First-authored, refereed papers of Ilya Usoskin, ordered by citations


A list of first-authored, refereed publications of Ilya Usoskin, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) and ordered by the numbers of citations.

Orcid ID: 0000-0001-8227-9081

Number of papers: 71
No. of citations: 5081

329 A history of solar activity over millennia
Usoskin, Ilya G., 2017, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 14, 3
328 Grand minima and maxima of solar activity: new observational constraints
Usoskin, I. G., Solanki, S. K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2007, A&A, 471, 301
322 Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays: Monthly reconstruction for 1951-2004
Usoskin, Ilya G., Alanko-Huotari, Katja, Kovaltsov, Gennady A. & Mursula, Kalevi, 2005, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 110, A12108
210 Solar modulation parameter for cosmic rays since 1936 reconstructed from ground-based neutron monitors and ionization chambers
Usoskin, Ilya G., Bazilevskaya, Galina A. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2011, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 116, A02104
201 The AD775 cosmic event revisited: the Sun is to blame
Usoskin, I. G., Kromer, B., Ludlow, F., Beer, J., Friedrich, M., Kovaltsov, G. A., Solanki, S. K. & Wacker, L., 2013, A&A, 552, L3
192 The Maunder minimum (1645-1715) was indeed a grand minimum: A reassessment of multiple datasets
Usoskin, Ilya G., Arlt, Rainer, Asvestari, Eleanna, Hawkins, Ed, Käpylä, Maarit, Kovaltsov, Gennady A., Krivova, Natalie, Lockwood, Michael, Mursula, Kalevi, O'Reilly, Jezebel, Owens, Matthew, Scott, Chris J., Sokoloff, Dmitry D., Solanki, Sami K., Soon, Willie & Vaquero, José M., 2015, A&A, 581, A95
160 A History of Solar Activity over Millennia
Usoskin, Ilya G., 2013, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 10, 1
160 Millennium-Scale Sunspot Number Reconstruction: Evidence for an Unusually Active Sun since the 1940s
Usoskin, Ilya G., Solanki, Sami K., Schüssler, Manfred, Mursula, Kalevi & Alanko, Katja, 2003, Physical Review Letters, 91, 211101
148 Long-Term Solar Cycle Evolution: Review of Recent Developments
Usoskin, I. G. & Mursula, K., 2003, Solar Physics, 218, 319
140 Cosmic ray induced ionization in the atmosphere: Full modeling and practical applications
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 111, D21206
136 Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays during the neutron monitor era: Calibration using PAMELA data for 2006-2010
Usoskin, Ilya G., Gil, Agnieszka, Kovaltsov, Gennady A., Mishev, Alexander L. & Mikhailov, Vladimir V., 2017, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 3875
125 Solar activity during the Holocene: the Hallstatt cycle and its consequence for grand minima and maxima
Usoskin, I. G., Gallet, Y., Lopes, F., Kovaltsov, G. A. & Hulot, G., 2016, A&A, 587, A150
111 A physical reconstruction of cosmic ray intensity since 1610
Usoskin, Ilya G., Mursula, Kalevi, Solanki, Sami K., Schüssler, Manfred & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2002, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 107, 1374
110 A New Calibrated Sunspot Group Series Since 1749: Statistics of Active Day Fractions
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Lockwood, M., Mursula, K., Owens, M. & Solanki, S. K., 2016, Solar Physics, 291, 2685
109 A history of solar activity over millennia
Usoskin, Ilya G., 2023, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 20, 2
104 Occurrence of Extreme Solar Particle Events: Assessment from Historical Proxy Data
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2012, ApJ, 757, 92
103 Evidence for distinct modes of solar activity
Usoskin, I. G., Hulot, G., Gallet, Y., Roth, R., Licht, A., Joos, F., Kovaltsov, G. A., Thébault, E. & Khokhlov, A., 2014, A&A, 562, L10
95 Correlative study of solar activity and cosmic ray intensity
Usoskin, I. G., Kananen, H., Mursula, K., Tanskanen, P. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 1998, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 9567
