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André S. H. Prévôt

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Environmental Sciences
Switzerland
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
129
Citations
72327
World Ranking
82
National Ranking
4

André S. H. Prévôt publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

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André S. H. Prévôt 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 André S. H. Prévôt sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 129 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

André S. H. Prévôt is a researcher affiliated with the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. Their work primarily centers on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, contributing extensively to the fields of atmospheric science, health toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, automotive engineering, and global and planetary change.

Their research interests focus on atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, atmospheric ozone and climate, vehicle emissions and performance, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, and mass spectrometry techniques and applications.

Prévôt has contributed to numerous scientific publications, including recent papers such as:

  • "Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Observations Confirm that Volatile Chemical Products Are a Major Source of Petrochemical Emissions in U.S. Cities" (2021) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets" (2022) published in Environment International
  • "Real-time measurement and source apportionment of elements in Delhi's atmosphere" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "On the fate of oxygenated organic molecules in atmospheric aerosol particles" (2020) published in Science Advances

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Prévôt include:

  • Jay G. Slowik
  • Imad El Haddad
  • Urs Baltensperger
  • Kaspar R. Daellenbach
  • Francesco Canonaco

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

André S. H. Prévôt's scientific contributions span a comprehensive range of topics within environmental and atmospheric sciences, supported by extensive collaboration and dissemination through reputable journals and research platforms.

Best Publications

  • High secondary aerosol contribution to particulate pollution during haze events in China

    Ru Jin Huang;Yanlin Zhang;Carlo Bozzetti;Kin Fai Ho

  • The formation, properties and impact of secondary organic aerosol: current and emerging issues

    Mattias Hallquist;J. C. Wenger;U. Baltensperger;Y. Rudich

  • Evolution of Organic Aerosols in the Atmosphere

    J. L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;N. M. Donahue;A. S. H. Prevot

  • O/C and OM/OC Ratios of Primary, Secondary, and Ambient Organic Aerosols with High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    Allison C. Aiken;Peter F. DeCarlo;Jesse H. Kroll;Douglas R. Worsnop

  • Source apportionment of particulate matter in Europe: A review of methods and results

    M Viana;T.A.J. Kuhlbusch;X Querol;A Alastuey

  • The "dual-spot" Aethalometer: an improved measurement of aerosol black carbon with real-time loading compensation

    L. Drinovec;G. Močnik;P. Zotter;P. Zotter;A. S. H. Prévôt

  • Identification of polymers as major components of atmospheric organic aerosols.

    Markus Kalberer;Dwane Paulsen;Mirjam Sax;Martin Steinbacher

  • Organic aerosol components observed in Northern Hemispheric datasets from Aerosol Mass Spectrometry

    N.L. Ng;M.R. Canagaratna;Q. Zhang;Q. Zhang;J.L. Jimenez

  • Atmospheric composition change – global and regional air quality

    P.S. Monks;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;Claire Granier;S. Fuzzi;A. Stohl

  • Using Aerosol Light Absorption Measurements for the Quantitative Determination of Wood Burning and Traffic Emission Contributions to Particulate Matter

    Jisca Sandradewi;Andre S H Prévôt;Sönke Szidat;Nolwenn Perron

  • Source apportionment of submicron organic aerosols at an urban site by factor analytical modelling of aerosol mass spectra

    V. A. Lanz;M. R. Alfarra;Urs Baltensperger;B. Buchmann

  • Sources of particulate-matter air pollution and its oxidative potential in Europe.

    Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Kaspar R. Daellenbach;Gaëlle Uzu;Jianhui Jiang;Laure Estelle Cassagnes

  • SoFi, an IGOR-based interface for the efficient use of the generalized multilinear engine (ME-2) for the source apportionment: ME-2 application to aerosol mass spectrometer data

    F. Canonaco;M. Crippa;J. G. Slowik;U. Baltensperger

  • Identification of the mass spectral signature of organic aerosols from wood burning emissions.

    M Rami Alfarra;Andre S H Prevot;Sönke Szidat;Jisca Sandradewi

  • Review of Urban Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Gasoline and Diesel Motor Vehicle Emissions

    Drew R. Gentner;Shantanu H. Jathar;Timothy D. Gordon;Timothy D. Gordon;Roya Bahreini

  • Identification and quantification of organic aerosol from cooking and other sources in Barcelona using aerosol mass spectrometer data

    C. Mohr;C. Mohr;P. F. DeCarlo;P. F. DeCarlo;M. F. Heringa;R. Chirico;R. Chirico

  • A study of wood burning and traffic aerosols in an Alpine valley using a multi-wavelength Aethalometer

    J. Sandradewi;A.S.H. Prévôt;E. Weingartner;R. Schmidhauser

  • Evidence for the role of organics in aerosol particle formation under atmospheric conditions.

    Axel Metzger;Bart Verheggen;Josef Dommen;Jonathan Duplissy

  • Urban air quality: The challenge of traffic non-exhaust emissions

    Fulvio Amato;Flemming R. Cassee;Hugo A.C. Denier van der Gon;Robert Gehrig

  • Wintertime aerosol chemical composition and source apportionment of the organic fraction in the metropolitan area of Paris

    M. Crippa;P. F. Decarlo;P. F. Decarlo;J. G. Slowik;C. Mohr;C. Mohr

  • A mass spectrometric study of secondary organic aerosols formed from the photooxidation of anthropogenic and biogenic precursors in a reaction chamber

    M. R. Alfarra;M. R. Alfarra;D. Paulsen;D. Paulsen;M. Gysel;M. Gysel;A. A. Garforth

Frequent Co-Authors

Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Jay G. Slowik
Jay G. Slowik Paul Scherrer Institute
Francesco Canonaco
Francesco Canonaco Paul Scherrer Institute
Sönke Szidat
Sönke Szidat University of Bern
Imad El Haddad
Imad El Haddad Paul Scherrer Institute
Peter Zotter
Peter Zotter Paul Scherrer Institute
Claudia Mohr
Claudia Mohr ETH Zurich
Peter F. DeCarlo
Peter F. DeCarlo Johns Hopkins University
Josef Dommen
Josef Dommen Paul Scherrer Institute
Ru-Jin Huang
Ru-Jin Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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