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ReviewSpace science reviews2026

The IMAP Observatory Overview.

K P Hegarty, S Kubota, M Cully, D J McComas, E R Christian, N A Schwadron, M Gkioulidou, S Bushman, C Collura, M Dauberman and 34 more

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Review in Space science reviews, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

44 authors.

K P HegartyJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
S KubotaJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
M CullyJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D J McComasDepartment of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA.
E R ChristianNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA.
N A SchwadronSpace Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 USA.
M GkioulidouJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
S BushmanJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C ColluraJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
M DaubermanJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C DrabenstadtJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
A DriesmanJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
A DubillJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
B DuffyJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
E ColemanJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D EngJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C J ErcolJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
A GergerJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
R HallJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
J HahnJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
M HaqueJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
S HefterJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D JeongJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D JonesJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
J KelmanJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C KrupiarzJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
F KujawaJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C LippeJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D MatlinJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C MonacoJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D MyersJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
E Rivera SepulvedaJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
D RodriguezJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
L RoufbergJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
J ScherrerJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
M SchwingerJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
A ShinJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
F SiddiqueJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
E SmithJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
R SmithJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
M TapleySouthwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX 78228 USA.
S VernonJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
C VigilJohns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD 20723 USA.
S WeidnerDepartment of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission simultaneously investigates the acceleration of particles expelled from the Sun, and how the interaction of these particles with the local interstellar medium shapes our heliospheric boundary. The IMAP observatory makes critical measurements that facilitate this ground breaking science by incorporating a spin stabilized spacecraft orbiting around the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point, L1, with a payload comprised of ten unique instruments, making comprehensive and synergistic observations of solar wind, suprathermal, energetic particles and magnetic field, energetic neutral atoms mapping the boundary of our heliosphere, as well as interstellar neutral atoms and dust. This paper provides details on the design, integration, and testing of the IMAP observatory.

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PMID41625983
PMCPMC12855388

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