92 Reconstruction of solar activity for the last millennium using 10Be data
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K., Solanki, S., Schüssler, M. & Alanko, K., 2004, A&A, 413, 745
86 A Solar Cycle Lost in 1793-1800: Early Sunspot Observations Resolve the Old Mystery
Usoskin, Ilya G., Mursula, Kalevi, Arlt, Rainer & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2009, ApJ, 700, L154
84 Ionization of the earth's atmosphere by solar and galactic cosmic rays
Usoskin, Ilya G., Desorgher, Laurent, Velinov, Peter, Storini, Marisa, Flückiger, Erwin O., Bütikofer, Rolf & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2009, Acta Geophysica, 57, 88
83 A History of Solar Activity over Millennia
Usoskin, Ilya G., 2008, Living Reviews in Solar Physics, 5, 3
77 Ionization effect of solar particle GLE events in low and middle atmosphere
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Mironova, I. A., Tylka, A. J. & Dietrich, W. F., 2011, Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 11, 1979
74 Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays and solar activity during the Maunder minimum
Usoskin, Ilya G., Mursula, Kalevi & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 16039
72 Solar proton events in cosmogenic isotope data
Usoskin, Ilya G., Solanki, Sami K., Kovaltsov, Gennady A., Beer, Jürg & Kromer, Bernd, 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L08107
71 Cosmic ray-induced ionization in the atmosphere: spatial and temporal changes
Usoskin, I. G., Gladysheva, O. G. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2004, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 66, 1791
68 Was one sunspot cycle lost in late XVIII century?
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2001, A&A, 370, L31
66 Preferred sunspot longitudes: non-axisymmetry and differential rotation
Usoskin, I. G., Berdyugina, S. V. & Poutanen, J., 2005, A&A, 441, 347
64 Cosmic ray induced ionization model CRAC:CRII: An extension to the upper atmosphere
Usoskin, Ilya G., Kovaltsov, Gennady A. & Mironova, Irina A., 2010, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 115, D10302
62 Cyclic behaviour of sunspot activity during the Maunder minimum
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2000, A&A, 354, L33
61 Grand Minima of Solar Activity and the Mean-Field Dynamo
Usoskin, I. G., Sokoloff, D. & Moss, D., 2009, Solar Physics, 254, 345
60 Production of cosmogenic 7Be isotope in the atmosphere: Full 3-D modeling
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 113, D12107
57 Latitudinal dependence of low cloud amount on cosmic ray induced ionization
Usoskin, I. G., Marsh, N., Kovaltsov, G. A., Mursula, K. & Gladysheva, O. G., 2004, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L16109
55 Solar activity reconstructed over the last 7000 years: The influence of geomagnetic field changes
Usoskin, I. G., Solanki, S. K. & Korte, M., 2006, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L08103
45 Cosmic rays and climate of the Earth: Possible connection
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2008, Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 340, 441
44 Solar activity, cosmic rays, and Earth's temperature: A millennium-scale comparison
Usoskin, I. G., Schüssler, M., Solanki, S. K. & Mursula, K., 2005, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 110, A10102
44 Revisited Reference Solar Proton Event of 23 February 1956: Assessment of the Cosmogenic-Isotope Method Sensitivity to Extreme Solar Events
Usoskin, Ilya G., Koldobskiy, Sergey A., Kovaltsov, Gennady A., Rozanov, Eugene V., Sukhodolov, Timofei V., Mishev, Alexander L. & Mironova, Irina A., 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 125, e27921
43 Forbush decreases of cosmic rays: Energy dependence of the recovery phase
Usoskin, I. G., Braun, I., Gladysheva, O. G., HöRandel, J. R., JäMséN, T., Kovaltsov, G. A. & Starodubtsev, S. A., 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113, A07102
