solar telescope; not the spacecraft. Decision 🤖
  7. THEMIS Na exosphere observations of Mercury and their correlation with in-situ magnetic field measurements by MESSENGER THEMIS here is a ground-based solar telescope observing Mercury; not the spacecraft. Decision 🤖
  8. Introduction to the thematic series "Coupling of the magnetosphere-ionosphere system" Editorial introduction to a thematic series; not a research paper. Decision 🤖
  9. 2017JGRA..122...50L ARTEMIS here is a catalogue of solar coronal mass ejections; not the lunar probes. Decision 🤖
  10. 2017JGRA..122.4543Z Describes a balloon-borne auroral camera; mentions THEMIS only as a possible complement. Decision 🤖
  11. The ELFIN Mission Overview of the ELFIN mission; mentions THEMIS only as heritage and a partner mission. Decision 🤖
  12. KMAG: KPLO Magnetometer Payload Describes the KPLO lunar magnetometer; mentions ARTEMIS only as a concurrent mission. Decision 🤖
  13. 2021PhDT........10A Thesis on a new electron instrument; names THEMIS only as a similar flown instrument. Decision 🤖
  14. 2023A&A...679A...7K THEMIS here is an interstellar dust model; not the spacecraft. Decision 🤖
  15. 2024AdSpR..73.5383K Proposes a future coordinated heliophysics programme; names THEMIS only among past missions. Decision 🤖
  16. Remote sensing of mercury sodium exospheric patterns in relation to particle precipitation and interplanetary magnetic field THEMIS here is a ground-based solar telescope observing Mercury; not the spacecraft. Decision 🤖
  17. 2025BAAA...66..297G ARTEMIS here is a suite of galaxy simulations; not the lunar probes. Decision 🤖
  18. 2025ITAES..61.8594W Aviation navigation study that names THEMIS only in the acknowledgements. Decision 🤖
  19. THEMIS Vector Magnetograph in Canary Islands THEMIS here is a solar telescope in the Canary Islands; not the spacecraft. Decision 🤖
  20. 2026NextE..1200680B Unrelated materials chemistry paper; THEMIS here is a different facility or programme. Decision 🤖
  21. 2008SSRv..141..557P Describes the THEMIS education and public outreach programme; not a research paper. Decision 🤖
  22. The Upgraded CARISMA Magnetometer Array in the THEMIS Era Describes the CARISMA ground magnetometer array; reports no science results. Decision 🤖