World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Atmospheric Environment: X
H-index 28

Atmospheric Environment: X

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Environmental Sciences 156 183 116 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 228
Documents by Best Scientists*: 138
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 30
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.15
Impact Factor: 3.4

Top Publications

  • National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) for Indian cities: Review and outlook of clean air action plans

    Tanushree Ganguly;Kurinji L. Selvaraj;Sarath K. Guttikunda

    (2020)
    165 Citations
  • Evaluation of receptor and chemical transport models for PM10 source apportionment

    C.A. Belis;D. Pernigotti;G. Pirovano;O. Favez

    (2020)
    111 Citations
  • Analyzing nitrogen oxides to carbon dioxide emission ratios from space: A case study of Matimba Power Station in South Africa

    Janne Hakkarainen;Monika E. Szeląg;Iolanda Ialongo;Christian Retscher

    (2021)
    93 Citations
  • Local characteristics of and exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in four indian megacities

    Ying Chen;Oliver Wild;Luke Conibear;Liang Ran

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • A European aerosol phenomenology - 7: high-time resolution chemical characteristics of submicron particulate matter across Europe

    M. Bressi;F. Cavalli;J.P. Putaud;R. Fröhlich

    (2021)
    76 Citations
  • Street-level methane emissions of Bucharest, Romania and the dominance of urban wastewater.

    (2022)
    76 Citations
  • Switzerland's PM10 and PM2.5 environmental increments show the importance of non-exhaust emissions

    (2021)
    66 Citations
  • Brake and tire particles measured from on-road vehicles: Effects of vehicle mass and braking intensity

    Farzan Oroumiyeh;Yifang Zhu

    (2021)
    64 Citations
  • Reductions in nitrogen oxides over the Netherlands between 2005 and 2018 observed from space and on the ground: Decreasing emissions and increasing O3 indicate changing NOx chemistry

    Marina Zara;Marina Zara;K. Folkert Boersma;K. Folkert Boersma;Henk Eskes;Hugo Denier van der Gon

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Quantifying methane emissions from coal mining ventilation shafts using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based active AirCore system

    Truls Andersen;Katarina Vinkovic;Marcel de Vries;Bert Kers

    (2021)
    52 Citations

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