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4490
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Atsushi Shimizu 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 Atsushi Shimizu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 246 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Atsushi Shimizu 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 Atsushi Shimizu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 55th percentile

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

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

Overview

Atsushi Shimizu is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan and has established a research profile primarily in environmental science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering. Their work encompasses a range of topics related to atmospheric science and environmental impacts, demonstrating a focus on understanding air quality, atmospheric chemistry, and the interactions between aerosols and health.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering

Within these fields, Shimizu's subfields of study place emphasis on:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Aerospace Engineering

The research topics covered often relate to:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies

Shimizu has contributed to multiple publication venues, with significant outputs in:

  • The Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE)
  • Nuclear Engineering and Design
  • EPJ Web of Conferences
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shimizu include:

  • Tomoaki Nishizawa
  • Kazuhiko Iigaki
  • Yoshitaka Jin
  • Hiroyuki Satō
  • Nariaki Sakaba

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Impacts of local versus long-range transported aerosols on PM10 concentrations in Seoul, Korea: An estimate based on 11-year PM10 and lidar observations," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Assessing CALIOP-Derived Planetary Boundary Layer Height Using Ground-Based Lidar," 2021, Remote Sensing
  • "Effect of Asian dust on respiratory symptoms among children with and without asthma, and their sensitivity," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Comparison of three aerosol representations of NHM-Chem (v1.0) for the simulations of air quality and climate-relevant variables," 2021, Geoscientific model development
  • "Comparative Analysis of PM2.5-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Nitro-PAHs (NPAHs), and Water-Soluble Inorganic Ions (WSIIs) at Two Background Sites in Japan," 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Asian dust transported one full circuit around the globe

    Itsushi Uno;Kenta Eguchi;Keiya Yumimoto;Toshihiko Takemura

  • Continuous observations of Asian dust and other aerosols by polarization lidars in China and Japan during ACE-Asia

    Atsushi Shimizu;Nobuo Sugimoto;Ichiro Matsui;Kimio Arao

  • ACE-ASIA Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution

    John H. Seinfeld;Gregory R. Carmichael;Richard Arimoto;William C. Conant

  • Overview of the Atmospheric Brown Cloud East Asian Regional Experiment 2005 and a study of the aerosol direct radiative forcing in east Asia

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Soon Chang Yoon;Veerabhadran Ramanathan;Guang Yu Shi

  • Record heavy Asian dust in Beijing in 2002: Observations and model analysis of recent events

    Nobuo Sugimoto;Itsushi Uno;Masataka Nishikawa;Atsushi Shimizu

  • Characterization of Asian dust and Siberian smoke with multi‐wavelength Raman lidar over Tokyo, Japan in spring 2003

    Toshiyuki Murayama;Detlef Müller;Katsuya Wada;Atsushi Shimizu

  • Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR Experiment

    P. A. R. Ade;Y. Akiba;A. E. Anthony;K. Arnold

  • Data assimilation of CALIPSO aerosol observations

    T. T. Sekiyama;T. Y. Tanaka;A. Shimizu;T. Miyoshi;T. Miyoshi

  • Adjoint inversion modeling of Asian dust emission using lidar observations

    Keiya Yumimoto;Itsushi Uno;N. Sugimoto;A. Shimizu

  • First retrieval of tropospheric aerosol profiles using MAX-DOAS and comparison with lidar and sky radiometer measurements

    H. Irie;Y. Kanaya;H. Akimoto;H. Iwabuchi

  • A high-resolution numerical study of the Asian dust storms of April 2001

    Ming Liu;Douglas L. Westphal;Shigong Wang;Atsushi Shimizu

  • Observation of dust and anthropogenic aerosol plumes in the Northwest Pacific with a two-wavelength polarization lidar on board the research vessel Mirai

    Nobuo Sugimoto;Ichiro Matsui;Atsushi Shimizu;Itsushi Uno

  • 3D structure of Asian dust transport revealed by CALIPSO lidar and a 4DVAR dust model

    I. Uno;K. Yumimoto;A. Shimizu;Y. Hara

  • Evolution of a lidar network for tropospheric aerosol detection in East Asia

    Atsushi Shimizu;Tomoaki Nishizawa;Yoshitaka Jin;Sang-Woo Kim

  • Trans-pacific dust transport: integrated analysis of NASA/CALIPSO and a global aerosol transport model

    K. Eguchi;I. Uno;K. Yumimoto;T. Takemura

  • Characterization of atmospheric bioaerosols along the transport pathway of Asian dust during the Dust-Bioaerosol 2016 Campaign

    Kai Tang;Zhongwei Huang;Jianping Huang;Teruya Maki

  • Numerical study of Asian dust transport during the springtime of 2001 simulated with the Chemical Weather Forecasting System (CFORS) model

    Itsushi Uno;Shinsuke Satake;Gregory R. Carmichael;Youhua Tang

  • An elevated large-scale dust veil from the Taklimakan Desert: Intercontinental transport and three-dimensional structure as captured by CALIPSO and regional and global models

    Keiya Yumimoto;K. Eguchi;Itsushi Uno;Toshihiko Takemura

  • Cirrus observations in the tropical tropopause layer over the western Pacific

    M. Fujiwara;S. Iwasaki;A. Shimizu;Y. Inai

  • An intercomparison of lidar‐derived aerosol optical properties with airborne measurements near Tokyo during ACE‐Asia

    Toshiyuki Murayama;Sarah J. Masonis;Jens Redemann;Theodore L. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuo Sugimoto
Nobuo Sugimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Itsushi Uno
Itsushi Uno Kyushu University
Keiya Yumimoto
Keiya Yumimoto Kyushu University
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Zhaoyan Liu
Zhaoyan Liu Langley Research Center
Zifa Wang
Zifa Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Teruyuki Nakajima
Teruyuki Nakajima University of Tokyo
Hitoshi Irie
Hitoshi Irie Chiba University
Toshimasa Ohara
Toshimasa Ohara Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
Yoshizumi Kajii
Yoshizumi Kajii Kyoto University

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