Planetary Science

Mars Atmosphere & Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)

Orbiter · Competed · PI-led · Launched on November 18, 2013 · Completed · LCC: $676M/$971M (2025 $)Life-cycle cost: NASA’s reported cost to build, launch, and operate a mission through its prime mission, plus documented partner contributions, in 2025 dollars. Extended missions are not included. Methods · Wikipedia

Scope Active Mission WindowActivePapers published from the first full month after science operations begin through two years after the mission ends. Citations are counted through the third calendar year after each paper appears. For MAVEN, papers published December 1, 2014 to January 1, 2024. Methods LifetimeLifetimeEvery tracked publication to date, with every citation to date. For MAVEN, papers published from 2015 to November 3, 2026. Methods
Tracked publicationsTracked publications: peer-reviewed papers we found that name the mission or its instruments in their titles, abstracts, or keywords. Papers that used the data without naming it are missed. Methods961
CitationsCitations: every citation these publications have drawn to date. Older missions have had longer to collect them. Methods23,476
Citation indices
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. Methods68
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. Methods113
m-indexm-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; the figure shown is as of November 3, 2026. It also discounts the long operating life that larger missions paid for. Methods5.7
toritori (total research impact, from SciX): 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. Always over every tracked publication to date, whichever scope is chosen. Methods32
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. Like tori, always over every tracked publication to date. Methods467

Publications and citations by year (lifetime)

Publications per yearCumulative citations

Institutional contributions (lifetime)The institutions SciX lists for each paper’s authors, as printed on the paper, located through the Research Organization Registry. A square counts a paper once, however many of its authors worked there. Methods

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Tracked publications over the lifetime (961)

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  1. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission

    Jakosky, B. M., 2015, SSRv

    790 lifetime citations

  2. The MAVEN Magnetic Field Investigation

    Connerney, J. E. P., 2015, SSRv

    553 lifetime citations

  3. The Solar Wind Ion Analyzer for MAVEN

    Halekas, J. S., 2015, SSRv

    442 lifetime citations

  4. The MAVEN Solar Wind Electron Analyzer

    Mitchell, D. L., 2016, SSRv

    323 lifetime citations

  5. MAVEN SupraThermal and Thermal Ion Compostion (STATIC) Instrument

    McFadden, J. P., 2015, SSRv

    319 lifetime citations

  6. Loss of the Martian atmosphere to space: Present-day loss rates determined from MAVEN observations and integrated loss through time

    Jakosky, B. M., 2018, Icar

    300 lifetime citations

  7. The Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission

    Mahaffy, Paul R., 2015, SSRv

    299 lifetime citations

  8. Structure, dynamics, and seasonal variability of the Mars-solar wind interaction: MAVEN Solar Wind Ion Analyzer in-flight performance and science results

    Halekas, J. S., 2017, JGRA

    271 lifetime citations

  9. The Langmuir Probe and Waves (LPW) Instrument for MAVEN

    Andersson, L., 2015, SSRv

    240 lifetime citations

  10. Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model: Solar cycle, seasonal, and diurnal variations of the Mars upper atmosphere

    Bougher, S. W., 2015, JGRE

    237 lifetime citations

  11. The Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Monitor for MAVEN

    Eparvier, F. G., 2015, SSRv

    233 lifetime citations

  12. Strong plume fluxes at Mars observed by MAVEN: An important planetary ion escape channel

    Dong, Y., 2015, GeoRL

    217 lifetime citations

  13. MAVEN observations of the response of Mars to an interplanetary coronal mass ejection

    Jakosky, B. M., 2015, Sci

    213 lifetime citations

  14. Mars’ atmospheric history derived from upper-atmosphere measurements of ³⁸Ar/³⁶Ar

    Jakosky, B. M., 2017, Sci

    205 lifetime citations

  15. Structure and composition of the neutral upper atmosphere of Mars from the MAVEN NGIMS investigation

    Mahaffy, P. R., 2015, GeoRL

    193 lifetime citations

  16. The Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph (IUVS) for the MAVEN Mission

    McClintock, William E., 2015, SSRv

    190 lifetime citations

  17. First measurements of composition and dynamics of the Martian ionosphere by MAVEN's Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer

