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C. Carr

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1985
Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism StudiesAstro and Planetary SciencePlanetary Science and Exploration

Publications

468

Citations

10,816

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

42

Publishing since 1985

Research summary
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C. Carr's research focuses on space physics, particularly the instrumentation and data analysis of spacecraft missions studying Earth's magnetosphere (the magnetic environment surrounding the planet) and the solar wind. This includes calibrating magnetometers (instruments that measure magnetic fields) on the Cluster mission and contributing to newer missions like Comet Interceptor and the Vigil space weather satellite. Note that the bibliographic record for this name appears to mix in unrelated publications from other fields (e.g., medical case reports, materials science, engineering education), which are likely due to author-name ambiguity rather than this researcher's actual work.

Space plasma physics and magnetosphere dynamicsMagnetometer instrumentation and calibrationSpacecraft mission science (Cluster, Comet Interceptor, Vigil)Solar wind and space weather monitoringMagnetotail and cusp-region plasma phenomena

Publication output has gradually declined over the last decade, from around 18 papers in 2017 to roughly 6-9 per year in recent years, with a five-year average of about 6.6 publications annually.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.6/year recently
2017: 18 publications18172018: 8 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 14 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 8 publications232024: 8 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics×13
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)×12
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society×7
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×5
  • Space Science Reviews×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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