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D-Index
44
Citations
5855
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6871
National Ranking
531

Alan Robins publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Robins sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 178 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Alan Robins D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan Robins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alan Robins is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work spans numerous publications focused on topics such as wind and air flow studies, aerodynamics and fluid dynamics research, air quality and health impacts, and urban heat island mitigation.

The main fields of study in which Alan Robins has produced research include Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant emphasis also on subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Computational Mechanics. Additional areas addressed in their work include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as well as Speech and Hearing.

Alan Robins' research outputs cover a range of topics, including:

  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Alan Robins demonstrate collaboration with other researchers and publication across a variety of scientific journals. Notable papers include:

  • "Variability of physical meteorology in urban areas at different scales: implications for air quality," 2020, Faraday Discussions
  • "A full-scale field study for evaluation of simple analytical models of cross ventilation and single-sided ventilation," 2020, Building and Environment
  • "Mapping the effects of ozone pollution and mixing on floral odour plumes and their impact on plant-pollinator interactions," 2023, Environmental Pollution
  • "Wake Characterization of Building Clusters Immersed in Deep Boundary Layers," 2023, Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • "Experimental study of the turbulent characteristics in the wake of tall building clusters," 2024, Flow

Alan Robins has published frequently in venues such as:

  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Research Square
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Throughout their career, Alan Robins has worked with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Marco Placidi
  • Matteo Carpentieri
  • Abhishek Mishra
  • Denise Hertwig
  • Sue Grimmond

Best Publications

  • A review of the characteristics of nanoparticles in the urban atmosphere and the prospects for developing regulatory controls

    Prashant Kumar;Alan Robins;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Rex Britter

  • Concentration fluctuations and fluxes in plumes from point sources in a turbulent boundary layer

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  • UK-ADMS: A new approach to modelling dispersion in the earth's atmospheric boundary layer

    D.J. Carruthers;R.J. Holroyd;J.C.R. Hunt;W.S. Weng;W.S. Weng

  • Flow over cube arrays of different packing densities

    H. Cheng;P. Hayden;A.G. Robins;I.P. Castro

  • A WIND TUNNEL INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF SOLAR-INDUCED WALL-HEATING ON THE FLOW REGIME WITHIN A SIMULATED URBAN STREET CANYON

    A. Kovar-Panskus;L. Moulinneuf;E. Savory;A. Abdelqari

  • The development and structure of turbulent plane jets

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  • How tall buildings affect turbulent air flows and dispersion of pollution within a neighbourhood.

    Elsa Aristodemou;Elsa Aristodemou;Luz Maria Boganegra;Laetitia Mottet;Dimitrios Pavlidis

  • Introduction to the DAPPLE Air Pollution Project.

    S.J. Arnold;H. ApSimon;J. Barlow;S. Belcher

  • A reduced order model for turbulent flows in the urban environment using machine learning

    Dunhui Xiao;Dunhui Xiao;C.E. Heaney;L. Mottet;L. Mottet;F. Fang

  • Numerical considerations for simulations of flow and dispersion around buildings

    Ian R. Cowan;Ian P. Castro;Alan G. Robins

  • Influence of urban morphology on air flow over building arrays

    Matteo Carpentieri;Alan G. Robins

  • Dispersion Experiments in Central London: The 2007 DAPPLE project

    Curtis R. Wood;Samantha J. Arnold;Ahmed A. Balogun;Janet F. Barlow

  • On street observations of particulate matter movement and dispersion due to traffic on an urban road

    Aditya Patra;Roy Colvile;Samantha Arnold;Emma Bowen

  • Wind tunnel measurements of pollutant turbulent fluxes in urban intersections

    Matteo Carpentieri;Paul Hayden;Alan G. Robins

  • Measurements and Computations of Flow in an Urban Street System

    Ian P. Castro;Zheng-Tong Xie;V. Fuka;Alan G. Robins

  • Wind-tunnel Modelling of Dispersion from a Scalar Area Source in Urban-Like Roughness

    Frauke Pascheke;Frauke Pascheke;Janet F. Barlow;Alan Robins

  • A wind tunnel investigation of plume dispersion in the vicinity of a surface mounted cube—II. The concentration field

    A.G. Robins;I.P. Castro

  • A wind tunnel study of dense gas dispersion in a neutral boundary layer over a rough surface

    Alan Robins;Ian Castro;Paul Hayden;Nathan Steggel

  • Wake Characteristics of Tall Buildings in a Realistic Urban Canopy

    Denise Hertwig;Hannah L. Gough;Sue Grimmond;Janet F. Barlow

  • A wind tunnel investigation of plume dispersion in the vicinity of a surface mounted Cube—I. The flow field

    A.G. Robins;I.P. Castro

  • Technical challenges in tackling regulatory concerns for urban atmospheric nanoparticles

    Prashant Kumar;Alan Robins;Sotiris Vardoulakis;Paul Quincey

  • Three-Dimensional Mapping of Air Flow at an Urban Canyon Intersection

    Matteo Carpentieri;Alan G. Robins;Sandro Baldi

  • Sustainable development of urban transport systems and human exposure to air pollution

    RN Colvile;S Kaur;RE Britter;A Robins

  • A COMPARISON OF WIND-TUNNEL EXPERIMENTS AND NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF NEUTRAL AND STRATIFIED FLOW OVER A HILL

    AN Ross;S Arnold;SB Vosper;SD Mobbs

  • Comparison of the behaviour of manufactured and other airborne nanoparticles and the consequences for prioritising research and regulation activities

    Prashant Kumar;Paul Fennell;Alan Robins

Frequent Co-Authors

Prashant Kumar
Prashant Kumar University of Surrey
Ian P. Castro
Ian P. Castro University of Southampton
Janet F. Barlow
Janet F. Barlow University of Reading
Dudley E. Shallcross
Dudley E. Shallcross University of Bristol
Alison S. Tomlin
Alison S. Tomlin University of Leeds
Daniele Contini
Daniele Contini Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Christopher C. Pain
Christopher C. Pain Imperial College London
Sotiris Vardoulakis
Sotiris Vardoulakis University of Canberra

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