Concepedia

Solar Convection

Solar convection is a fundamental concept in solar physics that investigates the turbulent bulk motion of plasma within specific layers of the Sun, primarily the convection zone, as a mechanism for energy transport. This research area focuses on understanding how thermal energy generated in the Sun's core is transported outward through the rise of hot, less dense plasma and the descent of cooler, denser plasma, significantly influencing the Sun's internal structure, surface phenomena like granulation and supergranulation, and driving solar activity such as the solar dynamo and magnetic field generation.

28.2K

Publications

1.6M

Citations

33.5K

Authors

4.4K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5.3K

Authors

33.5K

Leading researchers in Solar Convection. Counts cover only their work on this concept, not their overall record.

PublicationsCitationsH-Index
CT

University of California, Los Angeles

381

27.3K

86

JT

Los Alamos National Laboratory

184

18.8K

76

SJ

Los Alamos National Laboratory

142

17.5K

75

DJ

Southwest Research Institute

230

17.8K

70

JG

University of California, Berkeley

172

11.2K

66

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Institutions

4.4K

Leading universities and research organizations in Solar Convection. Counts cover only their work on this concept, not their overall record.

PublicationsCitationsH-Index
Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, United States

3.6K

215.9K

143

1.5K

123.3K

120

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Los Alamos, United States

1.2K

96.3K

117

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, United States

2.1K

121K

115

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, United States

2.1K

123.5K

115

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Leading journals and conferences in Solar Convection. Counts cover only their publications on this concept, not their overall record.