43 Correlation between clouds at different altitudes and solar activity: Fact or Artifact?
Usoskin, I. G., Voiculescu, M., Kovaltsov, G. A. & Mursula, K., 2006, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 68, 2164
43 Heliospheric modulation strength during the neutron monitor era
Usoskin, I. G., Alanko, K., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2002, Solar Physics, 207, 389
42 Role of centennial geomagnetic changes in local atmospheric ionization
Usoskin, I. G., Korte, M. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2008, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L05811
42 Long-term persistence of solar active longitudes and its implications for the solar dynamo theory
Usoskin, I. G., Berdyugina, S. V., Moss, D. & Sokoloff, D. D., 2007, Advances in Space Research, 40, 951
41 On the common solar signal in different cosmogenic isotope data sets
Usoskin, Ilya G., Horiuchi, Kazuho, Solanki, Sami, Kovaltsov, Gennady A. & Bard, Edouard, 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 114, A03112
38 Reconstruction of Monthly and Yearly Group Sunspot Numbers From Sparse Daily Observations
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2003, Solar Physics, 218, 295
37 Long-Term Solar Activity: Direct and Indirect Study
Usoskin, I. G. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2004, Solar Physics, 224, 37
35 Dependence of cosmic rays on solar activity for odd and even solar cycles
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K., Kananen, H. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2001, Advances in Space Research, 27, 571
34 The lost sunspot cycle: Reanalysis of sunspot statistics
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2003, A&A, 403, 743
34 Short-term production and synoptic influences on atmospheric 7Be concentrations
Usoskin, Ilya G., Field, Christy V., Schmidt, Gavin A., LeppäNen, Ari-Pekka, Aldahan, Ala, Kovaltsov, Gennady A., Possnert, GöRan & Ungar, R. Kurt, 2009, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 114, D06108
33 Lost sunspot cycle in the beginning of Dalton minimum: New evidence and consequences
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2002, Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 2183
31 Long-term solar activity reconstructions: direct test by cosmogenic 44Ti in meteorites
Usoskin, I. G., Solanki, S. K., Taricco, C., Bhandari, N. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2006, A&A, 457, L25
27 Robustness of Solar-Cycle Empirical Rules Across Different Series Including an Updated Active-Day Fraction (ADF) Sunspot Group Series
Usoskin, Ilya, Kovaltsov, Gennady & Kiviaho, Wilma, 2021, Solar Physics, 296, 13
26 Regional millennial trend in the cosmic ray induced ionization of the troposphere
Usoskin, I. G., Mironova, I. A., Korte, M. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2010, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 72, 19
24 Mind the Gap: New Precise 14C Data Indicate the Nature of Extreme Solar Particle Events
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2021, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e94848
23 Dependence of the Sunspot-Group Size on the Level of Solar Activity and its Influence on the Calibration of Solar Observers
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A. & Chatzistergos, T., 2016, Solar Physics, 291, 3793
22 Force-field parameterization of the galactic cosmic ray spectrum: Validation for Forbush decreases