    Benna, M., 2015, GeoRL

    165 lifetime citations

  18. The MAVEN EUVM model of solar spectral irradiance variability at Mars: Algorithms and results

    Thiemann, Edward M. B., 2017, JGRA

    158 lifetime citations

  19. The spatial distribution of planetary ion fluxes near Mars observed by MAVEN

    Brain, D. A., 2015, GeoRL

    146 lifetime citations

  20. Martian low-altitude magnetic topology deduced from MAVEN/SWEA observations

    Xu, Shaosui, 2017, JGRA

    146 lifetime citations

How we found these papers

We searched NASA’s Science Explorer (SciX) for peer-reviewed articles naming MAVEN in the title, abstract or keywords; standard filters drop articles that are not peer-reviewed and magazine pieces.

((=abs:"Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution" OR =abs:"Mars Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution" OR (abs:MAVEN AND (abs:solar OR abs:heliosphere)) OR ((abs:MAVEN OR abs:SWEA OR abs:SWIA OR abs:STATIC OR abs:IUVS OR abs:NGIMS OR =abs:"Solar Wind Electron Analyzer" OR =abs:"Solar Wind Ion Analyzer" OR =abs:"Suprathermal and Thermal Ion Composition" OR =abs:"Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrometer" OR =abs:"Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph" OR =abs:"Langmuir Probe and Waves" OR =abs:"Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer") AND (abs:Mars OR abs:martian)))) AND property:refereed AND doctype:article AND pubdate:[2014-12 TO 2040-01] AND NOT bibstem:("A&R" OR "ACPD" OR "AIASJ" OR "AMTD" OR "AeAm" OR "AirSp" OR "AsNow" OR "AsUAI" OR "AvWST" OR "BGD" OR "C&E" OR "C&T" OR "CAPJ" OR "CliPD" OR "E&S" OR "ENews" OR "ESDD" OR "ESSDD" OR "ESuDD" OR "GID" OR "GMDD" OR "GeCAS" OR "HESSD" OR "IrAJ" OR "JCos" OR "JRASC" OR "LAstr" OR "MNSSA" OR "Met" OR "NHESD" OR "NPGD" OR "NewSc" OR "OcScD" OR "Orion" OR "PhT" OR "PhTea" OR "PhuZ" OR "PhyOJ" OR "PhyW" OR "PlR" OR "SOILD" OR "SciAm" OR "SpFl" OR "TCD" OR "ZemVs")

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Removed after review (7)

  1. A hybrid electrostatic retarding potential analyzer for the measurement of plasmas at extremely high energy resolution Laboratory prototype of a new plasma analyzer; mentions MAVEN's STATIC only as heritage. Decision 🤖
  2. On the seasonal evolution of the diurnal pattern of the longitudinal structures in MAVEN NGIMS derived CO₂ densities over Martian upper atmosphere Duplicate record of 2021JASTP.21205508M (same paper). Decision 🤖
  3. The Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS) for the EMM Mission Describes the Emirates Mars Mission's ultraviolet spectrometer; MAVEN is not named. Decision 🤖
  4. MAVEN mission perspectives and approaches to inclusion Describes the mission team's inclusion practices; reports no research results. Decision 🤖
  5. EBOP MAVEN. A machine learning model for predicting eclipsing binary light curve fitting parameters "EBOP MAVEN" is an eclipsing-binary software model, not the Mars mission. Decision 🤖
  6. EBOP MAVEN: a machine learning model to estimate the input parameters for analytic fitting of detached eclipsing binary light curves "EBOP MAVEN" is an eclipsing-binary software model, not the Mars mission. Decision 🤖
  7. Preface: The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) Mission Editorial preface to a journal special issue; not a research paper. Decision 🤖