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Adriani, O., Barbarino, G. C., Bazilevskaya, G. A., Bellotti, R., Boezio, M., Bogomolov, E. A., Bongi, M., Bonvicini, V., Bottai, S., Bruno, A., Cafagna, F., Campana, D., Carbone, R., Carlson, P., Casolino, M., Castellini, G., De Donato, C., De Santis, C., De Simone, N., Di Felice, V., Formato, V., Galper, A. M., Karelin, A. V., Koldashov, S. V., Koldobskiy, S., Krutkov, S. Y., Kvashnin, A. N., Leonov, A., Malakhov, V., Marcelli, L., Martucci, M., Mayorov, A. G., Menn, W., Mergé, M., Mikhailov, V. V., Mocchiutti, E., Monaco, A., Mori, N., Munini, R., Osteria, G., Palma, F., Panico, B., Papini, P., Pearce, M., Picozza, P., Pizzolotto, C., Ricci, M., Ricciarini, S. B., Rossetto, L., Sarkar, R., Scotti, V., Simon, M., Sparvoli, R., Spillantini, P., Stozhkov, Y. I., Vacchi, A., Vannuccini, E., Vasilyev, G. I., Voronov, S. A., Yurkin, Y. T., Zampa, G., Zampa, N. & Zverev, V. G., 2015, Advances in Space Research, 55, 2940
21 The World Neutron Monitor Network as a tool for the study of solar neutrons
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Kananen, H. & Tanskanen, P., 1997, Annales Geophysicae, 15, 375
20 An Optical Atmospheric Phenomenon Observed in 1670 over the City of Astrakhan Was Not a Mid-Latitude Aurora
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Mishina, L. N., Sokoloff, D. D. & Vaquero, J., 2017, Solar Physics, 292, 15
16 The carbon-14 spike in the 8th century was not caused by a cometary impact on Earth
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2015, Icarus, 260, 475
9 Simulation of Sunspot Activity During Active Sun and Great Minima Using Regular, Random and Relic Fields
Usoskin, I. G., Mursula, K. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2001, Solar Physics, 199, 187
9 Phase Evolution of Solar Activity and Cosmic-Ray Variation Cycles
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A., Kananen, H., Mursula, K. & Tanskanen, P. J., 1997, Solar Physics, 170, 447
8 Comment on the paper by Popova et al. "On a role of quadruple component of magnetic field in defining solar activity in grand cycles"
Usoskin, Ilya G., 2018, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 176, 69
7 (1) Preferred longitudes in sunspot activity (2) Preferred sunspot longitudes: non-axisymmetry and differential rotation
Usoskin, I. G., Berdyugina, S. V. & Poutanen, J., 2007, A&A, 464, 761
6 Sunspot cycles for the first millennium BC reconstructed from radiocarbon
Usoskin, I., Chatzistergos, T., Solanki, S. K., Krivova, N., Kovaltsov, G., Brehm, N., Christl, M. & Wacker, L., 2025, A&A, 698, A182
5 Usoskin et al. Reply:
Usoskin, Ilya G., Solanki, Sami K., Schüssler, Manfred & Mursula, Kalevi, 2004, Physical Review Letters, 92, 199002
5 Connections between neutron monitor count rate and solar modulation strength
Usoskin, I. G., Gladysheva, O. G., Bobik, P., Kudela, K. & Kananen, H., 1999, Czechoslovak Journal of Physics, 49, 1743
4 Updated model of cosmic-ray-induced ionization in the atmosphere (CRAC:CRII_v3): Improved yield function and lookup tables
Usoskin, I. G., Kovaltsov, G. A. & Mishev, A. L., 2024, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 14, 20
3 Sensitivity of a neutron monitor to galactic cosmic rays
Usoskin, I. G., Bobik, P., Gladysheva, O. G., Kananen, H., Kovaltsov, G. A. & Kudela, K., 2001, Advances in Space Research, 27, 565
1 Critical Comment on the Article by R. Rek ``The Maunder Minimum and the Sun as the Possible Source of Particles Creating Increased Abundance of the 14C Carbon Isotope''
Usoskin, I. G. & Kovaltsov, G. A., 2010, Solar Physics, 261, 353
1 History of cosmic ray research in Finland
Usoskin, I. G., Valtonen, E., Vainio, R., Tanskanen, P. J. & Aurela, A. M., 2009, Advances in Space Research, 44, 1232
0 Link Between Cosmic Rays and Clouds on Different Time Scales
Usoskin, Ilya G. & Kovaltsov, Gennady A., 2006, Advances in Geosciences, Volume 2: Solar Terrestrial (ST) (Editors: Duldig, Marc), 2, p. 321
0 Nature's Third Cycle: A Story of Sunspots
Usoskin, Ilya, 2015, American Journal of Physics, 83, 984


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